Explore your creativity — Even a few minutes of daily creativity can keep you inspired! Check out short lessons, all under 30 minutes that will have you exploring your creativity in no time.
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These short creative classes are the perfect way to relax, have fun, and learn something new.
Easygoing Painting: Watercolor & Oil Pastel + Magic Tools
Learn how to use new tools and have fun with Karina Eibatova, an illustrator and artist with several art degrees and extensive work experience.
This class is perfect for all levels and for those who want to have fun!
Watercolor Illustrations in Procreate 5: How to Paint Citrus Slices
In this step-by-step tutorial by Lettie Blue, we will paint an orange slice in Procreate 5 on the iPad and we will learn how to turn that orange slice into a different citrus slice in no time.
Patterns by Hand: Block Print Your Design onto Textiles
Curious what to do with your sketches? Want to customize your home goods and textiles? Learn how to block print a pattern with your own custom stamp!
In this class, you’ll start with a simple tile design, carve it to create a stamp, and finally print it on a home product of your choice, such as a dish towel, a napkin, or a pretty journal.
Easy Guide to Brush Pen Calligraphy: Get Started, Write Away!
Been wanting to get started on modern calligraphy? This course is a great starter pack for you!
“Easy Guide to Brush Pen Calligraphy – Get Started, Write Away!” is armed with all the necessary information you’ll need as a beginner calligrapher, from beginner’s supplies to the basic strokes of each letter.
Easy 3D Blur Text Effect on Adobe Illustrator
In this class you will be learning how to recreate the sort of 3D blur text effects used within the title graphic, from scratch, using Adobe Illustrator. You will then complete the class project in which you create your own personal design.
Source & Mix Botanical Illustrations with Typography to Create Trendy Designs
Bold and simple type combined with nice floral or botanical illustrations—I bet you’ve seen a lot of it around lately on cards, clothing, wedding stationery and posters! It is a very simple, but very effective way of creating elegant designs with a sense of volume and sophistication.
In this class, Evgeniya and Dominic Righini-Brand will go through the process of combining found vintage botanical illustrations with type in Adobe Photoshop to create captivating designs which can be used in a wide range of projects: from personal greeting cards, wedding stationery or party decor, to any marketing materials and visual identity.
Visual Journaling: Drawing Your Feelings
“I think that there is beauty in vulnerability, and I do not think that your feelings have to be pretty to be beautiful.”
Known for her emotionally honest work, artist and illustrator Jordan Sondler guides you through five exercises that will help you express yourself through art and connect more deeply with your feelings and identity. With her warm sense of humor and approachable teaching style, working through these meditative exercises with Jordan feels like working through them with a friend.
Easy, Modern Watercolour Techniques
This class is perfect for beginners to watercolour painting. The instructor, Roselyn Carr, will teach you the basics of watercolour materials, colour mixing, blending, and more. At the end of this class you will paint loose watercolour florals, carrots (my favourite project of them all!), and a cactus. I loved this class and hope you will find it helpful too!
All of these classes come from Skillshare. As a long-time user of Skillshare I can highly recommend it! If you’ve never tried Skillshare before, you can get a 14-day free trial by joining through my link. You’ll have unlimited access to these classes and thousands of others!
