Paint and Blend with Photoshop and Procreate (Udemy.com)
Learn digital painting with this step-by-step course and paint like the Old Masters
Created by: Maurizio De Angelis
Last updated February 2020
What you will learn
- Learn the basics of digital painting in Photoshop and Procreate
- Master the painting and blending process on both platforms
- Learn how to start and finish a painting
Quality Score
Overall Score : 88 / 100
Course Description
You'll become confident in the full process of creating an image, from the background to the finer details.
If you're looking to improve your drawing skills, understand painting techniques and master shading and blending methods, this is the course for you!
Course structure:
The course is structured into 14 sections, comprehending 36 lessons, and includes 9 valuable resources to download.
- We'll start by understanding the basics of Photoshop and Procreate.
- We'll learn how to setup the canvas and create an old looking background.
- You will be guided through the drawing phase learning 3 classic methods.
- If you already know how to draw, or maybe you just want to focus on painting, the drawing is available to download.
- Then, we'll learn how to use the Path Tool in Photoshop and discover an alternative method for Procreate.
- We'll create our very own colour palette, and explore more than 20 skin types that you can download and use for your future projects.
- You will learn how to paint particular features including face, beard, hair, hat and clothes by understanding volumes and shading.
- You'll then explore the brush settings to achieve a nice and smooth blending.
- Lastly we'll create the background, walk through some colour adjustments, and apply textures to the surface.
Resources available to download:
- Grid
- Grid drawing technique assignment
- Old looking paper background
- Pencil drawing
- Photoshop paths
- Custom colour palette
- Twenty skin types colour palette
- Noise texture
- Canvas texture
The painter in you is about to be awakened! Let's get started!Who this course is for:
- The course is designed for beginners and intermediate users wanting to learn how to draw, paint and blend using digital tools
- Anyone who wants to know the secrets behind painting and blending in Photoshop and Procreate
- Anyone in love with the art of the Old Masters and portraiture
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
127 Reviews
Maurizio De Angelis
Maurizio De Angelis was born in Rome and grew up surrounded by some of Europe's most celebrated art and architecture.
It is little wonder that he went on to study Fine Art, specialising in traditional painting, at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome and in Florence.
Living in London (UK) since 2004, he works as a 3D modeller and scientific illustrator, creating digital contents for the media and publishing industries.
His work has appeared in films, TV commercials, books and journals for a wide range of clients.
Alongside his career as an illustrator, Maurizio continues to paint, taking private commissions for portraits using oil paint on wood supports.
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Reviews
By Alessia Lugoboni
this is got to be the best drawing course I've ever taken.
The whole course is a step-by-step process to a clear goal. I'm finding myself discovering techniques I had never used before that improved the way I use photoshop tremendously.
If that wasn't enough, the whole course is very carefully crafted, the graphics, the voice over... it's a piece of art in itself.
I highly recommend this course to anyone passionate about drawing and illustrations that wants to learn from a real Artist, it's a no-brainer.
By Mauro Ribero
I love this course, the instructor is clear and engaging, and lessons are very well organised. I am a beginner wanting to learn how to draw and paint digitally, and this course is helping me a lot. I also like the fact there's a lot of reference to art history.
By Gereth Oddie
Some very interesting techniques and resources, It's always interesting to see how someone else uses photoshop as it can give you some inspiration for different ways of working with the tools.
By Rossy Garcia
The class is beautifully filmed and easy to hear and understand
By Pedro Cabrera
Very good stuff
By Linda Giotas
Easy to understand, inspiring and fun!
By José Manuel
The level of quality and mastery expressed in every second and detail of this program, I fall short to say, is outstanding.
I can only wonder how developed my skills would be in any area if I would have access to such an effective knowledge transfer delivery like this.
I commit to be motivated to follow with the teachings towards gaining the ability that allows me to create the mental visions that run in my head and with great desire turn them into material artwork.
I am excited and eager to learn from the rest of this course, and I can only encourage the virtuous author to gift us with the luxury of earning from his knowledge and remarkable talent further lessons.
It has unlocked and already shattered so many myths I had regarding the differences and limitations between traditional and modern media, and the beauty of it is that we are taught to unleash and enjoy the best of both worlds.
Lastly, after learning your particular art creation workflow, I couldn't be more grateful to encounter it because it turns the process into a much more effortless and pleasurable activity and not in my wildest imaginations could I have expected being able to create artwork with such level of quality would have been possible thru' these type of procedures.
We live in an amazing times and the geniuses we admire would have been eager to lear the techniques here are revealed and to exploit the marvelous technological tools we now have at our disposal to create amazing and wonderful, beautiful impactful ART.
JM
By Erika Weber
Thank you. The class adds on to my continued learning of digital painting.
By Carrie Webb
It’s really good but needs to be a bit more specific at points
By Paul Gwilliam
Very interesting and informative course. I found it very helpful. Thank you. ?
By Christine Ann Sherborne
Wonderful teacher. I would never have imagined that I could follow this type of painting and produce something reasonable that I could be proud of.
Using just procreate all the way through I was able to manage well without photoshop. Best painting course I've found.
By Sorte` Aura
Good lessons. Very detailed instruction. I highly recommend this course. Easy to follow instructions. Great teacher.









