Learn to Draw Digital Landscapes

Learn how to set up the canvas size to paint, especially if you are planning on selling your work. You will want a larger canvas when you are planning on selling your art. This will allow for a variety of print sizes.

Learn why layers are important when painting digitally, and how to preserve the work you already finished. If you don't use layers, then you will run into issues later on if you make a mistake and need to erase it.

Learn to get rid of the default color palette, and create a custom palette using only the colors your painting with. It is always a great idea to keep your workspace clean as possible.

Part 1 shows you simple ways to use 2 and 3 colors to create the sky and clouds, and you will learn how to blend the colors seamlessly.

Painting the Sky and Clouds Part 2 finishes with simple tools to create fluffy clouds and the sky.

Open this pdf document and follow the instructions for your homework assignment for painting the sky and clouds.

Part 1 of painting the ground shows you how to add color and lay down the texture for the ground.

Part 2 picks up and continues to show examples on how to lay out the ground in perspective.

Part 3 of how to paint in the ground finishes up giving you ideas to lay out the ground and using perspective angles to get you off the ground running.

Learn a simple process of making objects appear in the distance. All you need to do is create an illusion by painting smaller objects.

Download the pdf file and follow the instructions for your homework assignments for this lecture.

Learn how to paint grass using pen pressure, very simple.

Learn to add simple highlights to the grass by using lighter colors.

This lesson will show you how to create leaves for the trees with custom brushes.

This video picks up from part 1 and shows you more ways to paint trees.

Learn simple techniques to draw and paint winter trees.

Download the pdf file and follow the instructions and refer back to the lessons if needed to practice drawing out and painting trees and grass.

This lesson will show you how to paint basic gradients for water and paint in Ocean waves, and how to blend the colors using the mixer brush and smudge tool. This lesson is for ocean water and waves. You can use these simple steps and expand on them as you practice.

This lesson shows you a super shortcut to creating lake or pond type water effects and how to mimic the reflections of objects. You can also add some filter effects to make it more like water.

You will learn how to use a simple 3d technique to paint rocks, using the standard paint brush and then blending the paint with the mixer brush. This same technique is great for mountains and cliffs.

Download the pdf file and follow the instructions to practice painting water, ocean, and rocks. Don't forget to use reference photos to give you better direction on rock colors and shapes.

You will learn how to create custom brushes in PhotoShop that you draw out yourself, and create them from images.

Here I will show you several avenues you can use to sell your art that will be very beneficial to you.