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Introduction to Digital Painting

What Does Painting Mean?

A course by Jean Fraisse , Illustrator, Concept Artist, and Art Director

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100% positive reviews (297)

7,654 students

Audio: English

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About the video: What Does Painting Mean?

Overview

“In this lesson, I will explain what painting is really about. I am going to draw a parallel between painting and the art of drawing, which is fundamentally converting reality into a 2D illusion, thanks to perspective. I will then explain that painting is, similarly, the illusion of reality through values and colours. I will also show that painting is just one of several skills an artist has to master”

In this video lesson Jean Fraisse addresses the topic: What Does Painting Mean?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Digital Painting. Learn digital painting from scratch by learning how to capture lighting, color, and volume with brushes in Photoshop.

Partial transcription of the video

“What Does Painting Mean? In this lesson, I will explain to you what painting is. To me, it is about translating volumes, light and colors into a flat 2D surface, but let's dig much deeper into this concept. To understand this, we have to put this in a little bit of context. To my understanding, to my experience, there are four pillars of visual arts that we need to produce images. The first one is drawing. We need to be able to draw, we then need to be able to paint then to design, which is the ability to create and play with shapes to imagine new objects and things, and then composition, a...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Digital Painting

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (297)
7654 students
4 units
23 lessons (5h 35m)
9 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Fine Arts, Painting

Jean Fraisse

A course by Jean Fraisse

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Illustrator, Concept Artist, and Art Director

Once he finished his studies in graphic design in Paris (France), and got rejected from renowned animation schools, Jean Fraisse decided to learn about illustration on his own and began applying it to his work for advertising agencies. It was then that he decided to get into freelance work and started working for major clients such as Marinela and Televisa.

In 2015, he got in touch with HuevoCartoon, a widely-recognized Mexican animation studio, where he worked as their Art Director and Production Designer for over five years.

Today, part of his time involves sharing his knowledge and showing others how he learned illustration and animation through a project called Canvas. In the last eight years, he has also taught classes in several schools and workshops.