Sketching Courses and Certifications

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How to Paint a Pet Portrait - Preparation & Sketching With Nathan Brown

Learn pet portrait preparation and sketching techniques in Procreate with illustrator Nathan Brown. Master reference selection, rough sketching, eye detailing, value studies, and line guides for capturing animal expressions and fur textures.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Follygon

Sketching in 3D - Digital Sculpting Techniques

Explore 3D sketching techniques for digital character sculpting, enhancing your ability to create appealing and dynamic designs in a virtual space.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Art of Aaron Blaise

Drawing Horses from Life - Dynamic Animal Sketching on Location

Master dynamic horse drawing techniques through on-location sketching at a stable, learning professional approaches to capture accurate animal forms and movement with expert animator Aaron Blaise.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Cosmic Spectrum Art

Simplified Shading and Tonal Sketching - Realtime Demo

Dive into simplified shading techniques for character portraits with a real-time demonstration of tonal sketching fundamentals and practical applications for comic art.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Cosmic Spectrum Art

Sketching Screencap Studies - What I Do to Get Better at Comic Storyboarding

Master screencap sketching techniques to improve comic storyboarding skills through practical studies and visual storytelling methods.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Proko

Loose Portrait Sketching

Master the art of balancing loose sketching techniques with precise details to create dynamic portraits with compelling visual contrast and rhythm in just 15 minutes.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Marker Sketching: Master Design Sketching with Markers

269 ratings at Udemy

Master design sketching with markers from doodles to complete renders with the help of an industrial design expert

• Udemy
• 4 hours 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Design Sketching S01: Create Amazing Designs with Procreate

154 ratings at Udemy

The smart course on how to design and communicate on iPad with Procreate and Apple Pencil for Designers.

• Udemy
• 3 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Icon Design in Adobe XD - From Sketching to Flat Icon Sets

148 ratings at Udemy

Learn the fundamentals of icon design and create a beautiful flat icon set by combining and overlaying shapes

• Udemy
• 1 hour 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

A-level Further Mathematics for Year 13 - Course 1: Differential Equations, Further Integration, Curve Sketching, Complex Numbers, the Vector Product and Further Matrices

6 ratings at edX

Develop your thinking skills, fluency and confidence in A-level further maths and prepare for undergraduate STEM degrees.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

A-level Further Mathematics for Year 13 - Course 1: Differential Equations, Further Integration, Curve Sketching, Complex Numbers, the Vector Product and Further Matrices

Develop your thinking skills, fluency and confidence in A-level further maths and prepare for undergraduate STEM degrees.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

It's Not Just about Accuracy - Metrics That Matter When Modeling Expert Sketching Ability

Explores metrics beyond accuracy for modeling expert sketching ability, discussing features that differentiate expert and novice sketches to improve intelligent tutoring systems for design sketching.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

DreamSketch - Early Stage 3D Design Explorations with Sketching and Generative Design

Innovative 3D design interface combining sketching and generative algorithms for early-stage design exploration. Enables designers to visualize multiple solutions in context, enhancing creativity and decision-making.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (IHES)

Sketching Semidefinite Programs for Super-Resolution Problems

Explore super-resolution problems, focusing on measure recovery from Fourier coefficients. Learn about sketching approaches to reduce semidefinite program size and algorithmic developments for integral bounds.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

IAS | PCMI Park City Mathematics Institute

Quantum-Inspired Algorithms: Sketching and Beyond - Part 3

Delve into quantum singular value transformation (QSVT) and polynomial approximation techniques, exploring their applications in quantum algorithm design for data analysis and machine learning.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video