Introduction

Hello! Welcome to my tutorial on how to paint raindrops.

 

In this tutorial I will discuss the steps and tips on how to paint raindrops in a rainy weather. Have fun painting your raindrops.

 

Choose a reference

Any photographs of raindrops on glass maybe useful for you, as long as they are clear and suit your preference. Use them as your copy for painting your rain drops.

 

Moreover, during a rainy day, you may observe the raindrops outside your window and paint them on your canvas. Just like I did.

 

Sketch and paint a background

If you want to have your background, create your preferred background for the raindrops. Any background will suffice.

 

In this tutorial, I sketched and painted a girl as my background.

 

Here is the finished illustration.

Paint raindrops on a new project

Click on the New icon.

Then, follow the details below, shown in the dialogue box.

Project is illustration.

Paper color is any dark colors.

The File name is raindrop.

Click OK.

Start painting raindrops. Click on Airbrush(B) icon. Choose black color and begin drawing irregular curves on Layer 1.

Below are the sample drawings.

Then, add white color inside the black outline

Under the tool, click on the Blend (J) icon.

Under sub tool, choose Blend.

Blend the white color like the picture below.

Add more details. Below is a sample illustration of a detailed raindrops

Register your raindrops

Click Layer 1.

Then, click edit, register material, and image.

In the dialogue box, the material name is raindrops. You may choose other names if you like. Choose a folder to locate your registered material. If you’re done, click OK.

 

 

Locate and search your registered material inside a folder by clicking the folder with a star icon.

Add raindrops on your background

Add a new folder at the topmost. Then, click the new folder. Name it as raindrops

Drag your raindrops from the side to the canvas.

Click on the Scale/Rotate icon.

Decrease the size of the raindrops and click OK if you’re done with your preferred size.

Adjust the opacity to 30%.

Add more raindrops by following the same steps from drag the raindrops to your canvas and organize them until the entire background is filled with raindrops. Like the image below.

Add moist effect using air brush and a wide brush size to improve the illustration.

Here is the finish product.

Conclusion

Follow the steps if you think they are more convenient and efficient ways to paint your own raindrops. Save and register your illustration for future use. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions. I’ll try my best to respond to your inquiries as soon as I read them. Good luck and enjoy painting raindrops.

 

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