Skillshare Courses

Introduction to DIY: Becoming a Maker

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Turn curiosity into a DIY project: apply a five-step maker flowchart, explore materials, components, tools, and workspaces, and prototype something that repairs or modifies an everyday object.

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• 1 hour 52 minutes
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Logo Design: Create a Mark for your Favorite Restaurant or Bar

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Design a conceptual logo for a retro arcade bar: research, word lists, mood boards, sketches vectorized in Illustrator, type selection, color, and contextual mockups.

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• 1 hour 34 minutes
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10 Hour Acting Masterclass

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Build acting craft through believability, listening, physicality, voice and scene work, then handle headshots, agents, auditions, casting directors and the daily hustle of an acting career.

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• 10 hours 13 minutes
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Instagram Stories Ideas: Growing Your Creative Business

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Learn 10 Instagram Stories ideas: record with zoom and grid, use marker and text tools, stickers and GIFs, filters, polls, quizzes and Highlights to grow followers.

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• 1 hour 36 minutes
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Vector Illustration: Make a Fantasy Weapon

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Turn a doodle into vector art in Adobe Illustrator: sketch a fantasy weapon, build it in greyscale, then add colour, gradients, gems and glow.

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• 1 hour 19 minutes
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Deep Learning and Neural Networks with Python

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Build neural networks in Python with TensorFlow and Keras: CNNs, RNNs, variational autoencoders and GANs applied to handwriting recognition, sentiment analysis and synthetic clothing images.

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• 4 hours 24 minutes
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Watercolor Magic: One Character Five Ways

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Illustrate one character five ways in watercolour, pairing washes with dip-pen ink, fine liner and brush, carbon pencil, tech-pen and charcoal lines.

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• 1 hour 23 minutes
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3D Camera Tracking In Adobe After Effects

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Track 3D cameras in After Effects: shoot trackable footage, set ground plane and origin, insert graphics, and composite Cinema 4D Lite objects with shadows via Cineware.

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• 1 hour 16 minutes
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Barn Owl: A Free-Flow Watercolour Masterclass with Jane Davies

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Paint a moody barn owl in loose wet-on-wet watercolour: tilt the paper to let paint run, build three washes, use masking fluid, and splatter selectively.

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• 1 hour 15 minutes
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Procreate: Creating Repeat Patterns on your iPad

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Construct straight-repeat and half-drop repeat pattern tiles in Procreate on an iPad, test the tiles for seamless alignment, and build a grid template in the Graphic app.

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• 28 minutes
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How To Sew : How To Use A Sewing Machine And Tools

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Learn to set up and use a sewing machine: thread it, wind a bobbin, change needles, hem, gather, finish edges, and handle seam rippers and rotary cutters.

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• 21 minutes
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Timelapse Photography II: The Art of Hyperlapse

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Shoot a hyperlapse of a local landmark without special gear: plan motion types and anchor points, shoot the sequence, then stabilize frames with YouTube or After Effects.

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• 17 minutes
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Become an Art Youtuber: Speedpainting 101

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Learn to turn drawing sessions into speedpaint videos by recording, speeding up, and packaging them for a YouTube channel.

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• 20 minutes
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Line Drawing- The Power of Suggestion

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Explore minimalist line drawing by obscuring parts of a subject and letting the brain complete the form, using charcoal, acrylic paint, and Sharpie.

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• 30 minutes
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Intro to Watercolor Lettering in Procreate

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Create realistic watercolor lettering in Procreate: monochrome ombré fades, alternating color blends with softened downstrokes and saturated edges, plus foliage and paint splatter details.

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• 58 minutes
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