Poster Progress 2 - Artistic Brushes

I Have locked all of my layers and made new ones naming them after each fill colour on my poster. I've done this to separate the shading of different objects within my poster so that it can be easier to change things, blend thing or move them behind or in front of each other.

I wanted my poster to look hand painted and textural so to give my poster some shape and texture I used the ink and chalk brushes because water colour brushes appear to be too light against my dark base colour. These were the 3 main chalk brushes I used, changing the size smaller and the colour darker to create folds and creases in the clothes without having to draw obvious crease lines and creating highlights. When shading I tend to use 4 colours, the base colour, 2 darker colours and one lighter colour so that I can blend them well together and the lines appear softer and not too harsh.

I just kept repeating this process adding new layers and kept shading and eventually things started to take a lot more shape and look much more detailed. I used the same method to texture the hair, skin, eyes and the soil in the background. I also drew in the bushes from the original poster using the same colours and using water colour brushes again.