Drawing and Painting in Photoshop

Learn how draw and paint digitally using Adobe Photoshop. This course is designed specifically for artists who want to transition their skills to a digital canvas.

Introduction

• Drawing and painting in Photoshop

1. Setting the Digital Canvas

• Fundamentals of image files
• Image size in inches
• Size in pixels
• More settings

2. Control of the Digital Screen

• Handling multiple files
• Navigating inside the file window
• Rotate View tool
• A second view
• Navigation options
• Navigation shortcuts summary

3. Tools for Choosing Color

• Choosing a color in HSB mode
• Choosing a color in RGB mode
• Using the Color picker
• Color palette
• Swatches palette
• Eyedropper Tool

4. Settings for the Brush Tool

• The Brush tool and graphic tablets
• Basic Brush tool settings
• The standard brush tip settings
• Creating a custom brush tip
• The Natural Media Bristle Brush settings
• Shape dynamics
• Scattering
• Texture
• Dual Brush
• Color dynamics
• Transfer
• Graphic tablet and pen pressure
• Fade

5. Additional Tools for Applying Color

• Mixer brush
• Paint Bucket
• Gradient tool
• Blend modes

6. Supporting Tools

• Rectangular Marquee tool
• Lasso tool
• Selection from Path
• Quick Mask mode
• Handling selections
• Straight lines with the Shift key
• Smoothing
• Stroking a path
• Symmetry

7. Manipulating Color

• Smudge, Blur, and Sharpen tools
• Mixer brush
• Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools
• Clone Stamp tool
• Moving and duplicating selections
• Transforming selections
• Puppet Warp tool
• Hue/Saturation
• Curves
• Color Balance

8. Organizing the Digital Canvas

• Painting on separate layers
• Moving and transforming layers
• Locking transparent pixels
• Eraser tool
• Layer masks
• Clipping masks
• Duplicate and merge layers
• Grouping layers
• Layer Opacity and Blend modes

9. Digital Drawing

• New file and Brushes overview
• Rough sketch
• Perspective grid
• Final drawing: Part 1
• Final drawing: Part 2
• Final drawing: Part 3

10. Colored, Digital Drawing

• New file and Brushes overview
• Rough sketch
• Final drawing: Part 1
• Final drawing: Part 2
• Flattening
• Adding shadows
• Highlights
• Finishing touches

11. Digital Painting

• New file and Brushes overview
• Rough color sketch
• Preliminary drawing
• Resizing and Layer setup
• Painting the foreground: Part 1
• Painting the foreground: Part 2
• Painting the midground
• Painting the far background
• Finishing touches
• Final adjustments

Conclusion

• Farewell