Painting a nose tutorial with Krita or Photoshop

This is a tutorial on how to paint a nose with Krita, Photoshop or any other digital painting tool. As in my other tutorials for digital painting I will also use very simple brushes: One for the lines, a pencil 2B and for the color I use an airbrush.

First of all I add a gray background and a new layer for the lines of the nose:

Lines nose

I keep the lines thin and after painting them I turn the opacity of the layer to about 50%.

Then I add a new layer under the lines layer and choose the airbrush tool to draw some base color in.

Nose with basecolor

In the last part I add a layer over the lines and paint the shadows and the highlights in by using again the airbrush with an opacity of 60 – 80%.

Nose with light and shadow

In the end you can choose white color and up the opacity to add more highlights on the top of the nose. That’s it! And again: Don’t give up if it’s not as you like in the first or the second try. Keep on painting and your skills will increase.

In the next tutorial we will draw a monster or golem hand / claw together, that will be fun:-)