Learn To Become A Digital Artist Using Corel Painter

Do you have what it takes to become a digital artist? You will after taking this course.

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.3

- Understand the depth of features Painter offers
- Create and modify Corel Painter projects
- Expertly create and modify objects on the canvas

What you'll learn

Understand the depth of features Painter offers
Create and modify Corel Painter projects
Expertly create and modify objects on the canvas
Understand how color is used correctly in digital art
Create art using digital brush tools
Sketch and paint a storyboard theme

* Requirements

* A copy of Corel Painter (preferably 2015
* but older versions are Ok)
* There are no skill prerequisites for this course.

Description

Learn how to become a digital artist in Corel Painter. In this Painter course, you'll learn what it means to be a digital artist. The skills you will learn here will help you to use Painter more confidently or to build a portfolio of work to impress your potential future employer, or even as a nice hobby, why not?

Projects

After we cover the gist of what it means being a digital artist we will then move on and work on a final project at the end of this course to bring it all together using cool Painter brushes and have lots of fun as we explore and develop our own final art piece.

Who Should Take This Course

This course is designed for anyone who enjoys digital art, from photographers, graphic and web designers, animators and more. Whether a beginner or even an intermediate user, you will gain vast skills taking this course.

Prerequisites

There are no skill prerequisites for this course. You are expected to have access to a copy of Corel Painter in any version, though we will be using Painter 2015 in this course, no prior Painter skills are required.

What am I going to get from this course?

• Particles and jitter brushes

• Advanced brush parameters

• Reference images

• Color sets and the color mixer

• Wardrobe details

• Temporal palette

• Customizing workspaces

• Special effects

+ more...

What is the target audience?

Photographers, graphic and web designers, animators and anyone loving digital arts.

Who this course is for:

  • People new to Corel Painter
  • Digital artists
  • Art enthusiasts
  • Photographers
  • Graphic designers
  • Web designers
  • Animators

Course content

12 sections • 35 lectures

Introduction to becoming a digital artist. Preview 01:19

Download the project files for this course here.

Have Questions?

As always, you can post your questions here, but you can also now Tweet your questions directly to the author, Charlie Everton!

Tweet your questions to @JustCorel and Charlie will get back to you on Twitter.

Opening Painter for the 1st time Preview 02:14

Orientation with tool tips Preview 00:39

Your first canvas (opening a new document) Preview 01:45

Corel's feature-set (an overview) Preview 01:11

Making our first mark on the canvas and editing parameters Preview 02:11

Is a graphic tablet and pen for me? Preview 01:26

Brush selection (1st look at media manager) Preview 01:39

What is a layer? Preview 02:48

Cheating with a nozzle brush (2nd look at media manager) Preview 06:14

Affecting images (an introduction to blending) Preview 04:33

Brightness and contrast (introducing the effects tab) Preview 01:04

Importing content Preview 01:22

Using selection tools Preview 01:32

Scaling and positioning Preview 05:44

Saving your work Preview 02:04

Using the pen tool Preview 03:33

Regional fill type (the paint bucket) Preview 05:27

Adding a visual effect Preview 05:24

Considering detail Preview 01:56

Customizing the workspace Preview 06:16

Color sets and the color mixer Preview 03:15

Introduction to the reference images Preview 02:01

The temporal palette Preview 05:35

Particle and jitter brushes Preview 09:53

Advanced brush parameters Preview 05:15

Stroke control Preview 03:05

Special effects Preview 05:53

Hue saturation Preview 09:01

Screen blending Preview 05:49

Enhancements Preview 02:37

Post production lighting effects Preview 05:47