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Digital Pumpkin Carving Challenge will be hosted directly in the academy â Join before Sunday, October 28 at midnight to participate.
Black Friday Deal â Get access to our exclusive 3-day live âFinding Your Style Kickstartâ workshop â plus special bonuses â Join before Sunday, November 28 at midnight.
Finally, a community-first academy to help you grow as an artist
With monthly workshops, clear guidance, constructive feedback, and peers who share your passion.
trusted by over 9,000 students
⨠Halloween Special Event â¨
Digital Pumpkin Carving Challenge đ
- October 28 to 31 2025
Join us for this spook-tacular Digital Art Challenge!
Itâs pumpkin season â time to sketch, render, and make your pumpkin glow!
Over four creative days, youâll design your own digital pumpkin, learn new lighting and rendering tricks, and share your masterpiece with a supportive community of artists.
Youâll learn how to:
- Sketch the perfect 3D pumpkin shape
- Make it glow from the inside
- Add final rendering touches that pop
⨠A fun, creative event to celebrate the Spooky season â together!
⨠Black Friday Special â¨
Finding Your Style Kickstart
- November 28, 29 30, 2025 â (3 days, Friday till Sunday)
Join us for this Black Friday Exclusive Workshop!
Your art is improving â but your style still feels all over the place.
You love trying new things, but nothing looks consistent or truly âyou.â
This 3-day live workshop will help you bring clarity, direction, and confidence to your art â so your style finally feels intentional.
Youâll learn how to:
- Craft a unique style based on what inspires you
- Build a repeatable workflow to keep your style consistent
- Develop lasting habits to keep evolving grow your skills
⨠Available exclusively during our Black Friday Event inside the Digital Painting Academy.
The All-New Digital Painting Academy Platform đ¨
Learn. Connect. Create. All in one place.
The Academy isnât just a course â itâs your creative home.
Inside the app, youâll find everything you need to grow as an artist:
â Step-by-step classes that take you from fundamentals to full illustrations
â Personalized feedback and guidance from professional mentors
â A thriving community of artists learning side by side
â Monthly workshops and creative challenges that keep you inspired
Whether youâre just picking up your stylus again or ready to go pro, the Digital Painting Academy gives you the structure, support, and accountability to finally reach your full artistic potential.
Do you ever feel like youâre putting in the effort, but not actually making progress with your art? đŤ
- Youâve been drawing on and off for years, but your progress feels scattered or stuck.
- You dream of illustrating your own stories, characters, or even a comic â but never seem to finish.
- You fall into the trap of tweaking little details forever... and still hate the final result.
- Youâve tried YouTube tutorials, art challenges, and random classes, but they just left you feeling more confused.
- Deep down, you know you could do this â if only you had the right support and structure.
You want to:
- Finally finish that passion project youâve been putting off for years.
- Build real skills that let you draw from imagination â no more relying on references for everything.
- Create art youâre actually proud to share.
- Feel like a serious, confident artist â not someone whoâs always âstarting over.â
The Missing Piece Isnât Another Tutorial⌠Itâs Support
How many times have you followed a tutorial⌠only to get stuck?
Without feedback or support, progress feels impossible.
Thatâs why the new Digital Painting Academy puts community first â combining step-by-step classes with professional guidance and accountability to actually reach your goals.
Here's what youâll find inside the Academy đ
â monthly themed workshops
Every month, join a new workshop the whole community takes on together. Learning side by side is the fastest way to stay motivated and see real progress.
â a clear 5-level learning path
Step-by-step classes that guide you from fundamentals all the way to creating full illustrations from imagination.
â 5 minute habit exercises
With bite-sized lessons and mini daily drills, youâll fit art into your busy life without burning out or losing momentum.
â professional feedback & guidance
Skip the guesswork with actionable critiques from a mentor, plus the support of a warm community that lifts you up at every step.
