I've watched a LOT of digital painting videos and this is by far the easiest to follow and I think it's partly because were learning with Jazza instead of just watching a master of digital painting work. Brilliant!

There's something so interesting about seeing an expert reach out to another expert for guidance and learning. I'd happily watch more of these kinda videos.

I think the biggest hurdle for people who want to learn is having the courage of asking the silly questions. Just like Jazza was a bit afraid of asking "if you said you use the charcoal brush, how do I achieve soft shadows?" I also was afraid of asking silly questions to someone who was teaching me handlettering. At some point I just told myself to suck it up and go for it and I just said "so, uhm, do you rotate the canvas when you do that?" and she was super glad I asked such a silly question! To anyone learning ANYTHING, don't be afraid of asking! Your teacher will be more than happy to help you because it means you actually want to learn the craft the right way!

1 engagement : 1 vote for Jazza to feel free to devote time to art improvement if he wants

I LOVE Alysha explaining how to do things. She explains so well and does great in "the why" she makes certain decisions. I'd love to see her make more tutorials.

Honestly, its good to see someone with experience admit they need help with things. It makes it easier for the people with less experience to admit they're not able to do a thing yet, and ask for help as well.

I'd actually love to see more videos like this where you try to get better at something. I like seeing how other artists see and explain different parts of their process.

So THAT`S how you finish the rest of the owl! Thank you sm Alysha Always loved to watch and follow the photoshop tutorials with Jazza, now he understands our struggle 😂

The wonderful thing about this video is showing us that it's ok to say "I don't know" and "There's more for me to learn". Too often, people are afraid to ask for help, or they think know it all, or they can't set their ego aside to learn from someone else. I love this. Not only did you learn, but I know I did too. 👍

Something I adore about this video is how excited Jazza is to learn. And also seeing that even my favorite artist has room to grow makes me a lot more hopeful for my own art

Once again Jazza has evolved and adapted to another style of art, as it has done before, showing us that no matter how much AI grows, art continues to be, and always will be, fun.

This has to be one of my favourite Jazza videos ever! It is so refreshing to see professional artists push themselves out of their comfort zone, and admit that there are parts of art that can seem intimidating even to them. As an artist with the same insecurities, I'm feeling so inspired to go and create and do the same! Thank you Jazza and Alicia :)

DON'T MERGE YOUR LAYERS!! In Photoshop, use "convert to smart object" instead - it makes it into 1 layer but allows you to double-click on it and edit those layers if you need to. Takes all the fear out of it.

The part about making the sketch lines reddish like blood vessels - BLEW MY MIND. Thank you Alysha!!

Honestly... I love the fact that Jazza allows us to learn with him. Any other artist would just try to improve behind cameras but Jazza it's human enough to accept that he is not perfect annnnd to allows us to know that there will always be room for improvement. Thanks for that ✨

I applaud you for conquering your fear/ obstacles and for your aspiration of Leonardo da Vinci's way of handling things as I discovered (on a deeper level) it myself some years ago. I even got a book about his approach to life, science, art and how to have an open view and experiment. Very inspirational and not so much mentioned in the main media.

It's great to see how teachable you are. Everyone has room to grow but few allow themselves to be taught.

Proud of you Jazza! It's really nice as an intermediate artist to have Alysha talking about her approach without needing to explain the fundamentals. The end result looks so much like her magnificent work, I want to try it too!! I'd be interested to see this concept furthered, and find ways to inject your own style into her techniques. You have the knowledge, how do you implement it without her guiding you, that kind of thing. That's the end goal, right, leveling up your art while maintaining you unique artistic voice. Alysha is such a good resource and gentle teacher, the way shes so effective at putting complex ideas into simple terms. I love what she said about gradients in the beginning, I didn't even think about how that would portray a character's intention.

Jazza, I’ve never commented but followed for years. I just wanted to drop this here to say your enthusiasm and transparency inspired me to pick art back up in my 30’s, after illness took away other creative outlets I had developed for decades but can no longer do much of. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for sharing your passion, and just as importantly, for showing the process warts and all. When I get discouraged and start doubting myself, seeing you face and work at the similar struggles is enough to get me back at my desk. Thank you. (And A’s digital painting process was SO clear and informative!! Thank you A!!)

