{"id":748,"date":"2021-07-23T20:33:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T20:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spearskills.com\/?p=748"},"modified":"2025-05-19T12:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:25:25","slug":"how-to-paint-a-photo-study-in-20-mins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spearskills.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/23\/how-to-paint-a-photo-study-in-20-mins\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Paint a Photo Study \u2013 in 20 mins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Want to learn how to paint a photo study quickly and easily?<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Creating a series of quick photo studies over a number of days is a great (and fun!) way for digital art beginners to get better at painting fast<\/i>!<\/b><\/p>\n

The secret to creating photo studies from reference photos in 20 mins or less is to focus your attention on just 3 things:<\/p>\n

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  3. capturing the gesture or motion within the reference<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In this video, I\u2019ll show you these 3 steps as I create a beachy flamingo scene for one of the Paintable Community Challenges:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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    This flamingo was painted for one of our free weekly art challenges in the Paintable Discord community<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Join us in the community to show off your art, get to know other digital artists like you, get (and give) feedback, and participate in new weekly art challenges!\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Also- you can download the free Paintable Texture Brush set<\/a> <\/strong>that I use in this video right here (they come with tutorials on how to use them): \"\ud83d\udc47\"<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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