David Belliveau

Project of the month: Sorceress of the Forest This month, in the Paintable Tribe, we are expanding our portfolios with a “Sorceress of the forest” splash art piece. 🌲 Read the project brief in the Tribe if you haven’t already, and get started on your mood boards. To help you with it, we have put … Read more

Project of the month: The Monolith The new monthly art portfolio project is here! This month we are painting a Magic: The Gathering-like playing card with a monolith inspired by one of the four elements: water, fire, air, and earth. What is the monthly project? Each month we challenge the Tribe to create one painting … Read more

Paintings aren’t gone from Instagram! Despite Instagram’s move towards video content, there are still a number of wildly talented artists that you might not know sharing their paintings on the platform. We hand-picked 23 digital artist accounts you can safely follow in 2023 without worrying about AI art sneaking its way onto your home page. … Read more

These Alice In Wonderland digital paintings will blow your stockings off… In the Paintable Tribe, we spent the first month of the year building a strong art habit, setting ourselves up for success for 2023. This year, the 30-day art habit challenge got a theme: Alice in Wonderland! 🐇All month we’re painting prompts from the magical … Read more

“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here…” Step into the world of fear and terror through this collection of terrifying digital paintings, and meet the monsters, zombies, vampires, and scariest of all, humans just like You. The Digital Pumpkin Carving Challenge is BACK! 🎃 Join the Paintable Tribe, carve a digital pumpkin this year, and … Read more

The Digital Art Challenge of the Year is coming! The One Week Portrait Challenge is actually more than just a digital art challenge- it’s also a FREE 5-day Masterclass taught by pro artist David Belliveau that walks you though how to paint your best portrait EVER. This is the 5th year running, and more than … Read more

Ever see a sketch of a graceful, fluid dancer that makes you almost feel the euphoria in their pose?  Or the simple lines of a tennis player whose entire body is intensely focused on the serve, a split second before their racket swats the ball? You can feel the power in that moment, yes? Getting that kind of emotional … Read more

Want a curated collection of YOUR personal favorite artists of 2022? How often do you spend hours looking for art inspiration before starting to paint, only to get exhausted and end up not painting at all?  What if you could have all the inspiration already lined up for you? We’ve hand-picked 20 incredibly talented digital … Read more

Arcane, the show that stole our hearts… The first season of the hottest Netflix binge-worthy series, Arcane, hit a couple of weeks ago. Those of us in the art community can’t stop talking about it, and looking at the passion in the fan art coming out, it’s easy to see why! If you’ve watched it and … Read more

The show that swept away the art community… Have you ever seen a television show so captivating that it leaves you awe-inspired? Netflix’s latest hit show became widely popular in the art community in what seemed like a matter of a day. Our social media feeds got flooded with Squid Game fan art, everyone took … Read more

Lose yourself in a world of horror and mystery… This October, unleash your creative side and create chilling digital paintings that will spook out your friends and family. To inspire you, we’ve collected 30 spooky Halloween digital paintings that will send shivers down your spine – guaranteed!Whether you want to paint witches, zombies, or scary … Read more

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum, me hearties. Treasure Island paintings for your inspiration. Students in Paintable’s 6-week Illustration From Imagination program choose from a set of “client briefs” to center their project around. And one of the favorite briefs is the timeless tale of buccaneers and buried gold- Treasure Island! IFI student or not, have … Read more

Your daily dose of digital painting portraits from today’s hot artists! Whether you’re looking for inspo for the upcoming One Week Portrait Challenge, or you’re taking a work break and want a satisfying dopamine hit, these diversely-styled digital painting portraits from 21 of today’s hot artists are sure to hit the spot. Viktoria Gavrilenko Take a … Read more

Take a technicolor stroll through these unique & inspirational takes on the beloved classic! With a story as famous as The Wizard of Oz, you’d think you’ve seen it all. But this collection of remarkable masterpieces proves that we can put a truly unique style and interpretation on any topic that captures our imagination! Have … Read more

“And what is the use of a book… without pictures or conversation?” Are you looking for unique painting ideas for your next masterpiece? There’s no better place to look for character design inspiration than the incredible world of Alice in Wonderland…  Browse through the collection of these fan-painted creations based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland… … Read more

Once upon a time there was a girl by the name of Little Red Riding Hood… While Little Red Riding Hood is a tale for the younger generations, it didn’t stop digital artists to put their own spin on the story. Sometimes she is a little girl who  wandered off into the woods, other times … Read more