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Photoshop Digital Art: Drawing & Painting Techniques
Master Digital Art in Photoshop: Learn Drawing, Painting, Portraits, Color, Light, Anatomy & Professional Techniques
Created byVideo School, Yaşar VURDEM, Phil Ebiner
Last updated 1/2026
English
What you'll learn
- Set up Adobe Photoshop for digital painting using professional brush sets, layer workflows, and canvas settings.
- Construct accurate heads and facial features using basic anatomy principles and the Andrew Loomis method.
- Apply color theory, shape language, and perspective to create balanced, visually compelling digital artwork.
- Sketch and block in characters and portraits using effective lineart, base color, and value techniques.
- Control light, shadow, and highlights to add depth, realism, and focus to digital paintings.
- Paint realistic facial features, skin, hair, textures, and materials using Photoshop brushes and layer modes.
- Use advanced Photoshop techniques to render fabric, shiny objects, and hyperrealistic portrait details.
- Create complete digital portraits and concept artworks from sketch to final render using a repeatable professional workflow.
- Create beautiful art right in Photoshop with our simple-to-follow digital art techniques
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Course content
9 sections • 74 lectures • 9h 45m total length
Requirements
- Adobe Photoshop installed (any recent version recommended)
- A drawing tablet or pen display is strongly recommended (mouse can be used, but results will be limited)
- Basic familiarity with using a computer and navigating software
- No prior digital painting or drawing experience required
- Willingness to practice and follow along with hands-on painting exercises
Description
What if you could paint digital art that looks like it belongs in a movie poster or album cover?
You’ve watched digital art tutorials.
You’ve tried following speed paintings.
You may even know your way around Photoshop.
But your artwork still doesn’t look the way you want it to.
That’s because most digital art courses show you what to do — not how to think like an artist.
THIS COURSE is the solution.
Digital Art with Photoshop is a complete, structured system for learning how to draw, paint, and render professional-quality digital artwork using Adobe Photoshop. Instead of isolated tricks, you’ll learn the fundamentals, workflows, and decision-making processes that professional digital artists use to create realistic portraits, expressive illustrations, and cinematic concept art.
By the end of this course, you’ll understand not just how to paint in Photoshop — but why each step works, how to fix your own mistakes, and how to build artwork from a blank canvas with confidence.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
• Set up Photoshop correctly for digital painting and illustration
• Use professional brush sets for skin, hair, textures, nature, and detail work
• Draw and paint human anatomy with confidence
• Apply the Andrew Loomis method for constructing heads and faces
• Use color theory to create believable, appealing artwork
• Understand shape language and perspective for stronger compositions
• Sketch characters and portraits from scratch
• Control light, shadow, and highlights for depth and realism
• Paint realistic eyes, lips, skin, and hair
• Render fabric, shiny objects, and complex textures
• Use Photoshop layer modes professionally for realism and efficiency
• Create hyperrealistic and stylized digital paintings
• Complete full portrait paintings from start to finish
• Develop a repeatable workflow you can apply to any digital art project
OUR COURSE STRUCTURE + LEARNING APPROACH:
This digital art course is carefully structured to build skills progressively.
You’ll begin with tools, setup, and essential preparation — including a quick-win lesson to get you painting right away.
Next, you’ll build a strong artistic foundation with anatomy, construction, color theory, rendering methods, perspective, and shape language — all taught specifically for digital artists using Photoshop.
From there, you’ll move into hands-on painting techniques, learning how to sketch, block in values and colors, use brushes effectively, control light, and work with Photoshop’s layer modes.
You’ll then focus on specific painting elements like eyes, lips, hair, skin, textures, and shapes before advancing into hyperrealism, fabric rendering, experimental styles, and concept art.
The course finishes with multiple full portrait projects, where you’ll paint complete artworks step by step, applying everything you’ve learned in realistic, real-world workflows.
WHO IS YOUR LEAD INSTRUCTOR?
This course is led by Yaşar VURDEM, a professional digital artist known for his striking visual storytelling and highly detailed digital paintings. Yaşar has worked with industry-leading brands and entertainment studios, including Adobe, Billie Eilish, Prime Video, Ubisoft, Logitech, XP-Pen, and major franchises such as The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Wheel of Time, and Citadel.
In this course, Yaşar shares his full process, from sketch to final render, including the techniques, brushes, and artistic decisions he uses in professional work. You'll learn the same skills that Yaşar has used to grow his Instagram account to 400,000+ followers.
The course is co-created by Philip Ebiner, an experienced educator who has helped millions of students worldwide learn creative and technical skills through clear, structured instruction.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
• Beginners who want to learn digital art properly, without bad habits
• Photoshop users who want to move into digital painting and illustration
• Artists who want stronger fundamentals and realism
• Portrait artists, illustrators, and concept artists
• Creatives who want a professional workflow, not just surface-level tips
No prior digital painting experience is required... just Photoshop, a drawing tablet (recommended), and a desire to improve.
This course isn’t about copying someone else’s style or memorizing steps. It’s about understanding digital art at its core — so you can create artwork that feels intentional, confident, and truly your own.
If you’re ready to stop guessing, stop feeling stuck, and start creating digital paintings you’re genuinely proud of, this course will give you the structure, skills, and mindset to get there.
Join us now and start building real digital art skills in Photoshop... one brushstroke at a time.
Who this course is for:
- Beginners who want to learn digital art and digital painting in Photoshop using a clear, structured approach — without relying on random tutorials or speed paintings.
- Photoshop users who are comfortable with the interface but want to develop real digital painting skills, including drawing, shading, lighting, and realism.
- Traditional artists (pencil, charcoal, acrylic, oil, etc.) who want to transition into digital painting and illustration using Photoshop.
- Aspiring illustrators, portrait artists, and concept artists who want to build strong fundamentals and a repeatable professional workflow.
- Creatives who want to create realistic portraits, characters, and digital artworks for personal projects, portfolios, or client work.