Here is a “behind-the-scenes” look on the painting “Looking to Jesus”.
 
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This painting started with a sketch. I scanned in the image, made it larger and used it as my background for beginning the painting. (Edit: Sometimes I will simply make the sketch straight on the computer when creating a digital painting. Most of my paintings have been created this way.) I then began to block in color. (One thing I like to do is to use many layers so that I can go back and edit or delete a part of the painting without hurting the rest as easily. Although I did not save these pictures (below) while I was actually working on the painting, I was able to go back and hide layers so that you can see some of the process!)
 
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As you can see above, I used a less opaque setting for the paint. As usual, I kept to the soft airbrush.
 
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Beginning to work in deeper colors and definition.
 
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Adding in placement of flowers and more details and color.
 
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Still adding in more touches and sharpening the overall look. Added streams of light and changed direction of color.
 
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Continuing to sharpen.
 
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I ended up trying three different positions for the girl before I found one I liked the most. Position #1 (above).
 
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Position #2
 
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Position #3
 
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Added in color …
 
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Final touches and it is ready for the verse and extra editing with the color and brightness.
 
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And there you have it! A “behind-the-scenes” look of a digital painting.