Before you can even start to draw and paint digitally, you need to know the tools! 

Description

How to Draw and Paint Digitally covers the core knowledge and practical theory you need to know in order to utilise digital art software to create artwork digitally. Most digital art software shares a number of core features, and using Adobe Photoshop as a base, this course will get you up to speed on the tools and the techniques of digital art creation. If you're new to digital art, and want to learn how to draw and paint in digital art software, this course is for you.

Master The Essentials Needed to Draw and Paint In Digital Art Software

• Understand both the hardware and software required to create digital art

• Learn the core features of digital art software, and how to use them

• Get to grips with the digital canvas, navigation, colour panels, tools and more

• Gain insight into brushes, layers, layer modes, selections and more!

Learn How To Use Almost Any Digital Art Software

If you've never used digital art software before and you'd love to learn, I'd love to teach you. Getting to grips with art software and the digital art process is easier than you think, and when you're done, you should be able to approach most modern digital art packages with confidence.

Many of the features of art software are shared, such as brushes, selections, layers, colour panels, swatches, and much more. In this easy to follow course, I go step-by-step into the digital process - from what hardware tools you'll need, to creating a digital canvas, resolutions and paper sizes, using and adjusting brushes, layers and layer features and much more to draw and paint effectively on computer.

What's more, I'll have you up to speed in no time - high quality video and audio that is comprehensive and yet to the point, will have you learn the fundamental tools and techniques in less than 2 hours!

• This Digital Art Tools course is for those new to digital art software, who have never used it before, or have only used it very little
• This course offers those new to digital art the opportunity to quickly get to grips with Digital Art Tools
• If you're interested in getting into digital art, but have no idea or experience in how the software or hardware tools work, this course is for you

Course content

• Introduction
  • Introduction to Digital Art Tools Essentials
  • A Brief Overview of Hardware & Software
  • Join the Community!
• Understanding the Digital Canvas
  • General Overview: Art Application Menus
  • General Overview: Tools in Art Applications
  • General Overview: Art Application Palettes
  • Canvas Size and Resolution Settings
  • General Art Canvas Setup
  • Canvas Navigation, Rotation and Zooming
  • Have Questions?
• Understanding How Layers Work
  • Understanding Layers
  • Layer Opacity and Layer Modes
  • Layer Modes: Multiply, Screen and Overlay
  • Locking Layer Transparency
• The Essentials of Digital Brushes
  • What are Brushes?
  • Brush Edges and Sizing
  • Essential Brush Settings: Opacity, Flow, Spacing & Pen Pressure
  • Core Skill: Blending Using the Colour Picker
  • Using the Eraser Tool
  • The Colour Picker: Choosing your Hue, Value and Saturation
• Selection and Transformation Tools
  • Understanding and Using Selections
  • Understanding and Using Transformation
  • Understanding and Using Warp
• Conclusion
  • A Review of What We've Learned
  • Conclusion to the Course