Skillshare Courses

Getting into Gouache - Creating Bold, Brave Gouache Paintings

316 ratings at Skillshare

Paint bold gouache works: build a limited palette, compare gouache with watercolor, sketch directly in paint, block in color, layer, blend, and fix mistakes.

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• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Color Grading in Photoshop: Add Cinematic Style to Your Photos

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Add cinematic style to photos with three color grading methods — gradient maps, selective color, and curves — using complementary tones to shape mood.

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• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Create Your Perfect Watercolor Palette

317 ratings at Skillshare

Build your own custom watercolor palette: compare palette types and paint brands, catalog pigments, weigh lightfastness and staining, and choose colors to suit your subject.

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• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Create an Intricate, Editable Floral Pattern in Procreate

317 ratings at Skillshare

Build an intricate, editable floral repeat pattern in Procreate: organize layers, adjust brushes, draw and texture motifs, then recolor a seamless pattern swatch.

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• 1 hour 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Investing Basics for Millennials

314 ratings at Skillshare

Start investing with confidence: weigh risk versus reward, harness compound interest, diversify across stocks, bonds and housing, and pick your portfolio mix through case studies.

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• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Poetry I: Introduction to Making Poems

314 ratings at Skillshare

Write five themed poems using the "butterfly method": find your theme and thread, practice small noticings, and apply literary devices.

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• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Pen and Ink Calligraphy: The Art of the Envelope

314 ratings at Skillshare

Address envelopes in pen-and-ink calligraphy: choose papers, mix inks and gouache colors, center layouts, manage mailing lists, and handle client work.

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• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

The Future of Work: 5 Mindsets to Power Your Career

315 ratings at Skillshare

Build five career mindsets — perpetual learning, accountability, empathy, self-awareness, and thinking like an entrepreneur — with action steps and examples from companies like Adobe and AT&T.

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• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Marks & Moods: Brush Pen Adventures with Lines and Textures

314 ratings at Skillshare

Explore brush pen mark-making: practice line weight, line speed, brush angle and grip, hard versus soft edges, and abstract, repetition-variation and figurative drawing exercises.

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• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

The Fab Four of Personal Finance - Get your money in order and live the life you deserve!

314 ratings at Skillshare

Get your finances in order with four core principles: track net worth, spend less than you earn, clear debt, build an emergency fund, and invest via Betterment.

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• 1 hour 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Illustrating with Ink: Techniques for Brush and Pen

315 ratings at Skillshare

Learn to draw with brushes and dip pen nibs: warm-up exercises, brush and pen mark-making, experimental and mixed techniques, then combine them into a finished illustration.

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• 1 hour 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Start a Successful Art Account on Instagram

315 ratings at Skillshare

Grow an art following on Instagram: set up and launch an account, read Insights, use Instagram's tools, and work with the algorithm.

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• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Intro to Digital Painting: Procreate to Photoshop! A Beginner-Friendly Guide

314 ratings at Skillshare

Make a digital painting from start to finish: set up hardware and software, work through color, details and export in both Procreate and Photoshop.

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• 1 hour 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Compressing .GIFS Like A Boss

314 ratings at Skillshare

Export looping GIFs from your own animations with GifGun, Photoshop, and Giphy.com, balancing quality against file size for sharing online.

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• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Italian Classics Made Easy: Perfect Pasta al Pomodoro | Learn with Eataly

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Cook Bucatini al Pomodoro from pantry staples: pick dried pasta, hit the al dente bite, choose among three tomato sauces, keep garlic fresh, and plate long pasta.

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• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available