In this tutorial I will paint an environment. This is not one of the newbie tutorials so it is better for you to have a tablet to this one. So put your tablet in front of you & let's get started.



I usually paint is standard 4:3 aspect ratio but you should know that most of the environments - specially for the movie industry should be done in 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratio.



I'm beginning with a rough value sketch to define the mass and the areas that will stay on foreground and background.



The brush settings vary from without any options to this:







So I'm still dropping some values. Tip: it is good to fill the background with neutral (gray) in the beginning.



As you can see some objects begin to appear. They are done with basic flat brush (palette knife).



Correcting the value: Tip: Flip the image horizontally to see all the mistakes you've made.



Now let's add a little atmosphere. Choose soft brush and apply there setting on opacity and flow.



Do this o a new layer to be able to expose some areas.











Let's refine some elements.







So our black and white sketch is finished now. Looks quite ok; it is time to fill all this with color.

Create a new layer and choose the mode of the layer - Pin light. Begin to color.



Soft purple atmosphere:







I'm still using this brush.



I've defined my color gamma now let's draw some details.