Online Artists eLearning

Fine Arts Certificate Gain a foundation in traditional media, then choose from specialized courses in painting, digital imaging, and multimedia. Students receive feedback from an emerging Faculty of fine artists and designers, gaining hands on experience and knowledge of art theory that can complement an art or design career or simply enrich an appreciation of fine art.  more...

Drawing I Learn how to analyze what you see in the world around you and communicate it on paper. Through hands-on projects, and guided by a professional artist, you will explore the critical concepts of line, mass, form, perspective, value, and composition, building a solid foundation for all your art and design work. And most importantly, you'll also discover that drawing can be fun. Did you know that  more...

Figure Drawing In this six-lesson course, learn how to make your figure drawings come to life. Following traditional methods, you ll learn the standard measures and proportions artists use to achieve naturalistic and expressive figure drawings. Illustrations and activities will guide you through the structure of the human skeleton and help you understand how the body s anatomy shapes its external form. The  more...

intro to digital arts ...y concepts in bitmap and vector art, learning how leading artists develop creative approaches to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and digital photography. Case studies from the art and design world will inspire you by showing you some of the limitless avenues you can take in this field. This class is geared to the aspiring digital artist who is just starting out. While Adobe Photoshop and Adobe  more...

History of Art Build a foundation in art history and gain a deep understanding of art and the artists who create it. Explore profound themes that have concerned artists for centuries: nature, the human body, society, religion, and politics. Through engaging lectures and projects, you ll learn how to identify the mediums, materials, and techniques artists use and discuss the styles of important artists, art  more...

Photoshop for Game Artists Learn techniques for coloring concept art, creating tiling textures, painting environments, working with texture maps, and texturing characters. A wide range of Photoshop tools and techniques are explored, such as vector shapes, custom brushes, time-saving actions, and layer masks. You'll also learn how to apply fundamentals of art, color, and composition to your work. As you work, you'll test  more...

Watercolor Experiment with traditional watercolor techniques including various washes, glazes, scumbles, resists, and more, and learn how to make the techniques part of your personal painting style. The course begins with a look at the materials and how to make the most of them, and you'll explore watercolor's unique properties by creating a color grid. Your lessons wrap up with a look at prominent  more...

Cultivating Creativity Each of us is born creative, even if we are not artists or sculptors. Creativity is what gives us the power to find alternative solutions to everyday problems, and is therefore invaluable in business. Learn some practical strategies and tips on how to become more innovative based on ideas and practices drawn from experts in the field of creativity.  more...

NUKE for 3d Artists ...Artists will give you a clear understanding of how and why CG work is rendered in multiple passes, and rebuilt in the compositing environment. Throughout this 10 hour training module you will be introduced to shading and colour theory, and node based compositing. You'll understand the professional workflow, from setting up advanced render passes, to using 3D texture projection in Nuke. The  more...

ZBrush Foundation ...rehensive online course currently available. Aimed at 3D artists, the training contains over 8 hours of theory and video tutorials covering everything from basic introductions to pipeline examples showing integration with Maya and Photoshop. The course is focused on giving you the skills required by industry a all of our tutors' experience and expertise has been put into providing a truly  more...

Advanced Lighting with Maya and Mental Ray ... Is this training right for me? The course is ideal for artists with basic lighting skills, and is the perfect companion to our new Advanced Shading course. Additional Information Duration of all courseware is 12 months from day of purchase. Software is not included in the training, however if you're based in the UK you are eligible to purchase an Autodesk Educational Creative  more...

Visualisation with 3ds Max .... Is this training right for me? This course is for artists who want to develop the skills for a career in design visualisation. It assumes a basic knowledge of 3D, some familiarity with Photoshop and no prior knowledge of 3ds Max is necessary. Additional Information Duration of all courseware is 12 months from day of purchase. Software is not included in the training,  more...

Maya Essentials Bundle Online Course ...ware. This course will cover the major topics that all 3D Artists need to be competent at when working within the CG industry. Additional Information Duration of all courseware is 12 months from day of purchase. Software is not included in the training, however if you're based in the UK you are eligible to purchase an Autodesk Educational Creative Suite / PFTrack / ZBrush. For more  more...