How do you paint stone?

#1

I’m gonna paint a Shadow of the colossus fanart piece, but i don’t know how to render natural stone surfaces like (and ESPECIALLY) cliffsides. Can anyone help me out by showing me a tutorial?

#2

What sort of medium are you planning to use? The most successful rockfaces I’ve made or seen by others involves a good use of impasto build up of paint. It’s not required but is a common technique, either with a thickly loaded brush or palette knife. Maybe you could show us a reference picture of something like what you’d like to reproduce.

-David

#3

well, photoshop and a wacom tablet are my mediums, and uh hum, as for a an example of what i’d like to go for…

well, this is one but it’s 3d polygons and textures, so that’s not the best example, and i don’t want to paint it THAT up close… but, still: http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2005/223/reviews/924364_20050812_screen009.jpg

Hm, this is better. still too close, but very nice.
http://schmoker.org/OutdoorAdventure/MiddleFork2000/DaveCasting@Cliffside.JPG

AH! there we go:
http://www.lakin-on-the.net/images/cliffside%20trail.jpg,

THIS is as good as it gets. Now what i need is to know how to paint something like that using photoshop brushes.

#4

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