Update: Krita version 4.0 comes with a brand new set of default brushes! This is great on the whole, but makes the videos a bit confusing! So I added some extra videos to help.

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Learn about the basic tools available to Krita.

If you selected with the outline selection tool a part of a layer. To move the points around you now need to use the edit shape tool.

Learn about basic brushes and create your first wood texture Color blurring texture mapping and layer blending are only a few of the tools available with Krita.

(Or you can continue using Krita of course!) Once you have gained confidence digital painting you can easily and painlessly switch over to commercial software if you want. If you want to get started in digital illustration without splurging on license fees then this is a great place to start. Krita is a highly acclaimed digital painting software, and it is completely free and open source.

This section is targeted at the complete beginner and covers taking the first steps in digital illustration.

This section is absolutely free, but it consists of only the first section of the course. Welcome to Section 1 of my course Essentials of Digital Illustrations with Krita.

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