The Digital Painting w/ Procreate Guide | Grayscale method (Udemy.com)
We'll complete a digital painting in this step-by-step, easy to follow course with tons of tips, tricks, & shortcuts!
Created by: Kurt Michael Russell
Last updated May 2020
What you will learn
- You'll learn that Procreate's tools are more powerful than most realize!
- You'll learn tons of tips, little-known tricks, and shortcuts for this amazing iPad app.
- You'll learn creative ways to use selections, layer masks, filters, adjustments, and a lot more!
- You'll learn art techniques you'll be able to immediately apply to your own work!
- You'll learn how to properly paint colors over a black and white value painting or greyscale painting.
How it compares
Against the other 175 rated Udemy courses in Digital Painting on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 54% of them
- Reviews1,016#34 of 176 by number of reviews
- Length2.3 hoursshorter than 68% of them
- Last updatedMay 2020earlier than 58% of them
Course Description
Procreate is an amazing digital art app on iPad for sketching, drawing, finished illustrations, and painting that total beginners or seasoned professionals can use to make digital art! Procreate is a bit like a piano. If you know the basics, you can play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star or, with a little practice, you might play some Beethoven!
The course is designed to show you an easy-to-follow, step-by-step method of digital painting from grayscale to color. It's a great way for beginner's to learn how to focus on the important parts (value and contrast) without having to worry as much about color at first. This method will make it easier for you to select colors that work well together. You'll also learn how to avoid the common mistakes and pitfalls beginners make - like flat looking colors.
We'll go through the entire process together - from sketch to finished product! In each section, we'll focus on a specific aspect of the process.
- We'll start with a basic thumbnail sketch, but feel free to create your own.
- We'll tighten it up and start adding the light and shading.
- We'll learn how to apply colors in a simple, but effective way that works for almost any type of digital painting.
- Lastly, we'll polish up the fine details.
My name is Kurt, and I use Procreate in my professional work Image Comics as well as my own digital paintings. I've been creating tutorials and online courses since 2013 teaching thousands of students worldwide about digital art.
Procreate is MUCH more powerful than most users realize. You'll learn tons of tips, tricks, and shortcuts that I had to learn the hard way! :)
I'll also include:
- the Procreate file I work on throughout the course, so you can see how the layers work from the inside!
- several stages of our exercise, so you can pick it up at almost any point in the process.
So join me! If you'd like a Bob Ross-style walkthrough with my favorite digital art app for iPad, check it out. See you inside! :)
-KMR
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
1,016 Reviews
Kurt Michael Russell
Hi! I have been working professionally as a comic book colorist since 2011 and teaching digital coloring online on YouTube since 2013.
I learned about coloring the hard way early on, and I do my best to make sure that no one else has to take the same route I did! I'm still always learning new things and try to bring you guys along with me.
As of 2020, I've colored over a hundred books for publishers such as DC, Image, Vault, Dynamite, Chaos, Top Cow, IDW, Oni, and many others.
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Reviews
By Michele LaPlante on 3/14/2022
I have been a traditional artist for as long as I can remember, I have always loved to draw and paint. I have been interested in digital art and finally got an iPad to start learning Procreate, this course was perfect! It was extremely straight forward, fun, and I was able to learn how to navigate through the application easily. I was so overwhelmed when I first started digital painting, Kurt's guidance was a game changer for my work, thank you!
By Harri Siikala on 12/27/2021
Good so far. Wasn't sure if the tutorial needed to go into multiple sketches before moving on to actual painting. Would have been good to get some info on brushes during the shading portion.
By Joey Dudley on 7/7/2020
This was a skill that I thought I'd never be able to wrap my head around. I've never come anywhere near close to what I've seen people produce, but with this course my skills and techniques have absolutely skyrocketed in 2 days. I'm now really excited to work on my own stuff and use nearly all of the techniques learned during this course that I never would have considered before. This was an absolute game changer for me and Kurt has earned some mad respect from the UK!
By Ayse Dibek on 6/11/2020
Really loved this course! I'm doing some other illustration courses as well but I was looking for a compact course specifically on Procreate and I got a practical teaching from this course. The instructor also seemed super nice and explained things well. The camera set up was also quite helpful where you can see the hands working, the view of the artwork itself as well as the instructor so it humanizes the video. Thank you!
By Matthias Jung on 6/5/2020
Helo, I'm from Germany. First of all, I'm an absolute Beginner in Digital Painting and this Course is exactly what I needed. No long and complicated Explanations. Just showing how the Job gets done. Wonderful!! I really appreciate this Course and recommend it. The missing German Subtitles are no problem. Mr. Russell speaks slow and clear. Good to understand. Sorry for my mistakes and Thank you very much!!!
By Priscila Barone on 4/23/2020
Um excelente curso, com ótimas dicas e excelente método de ensino. Foi ótimo para aperfeiçoar técnicas de pintura. Muitos atalhos no procreate e detalhes pequenos que fazem toda a diferença no desenho final. Muito boa a idéia do professor de filmar as mãos, rosto e tela do iPad. Não sou nenhuma expert em inglês, mas as legendas ajudam. Recomendo fortemente.
By Melissa Boreal on 4/19/2020
This is a fantastic course! It really demystifies the procreate app and gives a clear and logical process to making very a professional looking piece of art. I bought the Procreate app, tinkered around but just couldn't figure it how to use the tools effectively. A lot of other tutorials or classes I looked at really felt overwhelming. I appreciate how the instructor made this course short and project based. I am really excited to use Procreate now and will definitely continue to take courses with this instructor. Thanks so much!
By Olga Hamer on 2/29/2020
Lots of knowledge but difficult to retain and apply the learning without going back and having to pause video many times and make notes. It’s also hard to see what he’s hitting on the toolbar and how he’s getting to certain settings which are key. Clearly it’s second nature to him but he does this very fast and doesn’t always verbalise the action so had to pause video a couple of times and rewind so I can see.
By Lakeito LIGHTBOURNE on 1/6/2019
Being fairly new to Procreate this course was excellent and for a beginner who wants to produce eye-catching art, the course content was clear and on point. The lectures were at great past where you could work along with the Artist. What makes this course great is the breakdown structure as in easy to understand and you are able to the Artist iPad alone with the used gestures.
By Ken Chan on 6/21/2018
Great information and tips for those who are new to digital painting, I am able to create a decent digital painting using this method. Hope to learn more from him
Quality Score
Overall Score : 92 / 100












