Digital Painting Masterclass by Marc Brunet

Marc Brunet Digital Painting Masterclass is a self-paced video course in which Marc Brunet, a former senior artist at Blizzard Entertainment and the founder of Cubebrush, paints a complete illustration in Photoshop from start to finish. Across eight lessons and 4 hours 3 minutes of video, he moves from the initial sketch and lineart through lighting, ambient occlusion and a greyscale stage to colour and final polish. A bonus PSD of the piece is included. The course is aimed at more advanced artists and costs $45 as an instant download.

Many painting tutorials show a finished piece in time-lapse and skip the decisions in between. This course instead breaks one illustration into clear stages, so you can see how each layer of the process builds on the last. It is packaged from Marc's ART School programme and is one of his more advanced stand-alone packs, intended for artists who already have the fundamentals and want a structured painting workflow.

What You Will Learn

The course shows a complete, stage-by-stage workflow for a finished digital painting. Topics include:

• Starting an illustration with a loose initial sketch
• Turning the sketch into clean lineart
• Establishing the main light source
• Using ambient occlusion to add depth and contact shadows
• Building values in greyscale before adding colour
• Colouring a greyscale painting
• Final polish: refining details and finishing the piece
• Working through the whole process in Photoshop

Who Is Marc Brunet Digital Painting Masterclass For?

Marc Brunet Digital Painting Masterclass suits artists who can already draw and understand basic light, colour and anatomy, and who want a reliable way to take an illustration to a finished standard. The official page describes it as being for more advanced artists with knowledge of the fundamentals. Illustrators, aspiring concept artists and hobbyists with some experience will get the most from it.

It is not the place to start if you are new to drawing or to digital painting. Beginners will find it easier to begin with fundamentals such as anatomy, perspective and colour theory, then return to this course once those feel comfortable.

Course Structure

The course follows one painting through eight lessons:

• Intro: an overview of the piece and the process
• 1. Initial Sketch: setting up the idea and composition
• 2. Lineart: refining the drawing into clean lines
• 3. Main Light: placing the key light
• 4. Ambient Occlusion: adding soft shadows and depth
• 5. Grayscale: working out values before colour
• 6. Colors: bringing colour into the greyscale painting
• 7. Final Polish: finishing touches and details

The download contains nine files totalling 4.9 GB, including the bonus PSD. Studying the layers in the PSD alongside the videos is a good way to understand how each stage was built.

Price and Access

Marc Brunet Digital Painting Masterclass costs $45, paid once, as an instant download in MP4 format from Cubebrush, which describes itself as an AI-free marketplace. If you already own the complete ART School pack, this class is already included. Marc offers to refund the pack if you later upgrade to the full 10-term ART School; the page asks you to send him a private message. The full programme also includes private weekly streams.

About the Instructor

Marc Brunet has more than 20 years in the industry and held senior roles at Blizzard Entertainment. He founded Cubebrush and has worked for Wacom, Clip Studio Paint and ImagineFX. He left his industry job to build ART School, the programme this class comes from.

Things to Consider

• Level: this is an advanced course; make sure you are comfortable with the fundamentals first.
• Software: the demonstration is in Photoshop, so you need Photoshop or software with similar layer and blending tools.
• Hardware: a drawing tablet or a tablet with a stylus is effectively essential for painting along.
• Time: four hours of video, but painting your own piece alongside will take much longer.
• Feedback: there is no personal critique, so share your paintings with peers or an online art community.
• Upgrade path: if you might take the full ART School later, note the refund offer for this pack.

How to Get the Most From It

Watch each lesson once, then repeat the stage on your own illustration before moving on. Save a copy of your file at the end of each stage so you can compare them later. Open the bonus PSD and toggle its layers to see how the lighting and colour stages were combined.

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For the full syllabus and pricing, visit the official Marc Brunet website.

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Last verified: November 12, 2026