I enjoyed this video quite a lot. It’s almost like taking it back to the beginning with your learning tutorial style videos. As an artist (or just human being in general), we should all be striving to learn more. There’s always more that can be learned no matter how good we are. My advice is to practice this more often. Maybe even assign certain videos that will require you to use this newfound knowledge. And soon it will become more natural for you and you may even tweak it into your own style more.

I love this style of content where it pulls back to your painting focused approach. Love it!

Can we get a whole course taught by the Brilliant Miss Alicia? They way she explained every step, even though I use a different software to photoshop, is just SO MUCH EASIER TO FOLLOW than every other tutorial out there. Period. I could follow along and maybe improve my own art and step away from colored linework to more painted styles.

I think I've learned more from this single video than 100 other videos I've seen combined!

To be honest, I could see your connection with DaVinci right away! You’re definitely a jack of all trades when it comes to creative endeavors, and it’s always so impressive how well you pull of everything you try haha

Massive respect for Jazza for this one, takes a lot of humility and humbleness to make such a video, definitely multiplied my respect for you ♥

Alysha has also come leaps and bounds with communicating with the camera and the audience! Happy Alysha Appreciation 😂

Thank you for showing the future artists it’s okay to ask for help and learn how to do it.

I Really like this sitting down relaxed talking through the steps with some one trying to understand them as well so you don't get lost and the explanations as well really help.

I've been following your channel(s) for a number of years and this is, unironically, one of the best artworks I've seen from you. Great work!

I'm not an artist, but I love videos like this where people who are clearly talented learn more to level up their craft!

This is SUCH an amazing video Jazza, this gives some people a reminder that, artists are just like anyone else, we have struggle, weaknesses, and flaws just like everyone else. I notice some people dont know that artists arent robots that can make anything perfect. Again thank you for this vid and a big shout out to Alicia for helping you out Jazza.

That was fun! It had the feeling of "Jazza's a bit over his head" that we get from the bigger "Jazza tries" projects, but with a medium that's also familiar.

i love this video so much!!! it's so fun to see an artist already as good as jazza still learn from another artist who's better at him at something. just a really enjoyable watch.

I've been watching Jazza's video way back since middle school. His content inspired me to pursue a career in animation and game design. Even though I am just starting out, I plan to create my own art channel soon. And who knows, maybe someday I will be able to meet Jazza! That will truly be a dream come true. :)

I hope you won't take offense to this Jazza. My wife and I were literally two days ago talking about you, when the subject of your digital art prowess came up. I was telling my wife that you don't seem to have made much progress in this department. While she doesn't watch my daughter and I still do and I was showing her examples of stuff from a while back and comparing them; saying, "I feel like he plateaued in skill a long time ago and, like myself, got too comfortable to improve." I get the struggle, so I was trying to not be judgemental, whilst still saying how I feel about your art. Now, This episode was something I didn't know I'd been waiting for, for I don't even know how long. I'm proud of you! It's tough getting away from things we're comfortable with. But man this was worth it. A little refinement, to make the improved ability your own, and your art from here on out will be fire! I'll be telling my wife you've seriously leveled up your game since we talked just the other day. Keep being an inspiration and and a good dude. I'll also try making the next step in my own improvement.

That Jazza wail somewhere around the middle of the video is me. Every day.

Wow! Appreciate the humbleness from Jazza , how he appreciates Alysha warms my heart, and how lucky we are to be able to learn along❤❤❤

Alysha you brave brave soul. Merge? I didn't know that was your process... it makes sense, but also... AHHHHH! I just gained a whole new level of appreciation for you.

That was awesome. Alicia is amazing. I would watch her tutorials in a second.

Learned so much. As a mostly traditional artist, getting texture out of my digital art is sometimes hard. This is a great video❤❤

I LOVE these types of videos where you can see the progress and learning journey that Jazza goes through

Seeing the way Alysha colored digitally made me want to explore different ways of coloring but, like Jazza, I was afraid and uncomfortable with trying something new. I will totally learn from Jazza's experience and just make new mistakes so I can learn! I absolutely loved, loved this video!!

This is great, I love this video! It's great to see someone who is already a great artist learn and grow in an area their not quite comfortable in. As an up and coming digital artist, this has helped give me some tips on how to improve my art and gives me confidence that I'll eventually get better.

