Photoshop: Learn Digital Painting Basics in Photoshop

Master Photoshop and digital painting with our comprehensive course, including techniques for watercolor, oil, and acrylic styles using a Wacom tablet.

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Brief Summary

This course is all about diving into the fun world of digital painting in Photoshop! Whether you're a newbie or just want to brush up your skills, you'll learn how to create stunning artworks using a pen tablet and various techniques. Let’s get painting together!

Key Points

  • Learn to use Photoshop for digital painting
  • Work with a Wacom tablet for better control
  • Cover the basics of Photoshop tools and UI
  • Create a watercolor portrait from start to finish
  • Explore various painting techniques like oil and acrylic

Learning Outcomes

  • Feel confident painting in Photoshop with different techniques
  • Understand how to navigate the Photoshop UI smoothly
  • Know how to set up your digital canvas and layers
  • Use custom brushes and tools effectively
  • Finish your artwork with professional-looking touches

About This Course

Photoshop: Learn the software and use a Wacom tablet to easily start creating beautiful digital paintings in Photoshop.

Photoshop Painting is fun and relatively easy. Follow along with me and I will show you exactly how to create your first Photoshop portrait using a pen tablet (Wacom or equivalent).

*NOTES:

  • The current price is an introductory rate, and will go up as more lectures are added.

  • More technique videos are coming soon

  • You do not need to know Photoshop to take this course. I will quickly cover the basics before moving into more advanced information.

  • ***30 Day Money Back Guarantee*** No questions asked. If you hate the class, just return it. No risk.


What You Will Learn

By the end of this course you will feel comfortable painting in Photoshop using various different techniques. You will also have a good understanding of PS tools and workflows in general. Specifically, I will be demonstrating how to paint a simple "watercolor" portrait from start to finish, but along the way you will pick up on many other techniques that will help you to feel comfortable coming up with your own unique creations. I also discuss techniques for different kinds of paint like oil and acrylic. The course is meant to give you a comprehensive introduction to digital painting while following along with my project.

Course Structure

  • In this course we will start from the beginning, for those of you who are not familiar with PS. I will go over the UI basics, show how to download PS if you need to, and go over which pen tablet is best for you. There is a link to a fantastic buyers guide if you don't already have a pen tablet input device (They are absolutely necessary to do any serious painting in PS. Cost: $30 - $500 -- cheap ones work fine for this course).

  • Next I will show you the basic techniques of mimicking different kinds of paint, and continue to teach you about the various tools in PS and how to use them.

  • The next section will go over how to setup our file and our layers in order to be ready for painting. By this point we will also have our custom brushes ready, and our UI optimized for painting.

  • Finally, we will start laying down some paint on our digital "canvas". You will watch me paint in real time while I explain my thought process and the PS tools that I am using. I will also throw in some time lapse video of me painting, so you can see the entire process.

  • To finish of the course, you will be instructed how to polish off your painting with some finishing touches. We will go over things like texture overlays, adjustment layers, blending modes, etc.

Why Take This Course?

Take this course if you think digital painting sounds fun, because you're right, it is. Also, if you want to someday pursue a career in any kind of digital art, this is a great starting point for you. You will never regret learning Photoshop. It is used in so many different applications. This particular application is fun and rewarding. Trust me, even you can create beautiful imagery in Photoshop. Just follow along.

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I can't wait to get started as your teacher. I'll see you in class.

**Send me a message if you have any questions about the course or want to know about upcoming deals.

  • Paint in Photoshop using built in and custom brushes

  • Navigate the Photoshop UI for painting

  • Understand layers, blending modes, tool palettes, masking and various other important Photoshop techniques

Instructor

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Adam Zollinger

Digital Artist - 3ds Max | V-Ray | Unreal Engine | Photoshop          Adam has been working as a professional (and award winning) 3d artist for over 10 years, but his expertise does not stop there.  He has also authored / illustrated a children's book, and created graphics for numerous mobile games.  He has expert knowledge in the following programs:  3ds...

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4.9 course rating
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ui-avatar of Mohamed Elabiary
Mohamed E.
5.0
1 year ago

very clear thankyou

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ui-avatar of Frone Henard
Frone H.
3.0
1 year ago

I'm not sure yet whether or not it will be a good match. It's a different photoshop than my current one... can't find a mini bridge in mine; the photoshop screen in the tutorial is very small and difficult to see; cursor is small and it's difficult to follow fast cursor movements--have to replay tiny video segments multiple times... I guess I'll see as the lessons progress.

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ui-avatar of Walter Mitchell
Walter M.
4.0
1 year ago

The course is good. The instructor seems knowledgeable.

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ui-avatar of Ayla Di
Ayla D.
5.0
1 year ago

good

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ui-avatar of Paula van Kerken
Paula V. K.
4.0
2 years ago

I highly enjoyed this course, and learned a lot from it. For a free course, it's very helpful and informative, and I got to better understand the basics of digital painting. At the end I created a painting that looks much better than anything I've managed before this course.
I would highly recommend this to anyone that's starting out with digital painting, or wishes to learn more about the tools you can use.

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ui-avatar of Bilal Oblie
Bilal O.
5.0
2 years ago

Quality

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ui-avatar of Babatope J. Adebiyi
Babatope J. A.
4.0
2 years ago

I learned a lot as a beginner. I got most of the information needed to start creating paintings.

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ui-avatar of Iasha Kenin Bagulo
Iasha K. B.
4.5
2 years ago

Yes it was a good foundation for me, providing all the essential basics for my growth.

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ui-avatar of Keith Russell
Keith R.
5.0
2 years ago

Enjoyed the course, gave me a good insight to paint a subject with watercolours

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Francisco
2.0
2 years ago

No, it wasn't a good match. I was expecting to find advice on how to paint better, exploring the shapes of the drawings and going thorugh color theory; Learning about values and composition. Instead the whole presentation is more thecnical, focusing on the feautures of photoshop and brushes this guy has. Definetly not what I wanted/needed

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