Painter 2018 Tutorials

Creating characters in Painter

Concept artist Magdalena Proszowska gives you an in-depth look at the tools and techniques she uses to create captivating characters.

Exploring the Drip and Liquid brushes

Painter Master Elite Cher Pendarvis reviews the Drip and Liquid brushes and what the new enhancements mean to your workflow.

How to make Thick Paint runny

Painter Master Elite Skip Allen shares his tips for working with layers and brush settings to make thick paint run on canvas.

Understanding the Thick Paint media panel

In this tutorial, you will learn how each section and adjustment option in the Thick Paint media panel will impact your paint strokes.

Understanding the Thick Paint brush panel

Explore the Thick Paint brush panel with Painter Master Elite Cher Pendarvis, and learn how the different settings and options will affect your paint strokes.

Making a custom selection brush

In this tutorial, Painter Master Elite Cher Pendarvis shows you how to create a custom selection brush from sections of your artwork.

Random grain rotation

When you enable random grain rotation, Painter will slightly rotate the grain in each stroke, creating a more natural and organic look to your work.

How to fill with texture

See how easy it is to fill with a texture – just choose a selection brush, create a selection on your image and select a texture to fill it with.

Clone painting with the Wet Oily and Rough Palette Knife cloners

See how Painter Master Aaron Rutten uses the new Wet Oily and Rough Palette Knife cloner brushes to create a clone painting.

Enhancing illustrations with Thick Paint

In this tutorial, Painter Master Justin Buus demonstrates how he uses Thick Paint to enhance an illustration sketch.

How to use Selection brushes in Painter

In this tutorial, Painter Master Don Seegmiller demonstrates several of the new Selection brushes in Painter 2018.

Drip and Liquid technologies

Painter Master Aaron Rutton shows off 3 new blenders: Fractured Blender, Stencil Oily Blender and Speckle Diffuse Blender.

Thick Texture brushes

Painter Master Don Seegmiller demonstrates the new Thick Texture brushes using cover and source blending.

How to use Texture Synthesis

In this tutorial, Painter Master Justin Buus shows you how to use the new Texture Synthesis feature in Painter 2018.

Cloning capabilities in Painter

Painter Master Cher Pendarvis explores the new Painter 2018 photo art features that allow you to clone using textures.

Introduction to Thick Paint media

In this tutorial, Painter Master Cher Pendarvis introduces you to the exciting new Thick Paint media in Painter 2018.