Photoshop: Quick & Easy Digital Painting Like a Professional

Create professional-looking digital paintings using powerful brush tools in Photoshop, even if you "can't draw."

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What you will learn

Create powerful digital images that can be displayed online or in print, presented as unique gifts, or as part of your own freelance design business.

Harness the power of intelligent brush and eraser tools to mimic the unique qualities of paint on the computer.

Understand how to create effective images that use original or copyright-free photographs as a starting point.

Gain intermediate to advanced illustration skills based on simple tools and easy to learn techniques

Have a solid undertsanding of basic digital painting methods to create images used as stills or later in multimedia and animated projects.

Description

This quick and dirty course will help you make original, custom digital paintings and illustrations using Adobe Photoshop (or any similar program) in just a matter of minutes that look professional and can be used online, in videos and animations, or for print purposes such as on a poster, letterhead, even a T-shirt or other products.

*Please note that free trial versions of Photoshop are available for download from Adobe's website.

Save money making your own unique digital images and illustrations (and stop paying others to do them for you) and develop skills that can help you start making money creating professional-looking images for others. You can also use these simple techniques to make unique images and illustrations as free gifts for friends and family.

You also don't need to know how to draw. There are actually a HUGE number of graphic designers who CAN NOT draw... but they make up for it by using techniques like the ones in this course and naturally, learning more about layout design, composition, color, typography, and other fundamentals of visual literacy.

You can decide how much time you will spend on each image which will then affect your end results. As you do more and more, you can be cranking these out in a matter of minutes and could actually make a little illustration/digital painting business creating these for others on websites like Fiverr, Elance, and other freelancing websites.

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What Students Are Saying:

"A great course by a great instructor. It was amazing to see the making of an image, with all the techniques, attention to detail, and also to hear the thinking process behind each decision. I found it stimulating and inspiring." -Robin Scanlon

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I'm a practicing award-winning multimedia artist and a former tenured Associate Professor of Digital Media and Program Director of Film & Digital Media at The American University of Rome (2006-2016). I'm currently a Visiting Associate Professor of Digital Media at the brand new American University of Myanmar in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). 

Since 2000 I've been teaching students all over the world using my tried and true custom approach (turning complex information into something simple, memorable, easy-to-understand in as short amount of time as possible) to ensure that you get the most important, relevant, and useful information that can be applied immediately.

New bonus lectures and resources will continue to be added and timely advice will be provided in the discussion forum. I love to help and always respond to inquiries and discussions ASAP.

Please Note: All students who enroll in this course also will receive periodic free and discounted access to my other top-rated current and upcoming courses.

You have a 30-day, 100% money-back guarantee with no questions asked so you have nothing to lose. I make myself available so you will have access to me if you have questions or need specific feedback along the way.

Empower yourself now by enrolling in this digital painting course and join our growing learning community!

Click the "Take This Course" button in the upper right corner and let's get started building your digital painting, software, and design skills today.


Content

Introduction and Welcome

Introduction
How to Get the Most Out of This Course
What Sorts of Digital Paintings Can You Make in Photoshop? Let Us Count the Ways

Diving Into Photoshop and Its Painting Tools

Learn or Review Setting Up a New File and Choosing Important Document Settings
Get the Rundown on Important Windows, Tools, and Brushes in Photoshop
Introducing My Good Friend the Mixer Brush Tool
Not Your Average Eraser. Painterly Ways to Use This Common Tool in Photoshop
Setting Up Basics and Brush Tools Overview Quiz

Time For Action. Let's Make a Digital Painting Together!

Start By Choosing an Image to Work With
Ready? Let's Start By Placing a Photo, Modyfying It, and Saving As
Time to Add Our Underpainting. Let's Roll.
Now Let's Add an Overpainting (You Can Have as Many of These As You Want)
Line It Up! Adding a Black Line Drawing Layer to the Mix
Deconstruction Time. Erase and Eat Into the Original Photograph
Polishing and Finishing Up: Using Sponge, Dodge, and Burn Tools to Finalize

Intermediate and Advanced Ways You Can Use These Techniques (Case Study)

