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In this specific pic I used the basic brush for the most part. This is the process:

1. Basic sketch, figuring out where everything is.

2. After a clean outline I used plain colors, each in a different layer: 1 for the hair, another for the skin; face, clothes, etc. The background is on a basic level with any brush.

3. Made the outline invisible. I corrected the posture using the reference; I used a real belly dancer's picture for the pose. The background changed again. Every part in a different layer: 1 for the main rock, another for the ground; rocks, mountains, sea, etc.

4. First sun in 2 layers, made from a quick elliptical marquee selection and filled. The square charcoal brush (or square pastel brush) I think is a basic Photoshop brush; I just made a simple, clean rock, and then smeared it with 2 colors. The ground underwent the same treatment.
The shadows, on a different layer, were painted in big clumps first, and then smudged

5. Used the charcoal smear brush, again a basic Photoshop brush, for the clouds; they each have 2 layers: filling and highlights.
The lights on the figure are created by the underlying plain-colored layer, and a new general highlights layer.
Some colors where altered as they were painted using the Hue/Saturation options.

6. Clouds changed to draw less attention. The little particles were done with the basic brush, changing its settings; in different layers.
Adding more details to make the rocks, mountains, sea and ground to look cleaner. Lots of details and smudged colors were done; like on the ground with the grass or her belly's shadow.

Any questions will be happily answered.

Description
In this specific pic I used the basic brush for the most part. This is the process:

1. Basic sketch, figuring out where everything is.

2. After a clean outline I used plain colors, each in a different layer: 1 for the hair, another for the skin; face, clothes, etc. The background is on a basic level with any brush.

3. Made the outline invisible. I corrected the posture using the reference; I used a real belly dancer's picture for the pose. The background changed again. Every part in a different layer: 1 for the main rock, another for the ground; rocks, mountains, sea, etc.

4. First sun in 2 layers, made from a quick elliptical marquee selection and filled. The square charcoal brush (or square pastel brush) I think is a basic Photoshop brush; I just made a simple, clean rock, and then smeared it with 2 colors. The ground underwent the same treatment.
The shadows, on a different layer, were painted in big clumps first, and then smudged

5. Used the charcoal smear brush, again a basic Photoshop brush, for the clouds; they each have 2 layers: filling and highlights.
The lights on the figure are created by the underlying plain-colored layer, and a new general highlights layer.
Some colors where altered as they were painted using the Hue/Saturation options.

6. Clouds changed to draw less attention. The little particles were done with the basic brush, changing its settings; in different layers.
Adding more details to make the rocks, mountains, sea and ground to look cleaner. Lots of details and smudged colors were done; like on the ground with the grass or her belly's shadow.

Any questions will be happily answered.