Greyscale to Color Painting

>>2990545
It's not cheating, but you should work in color to get a good grasp on controlling values with color. It's just something you have to learn, to be able to do it instinctively.

What you can do is paint in color and make a new layer, fill black or white and change the blend mode to color.

Now you can view your image in black and white, and make sure your colors convey the proper values every so often. You can also adjust the eyedropper tool so it only picks up color from layers below the current one, that way you can apply color while viewing in greyscale.

>>2990545
Mind posting an example?

Nothing wrong with painting in greyscale first, I do it to get a base on Values

>>2990565
that's wicked smart

>>2990545
is the only way i'm able to control both the values and the hue/saturation. no idea how some people manage to juggle both things at the same time, but it sounds like unnecesary overcomplicating it.

>>2990565
tried this once and end up with a clusterfuck of hues. also, values doesn't mix right with a b&w adjustment layer. the correct option for the eyedropper would be "all layers, no adjustments"