A New Private Space Built Just for Artists Like You
- Connect with like-minded artists who actually care about their craft
- Get kind, helpful feedback on your workâno ego, no harsh critiques
- Join creative challenges, share your wins, and stay inspired year-round
- Learn and grow your skills to achieve your best work to date
- Ask questions, get support, and never feel like you're doing this alone
⨠Itâs the support youâve been missingâartists learning side by side, sharing feedback, and celebrating progress.
Join today and we'll includes these two bonuses.
Included when you join – Total worth of $236
Bonus 01
Art Habit Starter Kit
A 7-day program of daily guided drills and mindsets designed to help you finally make painting a natural part of your life. Youâll learn how to build lasting creative habits, stay consistent even on busy days, and feel your skills grow week by week.
Value of $97
Bonus 02
Brushes Megapack
My complete collection of custom brushes. With this megapack, youâll cut down on repetitive tasks, explore new textures and effects, and bring more polish to your creative process. Gain instant access when joining.
Value of $139
Bonus 03
Finding Your Style Kickstart
A 3-Day live event (FriâSun) workshop where Iâll guide you step-by-step to uncover your unique style. Youâll clarify your artistic voice, gain direction in your work, and walk away with your personal âStyle Map.â Coming November 2025.
Value of $197
Is the Digital Painting Academy right for you? đ¤
- The Returning Artist â You havenât stopped caring, you just stopped creating. Maybe itâs been months⌠or even years. Picking up your sketchbook again feels scary, and you worry youâre ârusty.â Thatâs exactly why the Academyâs step-by-step Learning Path exists â to rebuild your confidence without overwhelm.
- The Aspiring Illustrator â You dream of going pro, but it always takes a backseat. Between work, studies, or family, your art never gets the time it deserves. The Academy helps you build a creative habit that fits your life, so you can finally start taking your art seriously.
- The Hobbyist Who Wants More â You love drawing, but you havenât finished anything in ages. You start, you stop, you tweak forever⌠and the joy fades. Inside the Academy, youâll join monthly workshops, creative challenges, and a supportive community that gives you the accountability to actually finish.
Hear what our students have to say..
Over 9,000+ students have joined the academy!
"Every portrait that
I'm doing (âŚ) is better
than the last"
Amanda Gremba - Paintable Student 
"The progress that I've made is insane"
Taryn Peterson - Paintable Student
"If you try it, you are going to love it"
Miguel Olalder - Paintable Student
âIâve been struggling for some time to seriously start painting digitally. The Digital Painting Academy gave me the tools and approaches to finally jumping the border from traditional or half-digital to a complete digital workflow⌠without putting me in a strict corset that wouldnât have fitted my life.â
âThank you for putting together such an accessible and understandable program. I've learned more about digital art within a week of joining DPA than I was able to do in nearly two years of trying to make sense of random YouTube tutorials on my own.â
"I wanted to create more complex illustrations, work with light and shadows, textures and create nice compositions. I tried a few courses on Skillshare but there was no sense of community or people I could relate to. The DPA is way more engaging than a simple class because youâre really pushed to create your own art based on the ideas they share with you. Now, I have more confidence and a step by step process I can follow to create the things I want to create.â
âIâve watched YouTube videos and read books, but there wasnât a pathway to follow. It felt haphazard and I didnât like what I was producing. So Iâd just fizzle off and lose momentum.â When I found Paintable I could tell there was a structure to the way David teaches. I like the short videos and how easy they are to follow.
âI got more out of this than I did in a full-semester class at university and didn't have to take out a loan to do it. The videos are amazing and in-depth, and the structure of the class is perfectly paced to take you through the process of painting without overwhelming you.â
"I really enjoyed the organized structure of the courses. The foundations and the modules for individual aspects such as hair, skin tones or anatomy made it easy to divide my studying time into smaller chunks. That really helps with the motivation to continue learning and painting!"