Love this video! A lot of people's issue is their ego not letting them realise they can still learn from other people, you're a great example!

Great to see Alicia with confidence and really holding her own alongside Jazza. I remember when she first appeared starstruck and stagefrightened like a wee rabbit caught in the headlights. Good work guys, keep it up!

Jazza is so real to admit that he still has lot to learn & he is actually learning from alisha🙌🏻

I love when it's something that gets Jazza excited. Like he does art all the time but something can still make him giddy

Watching the process was amazing, but I especially loved your conclusion talking about being a Renaissance man! That was lovely, and the kind of thought that's helpful against some nasty internal dialogue. Thank you Jazza, and thanks Alicia! PS - I might be alone in this, but I'd be interested to see Jazza do this same sit-down tutorial process with other digital artists, picking up other perspectives and tricks so that, in combining what works for you & dropping what doesn't, your own style can shine through, and it doesnt just look like Alicia's. ❤

Watching you learn a new process of an art form you already do so much is genuinely entertaining! And your Leonardi Da Vinci looks so good!!!

I've been exploring improving my own technique for a while and it is the part that's the most fun because trying new things is the best stuff ever especially in art

This was incredibly satisfying to watch!! Alysha is an incredibly teacher, it seemed to come together so quickly!!

I love the result, the finished drawing is very good! 👍 😍 Aaand I don't know if it will be useful or not, but what I always tell myself - is not to compare my drawings with drawing of other people too much, and focus on how my drawings evolve. Don't be so hard on yourself, and If there are moments when you feel like nothing is changing or something, just look at what you've created years ago, or months ago - and you'll notice progress. What I really admire and respect about you is that you never give up, continue creating and making break through with new cool inspiring art! This is inspiring to see how passionate you're with art 💛 And makes me want to create something too x)

It looks so good! He looks so jolly. Glad you're embracing your inner Da Vinci. I did a pencil drawing for the first time in over 4 years because of you. Then I did another. It's not very good but it's a start, because of you. I think I uploaded it, not sure. Thanks Jazza.

The multiply sketch layer thing is going to change my life

these tipps are insanely good! thank you so much! I feel like there is a lot of tutorials and advise for beginner artists, but once you're past that you rarely find relevant tipps and advise.. I learned so much from this one video!!

Alysha is doing a great job at explaining everything! I've never even tried digital art and it's making sense 🥰

this video is great! its fascinating to see another artist's process :D

Even thou it is the "Jazza" Channel, you don't need to be the main attraction. Let others shine next to you, especially if they excel. Stepping back, being humble are traits that make you connect to your audience even more. You have some great and very talented people around you. That maybe is your special skill, bringing them together to make something more awesome than the sum of its parts ..

I've practicing digital painting for about a year now on my own. I went in thinking I was gonna learn alot because I'm self taught. But I was super surprised that there was only a few things I didn't know. It just goes to show perseverance and trial and error does have its benefits

As an absolute fan girl of Allysha's art I LOVE this video!!!!! ❤ to be able to see her process step by step is everything I've ever wanted!! Ahhhh thank you for this one ❤❤❤❤❤

This video was awesome. More of this please! ❤

Facing art fears is fucking hard. Good on you for allowing yourself to be humbled in this domain. I have a similar struggle with digital art and would not likely have searched for this video had it not been one of your uploads. The way you titled it didn’t feel like I was learning something scary but rather that I was watching you learn something scary. The byproduct was that I learned something scary 😊 thanks both of you. I would love more fear facing content.

The idea of watching jazza relearn some of these skills and confidence is fascinating. Ive seen a few people who i went to college with, as they’ve moved onto less art related degrees, start to practice these skills less. I think this goes to show that even artists like jazza, who have inspired so many of us, still need to practice to keep up their skill, its been obvious through the quality increase in videos recently that like he said himself, jazza has become an entertainer first, artist second. And whilst still being an increadibly talented artist, is having to just re discover that confidence again, i think its incredible that he was actually able to not only admit that he has let his skill level go i guess stagnant, but actually invite us in to see this side of him and to use his experience to help other artists who may be going through the same thing.

The lighting always elevates the piece quite a lot

Another absolutely amazing video! And full honesty too I love it!

It's not just Jazza learning new things, but all of us together! Thank you so much!

