The foundation every artist needs to learn the basic tools & software
If you are a pure beginner, you might think that digital painting seems complicated. But if you ever held a paint brush once in your life, then painting digitally is simply another medium like oil or watercolor. This guide will give you all the tools, techniques and basic work flow to start painting with your tablet while creating your first digital painting.

Start on the right foot with an efficient, professional digital painting workflow
In this module of the Digital Painting Academy you'll learn how to use foundational techniques with your layers, masks, selections, coloring process and much more. This module is designed to help you gain speed while learning a professional workflow. With 10+ mini downloadable exercises and its extensive cheat sheet and shortcut guide, you are guaranteed to see progress in your workflow.

Learn how to sketch in proportion digitally
This modules teaches not only how to use the right brushes and tools to create professional looking sketches, it also teaches you how to sketch anything from observation. You'll learn the "Essential 5" measurement techniques you need to know to draw anything in realistic proportions from observation. After this module you'll be able to draw characters and portrait with realistic proportion.

Create realistic, 3D-looking objects and characters with light and shadow
Rendering means "to paint the form". It is the action we do over and over while painting any subject. In this module you'll learn the blending techniques and tools needed to create smooth surfaces that look 3 dimensional. You'll also learn the "Paint & Carve" technique, giving you more control over your rendering. After this module you'll be able to render any subject you choose.

Add vibrant, harmonious colors to your subjects
Learn the professional workflow that veterans of the industry use everyday to colorize their paintings. You'll learn the power of each of the blending modes available within your software, and how to combine them for a saturated, vibrant result. This module includes many downloadable, fun exercises for you to practice and apply what you learn right away.

Turn up the realism of your portraits, characters and more…
In this masterclass you'll learn the 7 most important steps needed to render quality, highly detailed paintings. We'll walk through each of the steps while creating a portrait- but this process sets you up to render anything, from objects to landscapes. After this module, you'll have painted your most realistic portrait ever, GURANTEED!

Say bye to dull, muted colors in your artwork and skin tones
Any artist that has spent some time with digital painting will know the curse of "muddy colors". Understand the science behind what causes your colors to look dull, muted or muddy, and pick up my best techniques and secrets for fixing and avoiding this dreaded problem in your own work.

Paint skin tones that look touchably realistic, not plastic or fake
One of the most difficult topics of portraiture, finally made easy for artists at every level! You'll finish this module with a working understanding of the 3 components of every skin tone: local color, color zones of the face, and lighting.

Because a head is NOT egg shaped!!!
Learn 3 techniques used by professional artists to create proportionate human heads for their portraits. Master these skills, and your portraits will look noticeably more human, starting with your very next portrait. Guaranteed!

Improve human head and facial porportions for your portraits
You don't need a PhD to understand enough human anatomy to make a dramatic improvement in your portraits. In this "Awesome Anatomy" series, you'll learn how to paint realistic eyes, luscious lips, perfect noses, proportionate ears, and expressive necks - from any angle!

Evoke any emotion in your audience through the use of facial expression
Learn the anatomy behind each human expression, and how to use it to create expressive faces that bring true emotion to your artwork. Master the 6 most useful expressions: joyful, angry, sad, fearful, disgust, and surprised. See real examples for each expression, their muscle charts, and try out each expression yourself.

Paint beautiful hairstyles, and add distinctive stubble and beards
In part 1, you'll learn the basic principles of how to paint hair, and get a number of downloadable exercises to help you design and paint both male and female hairstyles. In part 2, we get a little more advanced, diving into trickier situations like painting stubbles, curly (afro) hair, macro-details, and even back-lit hair (useful for creating dramatic, interesting lighting)!

Paint faster while getting better results with this one of kind masterclass
This course offers a step-by-step process to create stunning portraits in just one week. With bite-sized video lessons covering sketching, rendering, and detailing, you’ll gain a reliable workflow to paint faster and with higher quality. Ideal for beginner to intermediate artists, this masterclass ensures you finish with a polished portrait and a streamlined process for future artworks.