"I love the site and can't begin to tell you what a difference it's made for me. I went from 'I have an art degree' being the funniest joke I could tell to actually making work that looks good.â"
"I feel far more comfortable with digital painting now. I don't struggle with smooth blending and I've learnt lots of easy tips and tricks that make it easy to fix mistakes or to really push the drawing to the next level. Basically, I've learnt how to use technology efficiently to create beautiful paintings."
âBefore joining The DPA, I felt like I was lacking those fundamental skills I needed. Since joining, I know how to manipulate layers in my art, and use the tools to my advantage to really bring out light, colors, shadow and contrast. It makes everything look more dramatic. Plus, I feel I have more discipline and Iâm making art on a more regular basis.
âArt instructors arenât always great at explaining their process. What is that brush doing, why did you do that stroke, whatâs the purpose? I couldnât follow their steps or express what my imagination was telling me to do. I was frustrated with the results of what I was making. I now have a methodology to refer back to. Before, I was using tools and effects randomly. Controlling colors was hard. I felt my work looked childish and dull.
I needed help breaking it down into a process. I was looking for a workflow that worked for me consistently. Colors, shadows⌠I wanted a way of thinking. Since joining the DPA, I feel like Iâm getting a university education based on how thorough everything is. You walk away knowing the direction you need to go in so you can finish the work.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Hi, Iâm David â digital artist, educator, and founder of Paintable.
Over the past 10+ years, Iâve helped thousands of self-taught digital artists go from âdabblingâ to confidently creating the kind of polished, imaginative illustrations theyâve always dreamed of â even if they started late, struggled with self-doubt, or felt overwhelmed by life.
Iâve built Digital Painting Academy specifically for artists like you, so you can finally create consistent art from imagination… and become the artist you truly are.
Join today! Become the artist you were always meant to be!
Monthly
$45/Month Subscription
- Learning Path â Full access to our complete 5-Level Learning Path designed to teach every skill needed to paint from imagination.
- Monthly Workshops â Every month, get access to a brand-new workshop covering topics like: portraiture, landscape, character design, and more.
- Feedback & Support â Join a supportive community and get direct access to our mentors to ask questions.
- Art Habit Starter Kit â A step-by-step system of daily guided drills to help you finally make painting a natural part of your life. (Value $97, included free)
- Brushes Megapack â My complete collection of custom brushes. (Value $139, included free)
No commitments - Cancel any time in 2 click. Risk free 30-day money-back guarantee!
Annual
$33.25/Month billed $399 annually. Save $141.
- Learning Path â Full access to our complete 5-Level Learning Path designed to teach every skill needed to paint from imagination.
- Monthly Workshops â Every month, get access to a brand-new workshop covering topics like: portraiture, landscape, character design, and more.
- Feedback & Support â Join a supportive community and get direct access to our mentors to ask questions.
- Art Habit Starter Kit â A step-by-step system of daily guided drills to help you finally make painting a natural part of your life. (Value $97, included free)
- Brushes Megapack â My complete collection of custom brushes. (Value $139, included free)
No commitments - Cancel any time in 2 click. Risk free 30-day money-back guarantee!
Donât Let Another Year Go By
If art is an important part of who you are, it deserves a place in your life.
I know how easy it is to let it slip when things get busy. But this part of you mattersâitâs how you connect with your creativity, your joy, your sense of self. You donât have to do it perfectly. You just have to keep going. And Iâll be here to help you along the way.
Itâs not because youâre not tryingâitâs because youâve been doing it alone. Without a clear path, professional feedback, or a supportive space to grow, itâs easy to get stuck repeating the same mistakes.
The truth is, raw practice isnât enough when youâre navigating this all on your own. But it doesnât have to be that way.
My big Promise:
Spot The Difference in 30 Days, or Itâs on Us!
STILL UNDECIDED?
Give It a TryâTotally Risk-Free (30-Day Guarantee!)
I genuinely believe you’ll love going through the Academy, just like the thousands of students before you who’ve seen real results.
