Set up a comfortable digital painting workflow and learn to control a brush before worrying about style.

You can paint a simple subject in greyscale with controlled, deliberate strokes.

• Configure canvas size, brushes, and shortcuts for a workflow that does not slow you down
• Practise line control, pressure, and basic shapes
• Block in a simple subject using values before any colour

Learn light, shadow, and edges, which do more for a painting than any brush pack.

You can make objects feel solid and lit rather than flat and pasted on.

• Study form shadow, cast shadow, and reflected light on simple forms
• Control hard, soft, and lost edges to direct attention
• Introduce colour through temperature shifts rather than flat hue changes

Paint complete illustrations with composition, colour harmony, and materials that read correctly.

You can take an illustration from sketch to a finished, coherent painted image.

• Plan composition with thumbnails and a clear focal point
• Build colour schemes and mood with limited palettes and grading
• Render skin, metal, cloth, and foliage with the right edge and reflection behaviour

Work at professional speed and consistency, with a process you can repeat on a deadline.

You can deliver commissioned paintings to a consistent standard and schedule.

• Build a repeatable process from brief and reference through to the final file
• Use custom brushes, textures, and photo elements without losing a painted look
• Self critique with value, colour, and silhouette checks before delivery