Beginner painting software for Windows

• Easy to use interface
• Industry-acclaimed brushes
• Incredible painting speed
• Extensive built-in learning resources
• AI-based photo painting

Digital art made simple

Interested in digital art? Enjoy all the versatility of Painter® Essentials™ 8, the fun and uncomplicated painting software for beginners that will inspire you to experiment and fall in love with digital painting.

Blank Canvas

Paint from a blank canvas using a curated collection of artist-created brushes.

Photo Art

Create amazing photo art using AI, Auto-Painting or Paint by hand.

Brushes

Enhance your paintings with outrageously creative brush packs.

Everything you need to get started with digital art

Intuitive user interface

Brushes, adjustment tools and built-in learning are easily accessible through the UI so you can focus on your art.

Amazing brushes

Craft your masterpiece with stunning reality using renowned dry, wet, and blending media.

Simple photo art and tracing

Transform any image using powerful AI, Auto-Painting, Cloning and Tracing Paper.

Convenient color selection

Select color your way. Use the Color Wheel, Mixer, Color Sets and Harmonies.

Valuable symmetry tools

Paint in perfect symmetry with Mirror Painting and create beautiful Mandalas using the Kaleidoscope tool.

Incredible speed

Essentials can easily manage large canvases, scrubby zooming, rotating, large brushes and up to 4x’s faster Sargent brushes.

Artist-trusted brushes!

From traditional to uniquely Painter, every brush in Essentials was custom selected for new digital artists from our professional Painter art studio.

Compatibility

Photoshop

Preserve colors and layers with ease when transferring files between Photoshop and Painter Essentials

Drawing tablet

Support for stylus tilt, rotation, bearing and pressure control creates the most natural painting experience

Mac/PC

Whether you’re a Mac or PC person we support both platforms with perpetual licensing