Chapter 2 - Painting Fundamentals

Krita focuses on being a painting application above all else. It has a lot of image manipulation features, but that is not where it excels. If you picked up this book, you are more than likely some type of artist wanting to take your art skills to the next level.

This chapter goes over the painting system that Krita offers. We will first take a look at where all of the brushes are stored. There are multiple ways you can find and select brushes, depending on your workflow. There is even a tagging system to help organize your brushes.

The brushes that come installed are good but somewhat limited. We will look at how to find external brushes online to get more out of your painting experience. We will also learn how to load these files by using Krita’s resource manager.

In addition to painting, we will finish up with other helpful tools such as gradients, patterns, and resizing the canvas. This will give you the foundational knowledge to do all of the basics.