The Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting: Create Stunning Works of Art in Procreate and Photoshop

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Join the digital art movement with Sara Tepes' beautiful and beginner-friendly guide to portrait painting! Packed full of Sara's best tips, step-by-step tutorials and practical art prompts, this handbook is perfect for every curious digital artist. With a focus on semi-realistic portraiture, Sara teaches how to achieve her glowing, ethereal style with cutting-edge techniques. Discover the answers to all of your questions with advice on the best paint programs-including Procre- ate, Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint-as well as the three most essential digital brushes and how to use them, setting up your canvas, working with adjustment layers and more. From there, dive in to hands-on tutorials and prompts that will teach you how to paint dazzling portraits, from sketching composition thumbnails, to mastering features like hair and eyes, to replicating skin tones and fabric textures. Plus, follow these tutorials and practice prompts using a downloadable digital package of brushes and color palettes created especially for this book! With this easy, no-fear guide, become a digital painter and create showstopping artwork-all with the tip of a stylus.

Reviews

"This book is such a thorough resource. Sara generously shares all her secrets and inspires us with her beautiful, rich paintings!"
-- Lois Van Baarle, artist and creator of @loisvb

"Sara's dedication and discipline are truly inspiring! This art book is an invaluable resource for those starting their digital art journey."
-- Hiba Tan, artist and creator of @hiba_tan

Author Bio

Sara Tepes is a self-taught artist, freelance illustrator, graphic design student and art educator who dedicates her Patreon account to teaching digital and traditional art. She has a combined social media following of nearly 700k, and she has notably partnered with Netflix, Dell, Wacom, Trekell and Wix. Sara lives in Lynchburg, Virginia.