Drawing & Coloring Techniques by Marc Brunet

Marc Brunet Drawing & Coloring Techniques is a self-paced video course taught by Marc Brunet, a former senior artist at Blizzard Entertainment and the founder of Cubebrush. It follows a two-part process: first making a clean line drawing, from the first sketch to a refined drawing, and then colouring it with flat colours, ambient occlusion and further techniques. The course has 2 hours 40 minutes of 1080p video in seven chapters and works in Photoshop or most layer-based painting software. It is aimed at beginners and costs $44 as an instant download.

Line art with colour is the base of a great deal of illustration, from comics and character art to game assets. This course focuses on that workflow rather than on painterly rendering, which makes it a gentler entry point than Marc's Digital Painting Masterclass. It is one of the shorter packs in his Cubebrush catalogue, so it suits artists who want a compact, practical process they can apply straight away.

What You Will Learn

The course teaches a clear workflow for producing clean, coloured drawings. Topics include:

• Starting a sketch and finding the main shapes
• Refining a rough sketch into a confident drawing
• Producing clean lines suitable for colouring
• Adding details to the drawing
• Laying down colour flats to separate areas
• Using ambient occlusion to give the colours depth
• Further colouring techniques to finish the piece
• Organising the work in layers so it stays easy to edit

Who Is Marc Brunet Drawing & Coloring Techniques For?

Marc Brunet Drawing & Coloring Techniques suits beginners in digital art who can already sketch and want to produce finished, coloured pieces. It is a good fit for hobbyists, students and artists moving from paper to a tablet who need a dependable process. Anyone interested in comics, character illustration or stylised art will find the line-and-colour approach useful.

It is less suited to experienced digital painters who already have a colouring workflow, or to anyone looking for realistic, painterly rendering. For that, the Digital Painting Masterclass goes further.

Course Structure

The course is described as seven chapters with 2 hours 40 minutes of video. The files on the page include:

• Introduction: the piece and the overall process
• Starting the Sketch: setting up the drawing
• Refining the Drawing: turning the sketch into clean lines
• Details and Color Flats: finishing the line work and blocking in colours
• Ambient Occlusion: adding soft shading to the flats
• Further chapters: the remaining colouring and finishing steps

The download contains eleven files totalling 4.7 GB. The page lists six lessons in one place and seven chapters in its description, so check the official page if the exact count matters to you.

Price and Access

The course costs $44, paid once, as an instant download in MP4 format from Cubebrush, which describes itself as an AI-free marketplace.

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 later left his industry job to build ART School.

Things to Consider

• Software: any version of Photoshop works, as does most painting software with layers.
• Hardware: a drawing tablet or a tablet with a stylus makes the line work much easier.
• Time: under three hours of video, so you can watch it in a weekend and spend the following weeks practising.
• Prerequisites: basic sketching ability helps; the course does not teach anatomy or perspective.
• Feedback: there is no personal critique, so share your work with peers or an online art community.
• Next steps: Marc's Faster Illustration Techniques and Digital Painting Masterclass build on this workflow.

How to Get the Most From It

Follow along with your own drawing rather than copying the demo. Keep the sketch, line art, flats and shading on separate layers, as the course does, so you can adjust each stage. Repeat the process on three or four drawings to make it a habit.

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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