Painting Everything by KleinerHai

Turn your sketches into vivid concept paintings with KleinerHai. This course covers characters, creatures, props, and environments, teaching you to bring every corner of your imagined world to life with depth, style, and narrative power.

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Plan and design a cohesive world for your paintings
• Block in colors effectively for different scenes
• Refine paintings using lighting, photobashing, and detail work
• Create character-focused scenes and large-scale landscapes

✅ Requirements

• Skills: Basic understanding of digital painting and composition
• Tools: Photoshop or similar digital painting software, drawing tablet
• Hardware: Minimum 8GB RAM, dedicated GPU recommended

📝 Description

This isn’t just another painting course. KleinerHai walks you through a complete worldbuilding pipeline, starting from a blank page and ending with a portfolio of finished, narrative-driven paintings. You’ll learn to plan your project, gather reference, and block in colors before moving into refinement techniques like lighting and photobashing.

The course is structured around five distinct modules, each focusing on a different type of scene: specialized locations, small-scale environments, character-focused scenes, and large-scale landscapes. This variety ensures you’re not just painting the same thing over and over. You’ll tackle different challenges, from mood-heavy scenes to character-driven moments, building a versatile skill set.

KleinerHai’s teaching style is practical and direct. He doesn’t just show you the final result; he breaks down his entire process, from rough sketches to final checks. You’ll see how he makes decisions about composition, color, and detail, and you’ll get the chance to apply those same principles to your own work. By the end, you’ll have a solid workflow for turning any sketch into a polished concept painting.

🧑‍🎓 Who this course is for

• Intermediate digital artists looking to improve their concept painting skills
• Artists who want to learn a structured workflow for creating narrative-driven illustrations
• Anyone interested in worldbuilding and painting diverse scenes

🧑‍🏫 About the Author

KleinerHai is an internationally acclaimed illustrator known for his vibrant colors and enchanting storybook style. He seamlessly blends written narratives with striking illustrations, offering a unique approach to concept art. His work stands out in the global concept art scene for its unique blend of media and style.

🏁 Final Result

• A portfolio of finished concept paintings covering characters, creatures, props, and environments
• A solid, repeatable workflow for turning sketches into polished illustrations
• A deeper understanding of composition, lighting, and narrative in painting