Landscape Study in Infinite Painter

Digital Portrait of Vincent Cassel in Infinite Painter

Every once in a while, a subject captures your attention not just because of their appearance, but because of the attitude, expression, and raw character they bring to a frame. That was the case with this digital portrait of French actor Vincent Cassel, which I painted using Infinite Painter on the iPad.

Cassel’s face is a study in contrasts, sharp and angular, yet incredibly expressive.

I wanted to keep the rendering loose but intentional, focusing more on capturing his energy and presence than achieving photographic accuracy.

As always, painting portraits like this is a way to explore character through form. It’s not about copying a photo but interpreting a presence.

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Lessons Learned in Pencil Drawing: The Importance of Size

One of the most unexpected lessons I’ve learned through pencil drawing has nothing to do with shading or line quality - it has to do with size.

When I first started sketching, I would often draw too small. A face, a figure, or a composition would barely take up a third of the page. While it felt comfortable and manageable at first, I later realised how limiting this habit had become.

Working small often leads to cramped gestures, tight lines, and a reluctance to explore bold forms. It becomes harder to capture the energy of a pose or the full expression of a face when there’s no room to move your hand or loosen up your strokes.

Increasing the scale of my sketches, even just slightly, opened up everything. The lines became more fluid, the gestures stronger, and the overall drawings more confident. It also improved my understanding of proportion and structure, since I was now forced to confront them at a larger scale.

Drawing larger doesn’t mean abandoning control; it means giving yourself the space to think in forms, not just outlines. It allows for corrections, layering, and above all, movement. And when you're drawing with pencils, movement is what brings life to the work.

One of the key benefits of working at a larger scale is that it encourages you to draw not only with your fingers, but with your wrist and even your shoulder. This shift in physical engagement changes everything. It frees up your motion, helps you build stronger lines, and introduces a new level of gesture and dynamism into your drawings. The more your whole arm is involved, the more expressive and confident your strokes become.

So if you find yourself stuck, tightening up, or repeating the same types of sketches, consider this: maybe all you need is a bigger piece of paper.

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Digital Landscape Study: Clouded Sky and Marshy Seashore at Sunset (Infinite Painter)

This recent digital painting study, created in Infinite Painter on iPad, was inspired by a dramatic coastal scene that captured both atmosphere and tension. The focus of the piece was a cloud-filled sky at sunset, heavy with movement and light shifts, stretched above a quiet shoreline dotted with marshes.

I was drawn to the contrast between the weight of the clouds and the softness of the fading sunlight reflecting on the water.

Working in Infinite Painter allowed me to blend texture and color efficiently, experimenting with brushes that mimic oil or pastel without losing precision. I kept the palette tight, leaning into cool purples, desaturated greens, and streaks of warm orange light cutting through the grey.

The result is more about mood than detail. It’s an attempt to capture that fleeting moment at the end of a stormy day, when the clouds finally break and the light spills across the land in unexpected places, one of those moments when the landscape feels bigger than you.

Looking forward to exploring more scenes like this.

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Figure Drawing in Adobe Fresco

 

Infinite Painter - Sketch from Photo Reference

 Infinite Painter - Sketch from Photo Reference

Sketch with Adobe Fresco

 

Mediterranean Landscapes – Quick Studies in Infinite Painter

 

I recently took some time to create two quick sketches in Infinite Painter, both inspired by the beauty and diversity of Mediterranean landscapes. It was also the perfect opportunity to test out a new brush that I’ve really been enjoying, it added just the right texture and flow to these fast studies.

The Mediterranean offers a wide variety of forms and atmospheres that are endlessly inspiring: rugged coastlines shaped by the wind, dusty hillsides stretching under clear skies, and scattered villages tucked into the landscape. Each scene carries its own mood, shaped by light, color, and time of day.

I’ll definitely be doing more of these sketches. The Mediterranean always has more to offer, and it’s the kind of subject that keeps inviting you back to look closer and draw/paint more.

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Quick Sketch with Adobe Fresco

 

Here’s a quick sketch I made using Adobe Fresco.

Fresco stands out for digital painting and drawing because of how naturally it handles brush behavior and blending. The live brushes are especially impressive, mimicking the flow of watercolor or the texture of oils in a way that feels intuitive and direct.

It’s a great tool for quick studies or more refined work, and the clean interface keeps the focus where it should be, on making art.

Definitely a solid choice if you want a digital tool that feels close to traditional media.

Digital Portrait - Adobe Fresco

 

Study from photo Reference