Digital Painting Made Simple: Create Captivating Portraits in Clip Studio Paint, Procreate, Photoshop & More

by Sara Tepes

While Photoshop and Procreate, which have always been trendy art mediums, are continuing to grow in popularity, undertaking digital art can be intimidating for fortunately, beloved artist Sara Tepes has used her self-taught knowledge and understanding of common struggles artists face to create the ultimate beginners’ handbook for Photoshop and Procreate. With step-by-step images that are easy for readers to follow, and through various in-depth projects covering the full spectrum from composition and lighting, painting hair and eyes, to skin tone and fabrics, readers―be they art novices or simply new to digital forms―will soon be amazed at how quickly their skills flourish.

What is more, total beginners and artists looking to transition from traditional mediums will be given a comprehensive overview on brush types, sketching on the digital canvas and working with layers. Sara also includes a downloadable digital package of brushes and color palettes created specially for this book, so readers can easily follow along with her tutorials.

With The Beginner’s Guide to Digital Painting readers will demystify the digital creation process, and gain the fundamental skills to take their art to dizzying heights.

Genres: Art

160 pages, Paperback

Published February 25, 2025

Reviews

[jan gee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book feels like the Bible of digital painting! The author is thorough in all of the explanations and you can feel the thoughtfulness and attention to detail. Can’t wait to really dig in project by project and use this as a resource for future paintings!

[norah melden (death by tbr) · Rating 5 out of 5]

had some great tips and inspo!!