How I start a picture August 31, 2022 in California Paintings, Digital Drawing/Painting, Morro Rock, Techniques, Works in progress I thought I would show a picture of how I start a digital painting. I start out by drawing black outlines of objects and shapes in the picture then quickly add flat colors to the shapes. These colors are starting points that I will add textures to and change colors by painting over them or refilling them with other colors.