Free ebookKrita for Beginners: Digital Illustration from Sketch to Finish

Course Description

Krita for Beginners: Digital Illustration from Sketch to Finish is a practical ebook course for anyone who wants to create polished digital art using a powerful free painting app. Built for the Design and Art category and focused on graphic design skills, it guides you from first launch to a finished illustration you can share online or prepare for print.

You will start by installing Krita, setting up a comfortable workspace, and learning fast navigation so you can draw with confidence instead of fighting the interface. As you progress, you will develop clean stroke control through smart brush choices and brush settings, then build reliable layer workflows with groups and non destructive habits that keep your artwork editable at every stage.

To help you edit with precision, the course shows how selections and masks support clean adjustments, controlled painting, and efficient fixes. You will move into sketching and planning a simple illustration, then refine it with a lineart workflow designed for crisp, editable lines. From there you will organize flat colors using quick fill tools and clear color management that fits real world illustration and graphic design projects.

Next, you will learn shading fundamentals using Multiply, gradients, and form so your drawings gain depth and structure. You will add highlights, rim light, and material cues to make surfaces read clearly, while improving blending and edge control to keep textures lively without over smearing. The finishing stage focuses on color tweaks, final passes, and common beginner fixes that immediately improve clarity and impact.

Finally, you will export correctly for web and print with settings that protect color and detail, then apply everything in a complete start to finish illustration workflow project. Start the course today and build a repeatable Krita process you can use for characters, posters, social content, and personal portfolios.