Skillshare Courses

From Sketch to Wrapping Paper...and so much more!

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Turn sketches into wrapping paper: scan artwork, digitize and recolor it in Adobe Illustrator, build a repeat pattern, and upload print-ready files to a printing service.

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• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Wonderful Watercolor: Learn to Paint a Peony Wreath

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Paint a peony wreath in watercolour, using wet-in-wet washes to let the flowers form themselves, then wet-on-dry detail to shape petals and leaves.

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• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Paint with Me: Create a Mixed Media Pastry Illustration

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Paint a flaky pastry in mixed media: work from a reference image through sketch, underpainting, watercolor layers, colored pencil detail, and final blending.

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• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Negative Painting - Uplevel your skills!

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Learn negative painting through layered, step-by-step projects, including metallic paint techniques.

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• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Directing 101: Making a 5 Shot Film

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Direct an emotive short film in five shots: write the scene, plan pre-production, choose lenses and visual style, record sound, and direct actors on set.

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• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Power Video Editing: Learn Adobe Premiere Pro in 45 Min

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Edit footage into a polished, postable video in Adobe Premiere Pro: import and cut clips, sync and level audio, add music, transitions, titles, and export.

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• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Smartphone Photography: Capturing Landscapes

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Shoot unconventional landscape photos on a smartphone: scout and plan locations, chase light, compose the shot, tell a story, and edit before sharing.

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• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

CRUSH YouTube Branding: Make a FREE Professional Channel Banner!

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Design a free professional YouTube channel banner: learn what makes a banner work, source background images from Unsplash and Pexels, and edit in Canva, Crello, and Snappa.

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• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

The Art of Data: Analytics in Everyday Life

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Use data for the decisions that matter most: gather data from different sources, load it into storage, visualize it in a BI tool, and build a story.

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• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Beginners Guide to Adobe Photoshop: The Essentials

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Edit photos in Adobe Photoshop: remove backgrounds, retouch with healing and clone stamp tools, and design banners, sale ads and flyers using layer and clipping masks.

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• 3 hours 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Coloured Pencil Series: Class 1 - Prismacolor Premier

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Learn to use Prismacolor Premier colored pencils through pressure, layering, blending, and light-and-shadow techniques, then create a complete first artwork.

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• 3 hours 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

A Guide to Diversifying Revenue for Artists & Designers

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Build multiple passive income streams from your creative skills, comparing affiliate links, print-on-demand, creative assets, online courses, art licensing and self-publishing to pick what fits.

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• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Branding Your Creative Business: Launching Your Brand

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Launch a creative brand: set up product photography, packaging, stationery and a website, then sell through third-party sites, real shops and craft markets.

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• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

iPad Art: Make Fun GIFs in Procreate

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Create animated GIFs in Procreate on iPad: animate existing art, redraw frames flipbook-style, use liquify, selective movement, text and canvas resizing, then upload to Instagram.

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• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Real Time Mirror Drawing in Adobe Illustrator - A Graphic Design for Lunch™ Class

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Set up an Illustrator document for real-time mirror drawing and draw a symmetrical skull without reflecting individual shapes by hand.

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• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available