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title: Digital Painting
description: This subject focuses on using digital tablets and software to mimic traditional painting techniques. Learners will understand brush customization, layer management, blending modes, and digital color application to create finished, rendered illustrations.
category: arts-design
subcategory: painting
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/digital-painting
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# Digital Painting

This subject focuses on using digital tablets and software to mimic traditional painting techniques. Learners will understand brush customization, layer management, blending modes, and digital color application to create finished, rendered illustrations.

## Available Resources

2 Books • 2 Courses • 2 Websites

## Courses

### 1. Digital Painting

Learn digital painting from Disney artist Aaron Blaise! Master techniques for creating stunning digital art in this comprehensive course.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.schoolism.com/courses/digital-painting

**Tags:** digital-painting, art-course, illustration, painting-technique

### 2. Composition Library

Master advanced composition techniques with Matt Kohr's Composition Library! Learn to create compelling art through proven visual principles.

**Difficulty:** Advanced | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.ctrlpaint.com/library/#composition

**Tags:** composition, digital-painting, visual-design, value

## Podcasts

### 1. Digital ArtCast

**Author:** Digital Artcast

We are a group of digital artist who talk about all things related to art and digital illustartion. We cover weekly topics about VFX, illustration and concept art in the main entertainment industry. We have guest including industry pros and tips and tricks to make you a better artist. Subscribe and never miss and episode.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en-gb | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalArtcast

**Tags:** digital-illustration, concept-art, vfx, industry-interviews

## Websites

### 1. ctrlpaint.com

Ctrl+Paint is an online digital painting education hub offering a free core library and paid courses with step-by-step video tutorials on fundamentals, tools, and painting workflows.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://ctrlpaint.com

**Tags:** websites, arts-design, creative-arts

### 2. artstation.com/learning

ArtStation Learning is a subscription video library of courses for 3D artists, featuring modeling, sculpting, texturing, lighting, and concept art. It offers industry-led tutorials and project-based lessons taught by professional artists across major software.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.artstation.com/learning

**Tags:** websites, arts-design, 3d--animation

## Books

### 1. Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop

**Author:** Nykolai Aleksander, Richard Tilbury

Tutorial collection from 3dtotal Publishing covering Photoshop setup, brushes, layers and blending modes, then full painted projects in portraits, creatures and environments. Readers finish able to block in values, build a painting in stages and control edges and detail.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0955153077?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, arts-design, visual-arts

### 2. Digital Art Masters

**Author:** 3dtotal.com

Curated collection of 2D and 3D pieces by working industry artists, each paired with the artist's own making-of breakdown of reference, composition, colour decisions and software steps. Useful for studying finished professional work and the reasoning behind it.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0240520882?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, arts-design, visual-arts

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