Digital Painting Short Course

What you need to know about this course

This short course is designed to introduce students to the fundamental working methods of the digital painter to create illustrations and paintings. It is ideal for students to have a keen interest in art and the desire to expand on their current skills. The course teaches basic fine art principles and how to integrate these techniques into a digital workflow. The contents are focused on fine art principles and methods on how to integrate these techniques into a digital workflow.

The objectives of the course are to:

Digitally draw and paint characters and environments
Demonstrate skills with various tools for digital painting
Demonstrate skills with digital drawing tablet
Demonstrate skills for shading and perspective
Acquire an understanding of working with tone and value
Step by step instructions, starting from sketch to finished painting
Learn to customize user interface for improved working methods
How to work with different brushes and palettes to create textures.
Introduce students to basic fine-art concepts.
Prepare a collection of up to 20 paintings
Learn professional techniques for digital painting.

Who it's for

All creatives with a passion for art who would like to expand their digital painting skills.

Photoshop interface for the digital painter
Fine-art drawing exercises
drawing with a Wacom drawing tablet
Still-life painting
Toning in grayscale
Environment painting
Introduction to perspective
Working with thumbnails to create believable environments
Speed painting
Introduction to quick tonal studies
Painting a portrait
Introduction to color
Adjusting color temperature to achieve believable portraits
Drawing and painting from the imagination
Bringing it all together from thumbnail to finished painting
How to maintain digital sketchbooks and portfolios

Software packages

Adobe Photoshop

Qualification

SAE Digital Painting Certificate

Entry requirements

There are no academic requirements to participate in this programme. The student needs to be a minimum of 17 years of age upon commencement of the course.