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MONTHLY CHALLENGE // dense foliage

Added 2025-03-01 10:00:06 +0000 UTC

Spring is coming! That means lots of fresh new leaves 🍃 That's why we'll be studying dense foliage this month! The trick is to try and capture complex detail in a way that doesn't look chaotic or messy. This is easier said than done - check out my tutorial on painting foliage and complex detail for lots of tips and advice on how to pull this off!

Visit this link to find all essential info about the challenge, including:

an overview of the challenge information
tips & advice
links to resources to help you complete it
a bonus challenge for if you have extra time
folders with reference images and inspiration images

Below is the list of helpful resources that can help you complete this challenge:

Foliage and complex detail: This tutorial runs you through a structured, gradual process for capturing dense and complex detail. It also demonstrates my process for painting foliage!
Stylizing trees & plants: This tutorial runs you through how I stylize trees and plants.
Timelapse // plants: This is a collection of timelapses showing my process for painting leaves in Procreate.

There is also a PDF file attached to this post with the challenge information, including clickable links.

I can't wait to see what you make! Feel free to post the results on social media with the hashtag #LoishPatreonChallenge, or share your results in the thread over in the discord server!