Digital Value Shading

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Digital Value Shading
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Light, shadow, and contrast bring art to life. Learn to use value for mood, depth, and energy that makes your paintings unforgettable.

This course explores the power of value, the relationship between light and dark to make your digital paintings shine. You’ll learn how to control shading, gradients, and contrast to add drama and depth to still life studies. With brushes, textures, and lighting techniques, you’ll create expressive, polished work. Guided by mentors and inspired by peers, you’ll participate in a live drawing jam and finish with portfolio pieces full of life and atmosphere.

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Tools you will need

Software

Krita (free) or software you are comfortable with

+Hardware

Computer and Digital Drawing tablet - XPen/Wacom

or Combo

iPad with built-in software, Procreate

Prior Experience

Lessons
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Classes
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total length
  • What’s Value?  understand light and dark in art.
  • Shading Tools: explore brushes and digital tricks.
  • Basic Shapes: practise shading cubes, spheres, and more.
  • Gradation and Contrast: blend or transition tones.
  • Textures : add depth with rough and smooth effects.
  • Complex Forms: shade objects with multiple surfaces.
  • Final Project: bring shading skills into one artwork.
  • Portfolio Polish: showcase your shaded piece with pride.

What you get at the end

Certificate

At the end of the course you will receive a certificate of completion as evidence of your pursuit of your artistic development

Portfolio

Create a portfolio piece for your own personal creative development, for creative studies applications or bragging rights

Digital Value Shading

4
Weeks
Intermediate

R1,500

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Meet your mentors

Tumelo Selamolela
Tumelo Selamolela

Tumelo is an artist and animator with experience on feature films like Jock, Adventures in Zambezi and Khumba at triggersfish. As the founder of Canvas Academy, Tumelo has guided over 1000 students, teaching digital art and animation principles to prepare young creatives for the future of art and technology.

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