Free digital painting courses and tutorials

Master digital painting with these in-depth tutorials. Whether you're using Photoshop, Procreate, or other software, you'll find tips and tricks to help you.

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  1. Digital Painting for Concept Art

    Digital Painting for Concept Art

    Course Advanced

    In this course, veteran instructor and concept artist for video games Matt Kohr teaches you digital painting techniques and workflow tips that will prepare...

  2. Working With Colors and Establishing a Color Palette in Photoshop

    Working With Colors and Establishing a Color Palette in Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    Photoshop is an excellent tool for manipulating photographs but it can also be used as a means to create stunning digital art. This tutorial is part of a...

  3. Create a Medieval Landscape in Photoshop

    Create a Medieval Landscape in Photoshop

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a medieval landscape using digital painting and photo manipulation techniques. We will begin by sketching...

  4. Create a Halo Inspired Ring World in Photoshop

    Create a Halo Inspired Ring World in Photoshop

    Tutorial Advanced

    Photoshop can be used to create all kinds of imaginary worlds. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a ring world from the 1970’s Ring World...

  5. Matte Painting 101: Meteor Impacts

    Matte Painting 101: Meteor Impacts

    Tutorial Beginner

    Matte painting is a technique that filmmakers use to create backgrounds for scenes that can't or don't exist in real life. In the early days, matte paintings...

  6. Create a Planetary Asteroid Impact

    Create a Planetary Asteroid Impact

    Tutorial Advanced

    While asteroids don’t slam into the Earth all that often, movie producers sure act like they do. We can all think up a few movies with similar plots. An...

  7. Matte Painting 101: Lighting Fires

    Matte Painting 101: Lighting Fires

    Tutorial Beginner

    Matte painting is a technique that filmmakers use to create backgrounds for scenes that can't or don't exist in real life. In the early days, matte paintings...

  8. Create a Surreal Upside Down Mountain Painting in Photoshop

    Create a Surreal Upside Down Mountain Painting in Photoshop

    Tutorial Advanced

    In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a surreal upside down mountain illustration using digital painting techniques in Photoshop. This piece was...

  9. Create a Wine Bottle and Glass with Smart Objects

    Create a Wine Bottle and Glass with Smart Objects

    Tutorial Advanced

    Smart Objects are very powerful layers in Photshop. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a wine bottle and wine glass using Smart Objects as well...

  10. Create a Self-Portrait Caricature Illustration in Photoshop

    Create a Self-Portrait Caricature Illustration in Photoshop

    Tutorial Advanced

    Revamping scrapped artwork is a great way to improve the skills of any artist. It is a great measure of your improvement and changes in style over time. Back...

  11. Create a Surreal Rock Formation in Photoshop

    Create a Surreal Rock Formation in Photoshop

    Tutorial Advanced

    While photo manipulation is an important part of just about everything we do in Photoshop, photo manipulation isn't always the answer. Sometimes you'll need...

  12. Create an Ancient Temple Entrance Carved in Rock

    Create an Ancient Temple Entrance Carved in Rock

    Tutorial Advanced

    We’ve all been there. We need to create a specific scene in Photoshop but we can’t find the proper stock photography to create it. Why not paint it instead?...