Advanced Illustration Techniques (Children's Book Case Study)
Under the Hood: Inside a Lori Leak Illustration (Case Study)
How to Easily Cut, Paste, and Collage Photos Into Your Images in Photoshop

Extras: The only tools you need to know in Photoshop & Starting Your Own E-Store

New: (2019) How to Up Your Game With Stunning New Photoshop Brushes
Extra: 5 Easy & Free Tools to Free Your Creative Soul
Extra: The Only "Evergreen" Tools You Need to Know in Any Imaging Program
Extra: Take Your Best Digital Paintings & Start Selling Them Online (Case Study)
Extra: Link Your Online Store to Your Website and Social Media Pages

Appendix: Resources/ Credits

75+ Places to Find FREE Images, Music, and Videos For Your Projects
Music Credits from Section 3 (*Kevin MacLeod Rules the World!)

Conclusion, Thank You, and Bonuses

Thank You For Taking This Course!
Bonus: Freebies and Discounts

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Reviews

Doua
December 15, 2022
This a great course going directly to how to paint in Photoshop. The method is simple to understand and actually put to practice. I wished she could teach other drawing software too.
Jonathan
June 15, 2021
A very good insight into how to turn photos into art. Some very useful skills have been learnt for future use. Thank you.
Steinar
February 11, 2017
Fantastic - so inspirational - I can't wait to start. In addition to the technicalities - the instructor is also a good artist. Thank you"
Gidget
January 6, 2017
Kristen Palana is a wonderful and amazing Instructor and Professional Artist and Author. In this course she gently guides you set by step to master digital painting techniques that are awe inspiring and designer quality. What appears intimidating at first is actually quite easy when you have a great, caring mentor to guide you. Professor Palana truly cares about her students and is always there to answer questions, offer tips and tricks and to encourage you. She makes learning fun, plus she has the most adorable boys, who she uses as models. She shares their photos, which always make me smile. I have learned so very much from Professor Palana and am excited about taking more of her courses.
Laurene
December 17, 2016
The course covered the basics in a friendly and informal manner. I chose this course to help me decide whether to invest in Photoshop and now I will. I would recommend this course to anyone who is new to this art form.
Barb
December 2, 2016
I felt as though the professor was giving me personal lesson & not teaching a class! the in lessons on layer painting above & below a photo are extraordinary! much better then any of the over priced classes I took at the art institute! Respectfully, Barb Kasel
Dennis
October 15, 2016
I learned how to take one of my photographs and from it create a painting I am proud to show everyone I know. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. I really enjoy the teaching style.
Gary
June 4, 2016
I've been using Photoshop and illustrator for years, but never tried doing any painting with Photoshop. I learned the basics of painting and brushes with this class. Thanks, Gary
Robin
May 11, 2016
A great course by a great instructor. It was amazing to see the making of an image, with all the techniques, attention to detail, and also to hear the thinking process behind each decision. I found it stimulating and inspiring.
Kpeers
May 3, 2016
Great instructor, Kristen covers all the essential points so well - that I am confident and eager to get started right away! I am so excited to have finally discovered a way I may create my own book illustrations! Thank you Kristen :) I would love to see a course strictly on book illustrating, to learn even more.
Keren
April 21, 2016
As usual a wonderful course very thorough teaching, easy to follow and understand. The tutor is very accessible, should you have questions or not understand something. She makes this subject engaging and fun to do; and with her courses there is plenty of room to experiment as well which is precisely what I'm going to do with this method. I've not seen this technique before but am very enthsiastic to try it out. Many Thanks Kristen.
Diane
April 7, 2016
I learned a lot from this course. Until now, I never used the full potential of the Photoshop brushes.. The course taught me simple tricks that will definitely improve my digital painting skills.
David
April 6, 2016
Great and simple technique that anyone who wants to "play" with photos should learn. I particularly like the idea of using these paintings for picture books and to add some art to a website. Well worth it!
Kellie
April 6, 2016
I love that the teacher believes that she can teach anyone - I am not artistic but I really want to learn so Kristen believing that I can helps me enormously
Anneke
April 5, 2016
Photoshop can be intimidating for an artist. This course makes it not only easy, because it gives you exactly what Kristen is using step by step. It is also fun, because it shows. Learning by doing! I love it.

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