Skillshare Courses

Watercolor Lettering: Block (Sans Serifs)

94 ratings at Skillshare

Hand-letter bold sans serifs in six styles, using Sharpie, art, round and Chinese brushes, ink and watercolor, finishing with freehand and watercolor block letters.

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• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Learn Screenwriting By Writing One Scene in a Screenplay Format

93 ratings at Skillshare

Write one film scene in proper screenplay format, working through drafts while learning pacing, structure, transitions, exposition, dialogue and character backstory.

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• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

How To Find Your Own Style As An Artist

94 ratings at Skillshare

Your own style is what sets an artist apart: identify other artists' styles, practice inspiration etiquette instead of copying, and take actionable steps to develop your voice.

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• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Design Thinking: How to Use Creative Problem Solving for Better Design

93 ratings at Skillshare

Apply the four steps of design thinking — understand, rethink, create, and test a solution — through guided exercises, plus the mindsets designers use to solve creative problems.

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• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

How to Draw Cute Cartoon Caricature

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Learn to turn photos into cute caricature portraits by simplifying faces and bodies, then add playful color using traditional or digital drawing tools.

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

Advanced Lighting: 3 Ways to Level Up Your Product Photography

93 ratings at Skillshare

Shape light for dramatic product photography: add large intentional highlights, use direct light for sparkle and shadows, and shift one scene from bright and airy to moody.

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• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Writing Code Faster with Emmet

93 ratings at Skillshare

Write markup faster with Emmet abbreviations: siblings, nesting, grouping, multiplying, classes and IDs, attributes, item numbering and Lorem Ipsum, practiced in CodePen.

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• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Create a Repeating Pattern in 10 Minutes in Adobe Illustrator

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Create a seamless repeating pattern in Adobe Illustrator: vectorize your artwork, build the layout, then sample and save the swatch for surface designs.

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• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Microsoft Outlook: Learn Outlook Basics!

94 ratings at Skillshare

Set up accounts in Outlook, navigate tabs and ribbons, organize mail with favorites, folders and rules, and attach items or insert Excel screenshots.

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• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Alphabet Art: Doodling Words and Letters Freehand

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Learn simple freehand techniques for adding personality and whimsy to handwritten words through bubble letters, shadows, sides, and combinations.

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• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Design an Arts & Crafts Enclosed Pattern

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Build an Arts & Crafts decorative pattern from a geometric grid, then develop a plant motif and remove the grid to reveal the finished design.

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• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Trap Music Production: Drums, Baselines, and Melodies

94 ratings at Skillshare

Build trap beats: set up templates and samples, program go-to drum patterns and booming 808s, and write hooks with chords and synths into an 8-bar loop.

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• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Gardening 101: A Guide For Growing & Caring For Plants

93 ratings at Skillshare

Learn to propagate plants by seed starting, division, and cuttings, plan and maintain a garden, harvest and store crops, and choose herbs for home growing.

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• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Pattern Design For Painters (A Photoshop Class for Traditional Artists)

94 ratings at Skillshare

Turn scanned paintings and drawings into repeating patterns in Photoshop: remove backgrounds with lasso, magic wand and pen tools, build half drop repeats, and index colorways.

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• 1 hour 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Illustrating Children's Books (and beyond!)

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Illustrate children's books from manuscript to print-ready art: character posing, form and shape, warm versus cool color, freehand perspective, and CMYK bleeds and DPI.

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• 8 hours 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available