Gray scale digital art

Where do you start when painting a landscape? Using tonal and grayscale values gives you the flexibility to adjust composition and create interesting shapes.

some examples of portraits that I did in the past, the goal is to simplify rendering into some brush strokes. In this process I use image references to further accelerate the target understanding of the correct volume and lighting. but there are also some of these exercises that are out of my imagination. never post anywhere so if you like it I'll post more here.

The feeling of the Middle Ages-

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