Udemy The Ultimate Digital Painting Course Beginner To Advanced
The teaching style is one of the course's biggest selling points.
Pacing: The pacing is generally good, though sometimes they move fast during the painting demos. Thankfully, Udemy allows you to pause and rewind.
Udemy has a notorious pricing strategy. The "list price" is often $199, but no one should ever pay that. Udemy runs "sales" every other week where the course drops to $14.99 – $24.99. The teaching style is one of the course's
At $20, this course costs roughly $0.40 per hour of instruction. Compare that to:
Even if you learn one technique that saves you 10 hours of work, the course has paid for itself. Pacing: The pacing is generally good, though sometimes
1. Software Lock-In (Photoshop Heavily)
While the instructor claims “any software works,” the shortcuts, menu locations, and brush settings are 90% Photoshop. A Procreate or Krita user will have to translate constantly. For absolute beginners, this causes friction.
2. Pacing Dips in the Middle
Around the “environments” module (hours 12–15), the course slows down. The instructor repeats earlier color theory points and spends too long on photobashing techniques that feel advanced but not fully explained. Some students report hitting a “boring plateau” here. Udemy has a notorious pricing strategy
3. Limited Feedback Loop
Like all Udemy courses, there is no live critique. The Q&A section is active, but instructor responses can take days. For advanced topics (lighting, anatomy), you won’t get personalized feedback on your own work – just general answers.
4. Audio & Video Quality
It’s not bad, but it’s not modern. Some lectures were clearly recorded years apart – one video has loud fan noise, another is perfectly crisp. No captions in early sections. This won’t ruin the learning, but it feels less polished than newer courses (e.g., from Schoolism or Proko).