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Drawings in a Painterly Style - Masterful Canvases

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0900

Painterly-style illustrations incorporate rich textures and visible brushwork reminiscent of traditional paintings, adding depth and presence to the work. The softness of skin, the glisten of a tearful eye—each delicate, faithfully rendered detail can take your breath away.

You’ll feel like you’ve stepped into a fine art gallery with this collection of illustrations rendered in a painterly style.

Drawings With Layers Upon Layers - A Mesmerizing Depth

Tue, 14 May 2024 17:00:00 +0900

Drawings that utilize multiple strokes and layers of color often have a unique texture to them, with an added sense of depth that can only come from layering things on thick. By being a little heavy-handed, you can create visually striking pieces that will undoubtedly stop people in their tracks, making them go, “Wow, I could stare at this drawing all day.”

Take a look at the following illustrations and marvel at the texture of the characters’ hair or the clothes they’re wearing!

Drawings With Layers Upon Layers - Going Heavy on the Color

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0900

The concept of adding multiple layers of color to your art, whether it's traditionally done or digital, is a great way to give your work a sense of depth and texture. The way the colors play off of each other can make your work more visually striking and attractive.

Ningguang and Yelan (from Genshin Impact) look absolutely stunning as they float through the air, don't you think?

Have any of the illustrations below made a good impression on you?

Drawings With Perfect Shading - Layers of Colors to Give More Depth.

Mon, 11 May 2020 19:00:00 +0900

All these drawings have thick coatings of color, varying from watercolors to oil paint. Don't you feel like the combination of colors gives you a new depth in the drawing?

Enjoy this collection!

13 Drawing Coloring Tutorials - Thick Painting

Tue, 04 Apr 2017 18:00:00 +0900

There are so many different ways to color an illustration, but the "thick painting" method is the best one if you're aiming to make your drawings look almost three dimensional. Today we collected a series of tutorials to make your life easier!

The so-called "thick painting" technique is also known as "grisaille" or "grayscale painting". Shadows and highlights are smoothly added to the illustrations, so it's the optimal technique for beginners too. If you'd like to give it a try but you don't know where to start, or if you'd like to learn how other artists color their works... You're in the right place! Please take a look.

I Want to Get Better at Drawings! Coloring Practice

Sun, 19 Feb 2017 18:00:00 +0900

There’re so many different ways of coloring, and everyone has different quirks. For those of you looking for a change in their art style, why not check out illustrations with new coloring styles? Tagged as “Coloring Practice”, they use the same line art template to color in 5 different styles, thick coloring, Gal game, monochrome, anime, watercolor styles. As the base is the same, it is easy to analyze the coloring styles.

Here are some illustrations under the “Coloring Practice” tag. Do try your hand at the various coloring styles!

Drawing Coloring Tutorials: Cel-shading & Thick Painting

Mon, 30 May 2016 18:00:00 +0900

There are many ways to color your digital illustrations. Cel-shading, thick painting using layers, watercolor-style and the various gal-games styles… The colors are what really makes or breaks an illustration. It’s important to learn how to color properly! It looks like even total beginners can become coloring masters using tools like SAI, Photoshop, ibisPaint and CLIP STUDIO PAINT. Today we collected really useful coloring tutorials. So, take a look!

Grisaille Art Technique

Mon, 02 May 2016 18:00:00 +0900

Have you heard of the art technique, Grisaille before? Grisaille is a technique where the painting is done entirely in layers of black and white. With Grisaille, it is easier to bring out depth as the art works are shaded in black and white before the first coat of paint. It is easy to draw digitally too, as you can use layers, and it is slowly becoming a popular technique. Today, we have a series of illustrations that demonstrate Grisaille techniques and even comprehensive guides. For those who are having trouble with coloring and shadowing, do check it out!