But hey, I get it⌠not every course clicks with everyone.
Thatâs why I offer a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. If you dive in, complete the lessons, and give the exercises your full effort (but still feel like itâs not the right fit), Iâve got your back.
No hard feelings, no weird hoops to jump through đ
Questions you might have about joining usâŚ
The Digital Painting Academy (DPA) is an online membership designed to help you grow your digital art skills step by step. đ¨
Structured learning path: Progress from beginner to advanced with easy-to-follow tutorials and resources.
Personalized support: Get feedback on your work and connect with a supportive community of fellow artists.
Monthly workshops: Join live sessions to sharpen your skills (and donât worryâeverything is recorded, so you can revisit them anytime).
Learn at your own pace: Whether you have 5 minutes a day or a few hours a week, the academy fits your schedule.
By combining structured lessons, ongoing practice, and community support, DPA helps you build confidence and skillâfrom your very first brushstroke to professional-level artwork.
Inside the Digital Painting Academy, youâll follow a step-by-step path that teaches you the essential skills of digital illustration in the right orderâso you never feel overwhelmed.
Core fundamentals: Foundation skills, lighting theory, color theory, perspective, anatomy, and composition.
Digital mastery: Confidently use your painting software and tools while building your own creative workflow.
Subject variety: Portraits, characters, landscapes, animals, icons, and moreâso you can paint anything you imagine.
Live workshops: Join monthly sessions to refine your skills, learn advanced techniques, and get real-time feedback.
The goal? To help you go from beginner to creating polished digital paintings from imagination in 12 months or lessâwhile seeing noticeable progress in as little as 30 days. đď¸
The DPA is best for beginner to intermediate level artists who are looking for a path to improve their skills, master their tools and software, and sharpen their workflow. Youâll pick up valuable lessons and techniques to help you grow and refine your digital painting skills.
Nope! DPA welcomes artists of all backgrounds and experience levels. đ We’ll guide you through the basics and help you progress at your own pace, so you’ll never feel left behind.
Absolutely! The DPA’s bite-sized lessons (typically 5 minutes or less) make it easy to learn and practice, even with a busy schedule. đ Plus, our flexible learning paths let you progress at your own pace, so you can become a better artist without feeling overwhelmed. đ
The Digital Painting Academy is different because it doesnât just give you informationâit gives you structure and support.
Step-by-step path: Learn the right skills in the right order, so you never feel lost or stuck piecing together random tutorials.
Community first: Join an engaged group of fellow artists who provide feedback, accountability, and moral support every step of the way.
Ongoing motivation: With monthly live workshops, interactive challenges, and a space to share your progress, youâll stay inspired and consistent.
Instead of going it alone, youâll be part of a proven system and a supportive community designed to help you make real, lasting progress in your digital art journey. đĽł
DPA is designed to keep you engaged and motivated! With our supportive community, and step-by-step learning path, you’ll find it easier than ever to stay consistent and see your skills grow. đą
We take all the confusing theories and information and turn it into ONE simple process you can follow to master the right skills in the right order. If you have a few minutes a day, you will make progress and an see an improvement in your paintings. (Plus, you’ve got 30 days to test that promise out for yourself with our money-back guarantee.)
While you will need a drawing tablet and digital painting software, DPA doesn’t require any specific tools or software. We’ll help you choose and master the tools that work best for you, so you can focus on your craft! đÂ
No worries! With our brand-new Digital Painting Academy app, the community is built right into your learning experience. Youâll be able to connect, share progress, and get feedback instantlyâwithout juggling different platforms. đ
Youâll never be alone in your digital art journey. Inside the community, youâll find encouragement, accountability, and answers to your questions from fellow artistsâand direct guidance from a professional. In fact, David himself is in the community every day, ready to support you. đ
đ§ Just shoot us an email at [email protected]! Our friendly team is always happy to help with any questions!
