Be active on the wing 1. Now stroke the brush on the edges of the wing to create subtle feathers.

Do the same way to the other wing.

Step 5

Next, we will add some shading on the wing 2 on the area behind the angel as outlined in orange color.

Create a new layer (Shift +Ctrl+N) with a clipping mask above the wing 2 layer. Take a very soft round brush (0% hardness) set to about 12-15% opacity. With black color, stroke the brush to paint some shading.

Step 6

In this step, we will add cloth addition to the angel’s robe to cover the starting point of the wing 1. To do this, create a new layer (Shift+Ctrl+N) above the wing 1 layer. Take the pen tool (P). On this layer, create a shape like the one shown in the screenshot and fill (Shift+F5) the shape with any color we want. The dark blue color is the one given as an example.

Cut out the robe of the angel into a single layer. We will use this cut out as the texture for the shape created before. Place the cut out above the shape layer and clip it with a clipping mask. This cut out will cover the shape. Move (V) the cut out to the position needed to get the desired result.

Step 7

Now we will add some highlight and shadow to the robe with the addition cloth to define some rumpled lines. To do this, create a new layer above the texture layer. Fill (Shift+F5) this layer with 50% grey (#808080). Take the dodge tool (o). Choose a very soft round small brush set to about 10% exposure with highlight range. On this new layer, stroke the brush on the area around the robe to paint highlight.

Then, take the burn tool and set to midtones range at about 10% exposure. With a very soft round brush, stroke the tool on areas where needed to paint shadow.

Keep using the combination of dodge and burn tool to paint more highlight and shadow to define more rumpled lines.

Step 8

Proceed to create additional cloth on the lower angel’s cloth. Create a new layer (Shift+Ctrl+N) below the angel layer. Create a shape filled with any color we want. Dark blue is the given example.

Cut out the lower cloth of the angel into a single layer. Place this layer above the shape with a clipping mask to give it cloth texture.