Elements - Digital Painting Tutorial Series vol 2

The first stage which forms the starting point for most of my digital work is a sketch done on paper. This is where I assemble any unformed ideas and decide on how the composition will be structured and try and give myself a template to begin working from. In Fig01 you can see a pencil sketch that I scanned in which would form the basis of my final painting. For this tutorial I wanted to combine a natural looking rock face that incorporated some element of architecture that had been carved into the stone.