DOTHEWORK

I get emails all the time… “Can you just sell me your brushes?” People are shocked when my answer is, “No.”

Somehow, the perception is, if you can just get your hands on my brushes, you’ll be able to paint like me and many of my students. Please understand — the way I paint has very little to do with the brushes and very much to do with fully understanding the medium I’m working in. (I understand the previous statement likely has you giving me the proverbial ‘side eye’.) In fact, it is 100% gospel truth. The ability to paint the way I and many of my students do in Photoshop is due to our understanding of the program and how to control it. I think Beyond the Brushes member, Debby M. said it best… “I was a serial brush buyer with zero art training. I bought brushes, videos, books, whatever, because I wanted to learn to paint digitally. Everything I did was pretty terrible, and I was further convinced that I have zero talent. It wasn’t until I got in Beyond the Brushes, slowed down, got feedback, and implemented what I was learning that I developed any skills.” So, if you’re anxiously awaiting some magical brush set to transform you into the artist you’ve always wanted to be — give it up. Such a set doesn’t exist. To be honest, you don’t need a lot of things to become a respected Photoshop Artist: • Brushes

• “Talent” << totally a myth! • Prior art training • The ability to draw What do you need to be successful as a Photoshop Artist? A willingness to #dothework Becoming an artist isn’t something that happens in the snap of your fingers, even with a program like Beyond the Brushes. It’s a process of learning and building and expanding your knowledge over time. And it is so worth the effort!

Michelle

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Sheila connected with this image at first sight. She painted it in the earlier stages of the lessons but was dedicated to how she envisioned the final portrait. Keeping this sweet girl in mind, she painted her again after learning more skills.