Heyo, this is possibly the earliest I’ve been to a vid, I know it’s gunna be a great one, as urs always are. Being self conscious/having low self esteem is completely normal but getting past it and enjoying what you do is always great!

It's so interesting to hear her say she doesn't use that many layers. I use soooo many layers haha. Love how people can work differently, learn from each other, get inspired by each other and create their own style

this is nice, proof that jazza is still growing even if we thought he's an art god lol

Jazza is the only Artuber that always inspires me and pushes me to go back into doing art each time I lose my desire to do it❤

I love this kind of video! Thank you Alysha for teaching us all. I look forward to more Alysha classes ❤

Excellent to see Jazza being inspired and tutored by Alysha.

i know what the biggest fear af artists are its *RUNING OUT OF PAINT*

Leonardo was known to be a jokster he would do the opposite of what was expected he was nice to be around and people liked him so when he did his self portrait he drew himself as a grumpy old man. the jazza portrait shows the real leo, he even has that mona lisa smile! doing the opposite of what was expected made him successful people just like to be suprised!

I wish i was better at everything, so grinding art is the whole point.

Never been this early! You inspire me so much jazza! Love you!!

She is soo good!

Fun fact!: if you have a selection for let's say the lighthing. You can press control+H and the selection lines will dissappear while the selection itselfs stays! This way you can see the result while painting!!!

❤ how she is explaining the shadows so well! Id never be able to do that either. 😂🤣

This video is amazing. Seeing you learning along with us is great...it shows that we are forever able to try and learn new things throughout our art journey. Great job!!

Maybe it's a little odd, but your little speech about Leonardo's way of never finishing things really gave me a sudden bit of confidence... I'm the type of artist to love love LOVE trying out new things and have felt bad for not polishing one type of art like others have, but if a master like Leonardo can do that? Maybe I can too! Loved the video btw, Alysha is great

This is the vibes I was really hoping Insert Art would have. Much more deep dive, and focused in on the specifics of technique. Really enjoyed this video! Looking forward to more!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="552">9:12</a> - <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="557">9:17</a> and <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="634">10:34</a> - <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="645">10:45</a> made me laugh so much 🤣 And I think it's super cool that you sat down and asked all the questions you had to really dive into this and learn as much as possible

This video has helped me ALLOT with art block and just getting back into art again in general❤

The struggles Jazza's was having were exactly the same struggles I had trying to follow Jazza's Ultimate Digital painting handbook. I could not figure out what brushes to use to get the nice soft blending vs the clean blocks of lighting. Let's say the pear did not at all look like the reference XD More of these videos are definetly welcome!

Amazing. I would've loved to see Alysha teaching you while she was the one painting. I'm the same as Jazza, always scared of digital paintings, never knowing how to render things. I also don't know how to work with merged layers without smudging the colors into each other. Would love to see more of this!

This came at the perfect time because I was wondering how to paint in this portrait sketch I did recently! THANK YOU!

I've waited so long for this video! Good on you for being so honest and authentic, Jazza!

This is so much fun to watch! I've wanted a video like this for agessss

I really liked this video. When you said you went back undid Alisha's edits because you wanted to them yourself it made me think that a really interesting video might be both you and Alisha creating the very basics of a digital portrait or artwork, saving and duplicating the file, and then each of you finishing out the artwork and comparing.

Jazza is one of the best KZfaq creators of all time. Stay awesome man your work is inspiring

Inspiring video! And Leo came out fantastic!

What an amazing video! It’s so inspiring to see you putting yourself out there to learn and confront your demons. The outcome of this story is incredible, but the journey itself is what truly matters. I always love seeing Alicia in the videos-she's incredibly talented and funny. I miss you all at INSERT ART from the bottom of my heart.

this is amazing work Jazza. The portrait just kept getting better and more realistic as time went on

Thanks so much for this, I am going to take these tips and apply them to mini painting but this was just what I needed.

This one was very inspiring. Great to learn along with you.

YAY, drawing art with Alysha and Jazz - epic

That was a super fun and helpful video, and I think this mentorship style of learning makes for a very watchable, dynamic content while also giving you the maximum possible benefit in taking things as far as possible in a single video. Loved it!

I enjoyed every minute. Thank you for making and sharing this video ❤

Awesome job, Jazza!!!! I love your reason for doing DeVinci.