Digital Painting For Beginners

Join Melody Nieves in our Digital Painting for Beginners series aimed at new users to Adobe Photoshop. This series of quick tips will teach you the basics so you can start your journey into digital painting with ease.

Posts in this series

Digital Painting 101: Get to Know the Brush Panel
Are you new to digital painting? Today we're going to go over basic features in the Brush panel to introduce you to this incredible medium. Learn the...
Melody Nieves
5 Feb 2015
Design & Illustration
Quick Tip: How to Blend With the Brush Tool for Digital Paintings
A continuation of the Digital Painting 101 series. In today's lesson, we'll show you the most important technique to learn for digital paintings, blending...
Melody Nieves
11 Feb 2015
Design & Illustration
Quick Tip: Painting With Hard vs. Soft Brushes in Adobe Photoshop
In today's quick tip we learn more about painting with the Brush Tool in Photoshop. Discover the difference between working with Hard vs. Soft Brushes and...
Melody Nieves
18 Feb 2015
Design & Illustration
Quick Tip: Painting With Layer Blend Modes in Adobe Photoshop
In today's quick tip for our Digital Painting 101 series, you'll learn about Layer Blend Modes in Adobe Photoshop and how you can use these settings to...
Melody Nieves
6 Mar 2015
Design & Illustration
Quick Tip: Improve Your Digital Paintings With Adjustment Layers in Adobe Photoshop
In today's lesson of Digital Painting 101, we'll cover Adjustment Layers in Adobe Photoshop. Learn how you can improve overall color impact and intensity...
Melody Nieves
12 Mar 2015
Design & Illustration
Digital Painting 101: Using Texture Brushes in Adobe Photoshop
A continuation of the Digital Painting 101 series. Today we'll teach you the basics of painting with texture brushes in Adobe Photoshop, and the difference...
Melody Nieves
19 Mar 2015
Design & Illustration
How to Incorporate Selection Tools Into Your Workflow in Adobe Photoshop
A continuation of the Digital Painting 101 series. In today's quick tip, learn about Selection Tools and the different ways you can use these tools to paint...
Melody Nieves
24 Mar 2015
Design & Illustration
Paint Better Portraits With the Liquify Tool in Adobe Photoshop
A continuation of the Digital Painting 101 series. In today's article we'll show you how to utilize the Liquify filter to improve your digital paintings....
Melody Nieves
8 Apr 2015
Design & Illustration
Digital Painting 101: The Pros and Cons of Painting in Grayscale
Many digital artists love to paint in grayscale. Though this technique has many benefits, it also has a few challenges. In today's post, we'll go over...
Melody Nieves
12 May 2015
Design & Illustration
Digital Painting 101: 4 Things You Should Know Before You Start
All great things start with a game plan. In this article you'll learn how beginners should develop the proper mindset when approaching a digital painting....
Melody Nieves
14 May 2015
Design & Illustration
6 Easy Tips for Making Realistic Digital Paintings
In today's article we'll tackle a few great hacks for painting realistically in Adobe Photoshop. Learn how certain textures, lighting, and even color...
Melody Nieves
21 Apr 2015
Design & Illustration
Digital Painting 101: Thumbnail Drawing for Beginners
Thumbnail drawings are rough sketches that make a big difference. In this continuation of our Digital Painting 101 series, we'll show you the basic process...
Melody Nieves
18 May 2015
Design & Illustration
Digital Painting 101: A Beginner's Guide to Photo References
Photographs are an important tool for any artist because they show you how things actually appear in nature. In today's continuation of Digital Painting 101,...
Melody Nieves
11 Jun 2015
Design & Illustration