In issue 123 master speed painter Massimo Porcella shows us how to paint a light filled scene in only 30 minutes. Take a sneaky peek here!
Hi everybody! I’m Massimo Porcella and I am a freelance concept artist at Untold Games, Foofa Studios and Milestone, and a concept and environment design tutor at iMasterArt. In this tutorial I will show you how to quickly create, in only 30 minutes, a sci-fi speed painting using structural shapes, texturing and color.
Idea and sketch
Let’s start with a black and white color palette, to create a composition. Now that I have these tonal values I can start to give a structure to my idea with a quick sketch. I close this phase by drawing an entrance in the background in order to create a basic structure that will help me to block the composition in the next steps.
![04_09_01](https://2dartistmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/04_09_01-1024x522.jpg)
A quick black and white value sketch helps to block in the composition
Perspective and shape
I need to create a shape that will define the style of my speed painting. I want to indicate that this is a sci-fi scene so the structure is typically industrial looking. In this case I won’t use a structural shape as a main subject, but as an anatomical extension of my environment. I quickly draw a perspective to finish my sketch, making sure every object is in the right position.
![04_09_02a](https://2dartistmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/04_09_02a-724x1024.jpg)
A structure helps to define the style of the painting
![The structure can be used as an extension of the environment](https://2dartistmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/04_09_02b-1024x598.jpg)
The structure can be used as an extension of the environment
![04_09_02c](https://2dartistmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/04_09_02c-1024x598.jpg)
Check the positioning of your objects with perspective lines
The final piece
See how Massimo completes this awesome image in the full tutorial in Issue 123 of 2dartist!
![The final piece](https://2dartistmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/final_image-1-1024x598.jpg)
The final piece