Digital Landscape Painting Workout

INSTRUCTOR
Nathan Fowkes
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EXPERTISE LEVEL
Intermediate
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LESSONS
30 Lessons (24h 41m)
COURSE LENGTH
30 Day(s)

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Course Description

Strengthen your artistic muscles with Nathan Fowkes, concept artist for DreamWorks, Disney, Blue Sky Studios, and many others!


Nathan has created 30 digital landscape painting demonstrations and provided all the relevant references so you can paint along with each workout every day for 30 days (or take it at your own pace). Each demonstration is less than an hour and the series is carefully structured to take you through the process of:

  • Understanding the structure of your subject.
  • Dealing with the complexities and details of your subject.
  • Digital painting techniques.
  • Creating an effective quality of light in your subject.
  • Managing the complexities of color to bring believability and emotion to your subject.

And you don't have to be a landscape painter, this workout is for digital artists of any kind!

MATERIALS LIST
  • Adobe Photoshop

Lesson Plan

Nathan Fowkes

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Nathan Fowkes

Nathan Fowkes is a veteran entertainment industry artist with credits on 12 animated feature films including DreamWorks Animation’s The Prince of Egypt, Spirit, several projects within the Shrek Universe, How to Train Your Dragon, Blue Sky’s Rio 2, Ferdinand and Wonder Park from Paramount Animation and development art for Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon.


Additionally, Nathan has been sought after as a consultant for game studios to enhance the quality of their theatrical presentation. He has worked with numerous clients including Riot Games, Ubisoft, Blizzard Entertainment, King, Disney Interactive, Rovio, Supercell and many others.


Nathan is also well known as a teacher of color, light, design and traditional drawing and painting. He is a regular guest lecturer at Art Center College of Design and has taught at The Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art and the Laguna College of Art and Design. He's the author of the bestselling How to Draw Portraits in Charcoal and How to Paint Landscapes in Watercolor and Gouache. His work can be seen at nathanfowkes.com