It can be an ideal time investment if you have a first free afternoon to paint and want to learn basics of Krita while having fun. 'Simple' because I'll write it as a step by step with all details to paint a symmetrical portrait, but without explaining the complex stuff underneath about theory and 'rewarding' because we will get a result quickly.

My first tutorial will be a simple but rewarding one.

My goal here is to share the passion I have for digital painting and help new talents to get faster rid of the technical aspect to do the essential : telling stories, sharing beautiful pictures, expressing an artistic soul, etc. I hope you'll learn something with this series.

The screenshot are old and won't match your interface, but it's the best I can do at the moment to refresh this three post. I updated a bit the tutorial in september 2015. 2.9.7 ) you should have everything you need. This brush were added in Krita's default brushes after Krita 2.8.

The tutorials were designed for Krita 2.7 in 2013 + my brushkit V3. ' Getting started with Krita' is a tutorial series of three blog post. The result of this blog post tutorial exercise

Krita tutorials for beginners