Introduction & Welcome
  • Intro Video
  • START HERE - Instructions and a Personal Welcome
  • Tools for Digital Painting
  • DOWNLOAD FILES HERE
Helpful Things to Know in Photoshop for Painting
  • Setting Up a Custom Painting Workspace in Photoshop
  • Best Keyboard Shortcuts to Know and Learn
  • Learn How Destroy Photographic Detail and Why
  • Adjustment Layers
  • Making Life Easier With Actions
  • Adding a Texture (DL)
Photoshop's Brushes and Brush Engine
  • Overview of The Brushes
  • Overview of the Brush Panel
  • Static Brushes
  • Artist Brushes
  • Airbrush Brushes
  • Erodible Tip Brushes
  • The Mixer Brush
  • The Brush Option Bar
  • Brush Tip Shape
  • Brush Shape Dynamics and Transfer
  • Brush Texture
  • Scattering and Color Dynamics Added to a Brush
  • The Art History Brush
  • Making Your Own Brushes
  • Loading, Saving, and Organizing Brushes in Photoshop
Understanding The Tool Preset Panel - AKA "Tool Boxes"
  • Loading Tool Presets into Photoshop - Windows
  • Understanding the Tool Preset Panel Part 1
  • Understanding and Using the Tool Preset Panel - Part 2
Prepping Your Photograph To Be Painted
  • Using Camera Raw 1st to Make Adjustments to Your Photograph (DL)
  • Using the HDR Toning Filter for a More Painterly Starting Point
  • Using Match Color Command to Copy a Color Palette from Another Image
  • Using Layer Masks to Create Painterly Edges
  • Extending The Canvas for Painterly Edges
  • Some of My Favorite 3rd Party Plugins For Creating Underpaintings
  • Some of My Favorite Filters in Photoshop for Creating an Under Painting
Creating Your First Painting from a Photograph
  • Maternity Painting in an Impressionist Style - Under 15 minutes
Learn How to Clone Paint from a Photograph
  • Beginning in Camera Raw (DL)
  • Using Topaz Plugin to Create an Under Paintng
  • Using Photoshop's Default Action to Clone Paint
  • Setting Up Clone Painting for CS5 Users
  • The First Clone Layer - Creating the Base
  • Clone Painting - Intermediate Strokes
  • Clone Painting in the Details Layer - Part 1
  • Clone Painting in the Details Layer - Part 2
Intro to Painting Portraits
  • An Overview to Painting Portraits of People (DL)
  • Setting Up Skin and Hair Brush Tools
  • Painting Skin
  • Using LAB Mode to Enhance Skin Painting
  • Beginning to Paint the Hair - Under Painting
  • Adding the Texture or Overlay Background
  • Reshaping the Hair
  • Adding Details to the Hair
  • Final Touches
Quick Tips - Under 2 Minute Helpful Tutorials
  • Quick Tip - Painting Straight Lines
  • Quick Tip - Loading a Brush with Color
  • Quick Tip - Painting in Two Windows
  • Quick Tip - Easily Duplicate Your Image in Photoshop
  • Quick Tip - Using Content Aware Fill to Remove Objects Before Painting
  • Quick Tip - For Clone Painting Using a Layer Mask
  • Quick Tip - Adding Texture to the Final Painting Easily
  • Quick Tip - Short Key for Flipping Your Canvas
  • Quick Tip - Upload Your Images to Udemy Course
Acquiring Reference Photos and Places to Sell Your Digital Paintings
  • Explanation of Copyright Rules When Using Photographs as a Reference
  • Acquiring Images to Paint From if Not Your Own
  • Congratulations - You Are Officially an Artist
  • Let Other People or Websites Sell Your Art for You
  • Easily Create a Website for Showcasing Your Art