Skillshare Courses

25 Banners Anyone Can Draw!

256 ratings at Skillshare

Draw ribbon and scroll banners step by step in five base styles — rectangular, arched, inverted arch, wavy/slanted and layered — plus fancier, more intricate designs.

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• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Urban Sketching | A Beginner's Guide

256 ratings at Skillshare

Tackle your first urban sketch: warm up with blind contour, plan composition, break scenes into shapes, and add watercolor over waterproof ink.

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• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Watercolor Portrait

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Learn to create a watercolor portrait by mapping facial proportions, sketching and inking a reference, layering watercolor, and adding final details.

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• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Launch A Rocket: Learn JavaScript Basics The Fun Way!

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Learn JavaScript basics — variables, functions, if-else statements, properties and methods — and animate a rocket in the browser with HTML and CSS.

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• 2 hours 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Gouache for Illustrators - Create a cute Animal Portrait

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Learn to paint a cute animal illustration in gouache, from sketching and fur strokes to layered color and finishing details.

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• 1 hour 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Character Rigging With Duik Bassel

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Design and rig a character in After Effects with the free Duik Bassel script: puppet pins, structures, IK, bone parenting, and an automatic walk cycle.

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• 3 hours 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

How to Speak Confidently On Camera: A Guide for Content Creators

256 ratings at Skillshare

Learn to speak on camera with confidence: express yourself authentically, loosen up, stay spontaneous, connect ideas, and see a creator's scripting, filming, and editing process.

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

Your Introduction to Watercolor Painting: Create With Confidence

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Learn watercolor fundamentals: choose paints, paper and brushes, set up a workspace, build color references and mixing charts, and paint a textured watercolor background.

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

Drawing Toward Illustration: Connect How You Draw with How You Illustrate

255 ratings at Skillshare

Learn the two modes of drawing, observational and ideational, through chair, houseplant, workspace and figure exercises, then illustrate a full-page scene of your studio.

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

Improvising Comics: Techniques to Generate Funny Ideas

253 ratings at Skillshare

Use improv comedy techniques to make comics: draw simply and quickly, generate and expand funny ideas, and land punchier punch lines.

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• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Make Scrapbook Papers to Sell in Adobe Illustrator - A Graphic Design for Lunch™ Class

254 ratings at Skillshare

Create scrapbook papers to sell in Illustrator: make simple patterns, design an embellishment, save and package the files for sale, and produce marketing images.

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• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Editorial Illustration: Learn what it takes in just 3 days.

252 ratings at Skillshare

Work an editorial brief end to end: get work from art directors, analyse the article, sketch drafts, beat mental blocks, and finalise a polished illustration.

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• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Songwriting and Composing Melodies

252 ratings at Skillshare

Compose memorable melodies and story-driven songs from a creative brief, using chord progressions, lyric writing, orchestration, and music written to work with dialog.

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• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Icon Do This: Creating Your Own Icon Set

251 ratings at Skillshare

Design a cohesive icon set in Adobe Illustrator: sketch hobbies into symbols, build a gridded template, and adjust line weights for consistent scaling.

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• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Confident Watercolors: Dealing with Mistakes

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Apply a four-step process for facing and correcting watercolor mistakes, following demos and a case-study piece while building an accurate sense of how the paints behave.

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• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available