Courses vs Classes
Courses feature logically sequenced video lessons with ebooks. Classes feature real-time project-based art instruction from start to finish.
25 Days to Better Drawings
Course
Beginner
A structured, step-by-step drawing course that teaches a new core drawing concept each day—supported by video lessons and illustrated eBooks to build solid skills over time.
10 hrs24 eBooks
The Secrets to Drawing
Course
Beginner
A comprehensive course that guides beginners and intermediate artists to master core drawing skills like line, form, value, perspective, and composition.
5 hrs26 eBooks
Horse Race with Gouache
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of creating a dynamic and colorful horse race scene using gouache (opaque watercolor) on cold-press watercolor paper. You'll begin with drawing the contour lines using a grid and progress through various stages, including applying gouache to depict the horses, riders, and background elements. Each lesson builds upon the previous one, focusing on different aspects such as layering, color mixing, and creating movement to bring the scene to life.
10 hrs
Old Barn with Watercolor
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of painting a rustic barn landscape using both watercolor and gouache. The class begins with a detailed pencil sketch to establish the composition and proportions of the barn and its surroundings. Subsequent lessons focus on layering watercolor washes to build depth and contrast, gradually developing the structures and textures within the scene.
2.5 hrs
Portrait Drawing with Charcoal
Class
Beginner
Learn to render a striking, character-filled portrait of an elderly man smoking a pipe using vine and compressed charcoal.
5 hrs
Peacock with Colored Pencils
Class
Intermediate
Bring vibrant color and realism to life in this stunning colored-pencil project! You’ll learn how to draw a majestic peacock step-by-step on black paper—creating glowing highlights, rich layers, and incredible texture.
11 hrs
Landscape Painting with Water Mixable Oils
Class
Intermediate
Dive into the rich world of oil painting. Create a scenic landscape — from sky and mountains to trees, rocks, and water reflections. Using water-mixable oils, you’ll build depth with underpaintings, brushwork effects, and layering techniques without the mess of traditional solvents.
9 hrs
Pastel Landscape Mastery
Course
Beginner
This course covers the basics of drawing and painting with soft pastels and oil pastels through the subject of landscapes. You'll learn pastel techniques while creating multiple landscape paintings.
3 hrs15 eBooks
Mastering Metal with Graphite and White Charcoal
Course
Intermediate
This concise course focuses on rendering the reflective qualities of metal using graphite and white charcoal on toned gray paper. The series begins with establishing contours and progresses through detailed stages, including rendering the teapot's top, spout, upper and lower body, and finally, the handle and cast shadow. Emphasis is placed on achieving realistic highlights and depth through layering techniques.
50 min1 eBook
Cat with Ballpoint Pen
Class
Beginner
This class teaches you to create a detailed cat drawing using oil-based ballpoint pens (Zebra brand) on Stonehenge Polar White drawing paper. Beginning with a graphite sketch, the class moves into pen and ink techniques: shading the head and ears, working through the body’s middle section, and finally completing the lower body, tail, and cast shadow.
2.4 hrs
Line and Wash - Boat on Water
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of creating a detailed line and wash artwork of a boat on the water using pen and ink and watercolor. You'll start by drawing the contours of the boat and progress through various stages, including applying pen and ink for detailed line work, layering watercolor washes for depth, and refining details such as the boat's hull, dock, and reflections.
10 hrs
Colored Pencils - PLUS
Course
Intermediate
Unlock the full potential of colored pencils by combining them with various art media in this comprehensive course. You'll learn to integrate colored pencils with watercolor, Posca markers, alcohol-based markers, and ink washes.
4 hrs4 eBooks
Realistic Pencil Drawing
Course
Intermediate
Master the art of lifelike pencil drawings in this comprehensive course. You'll explore foundational techniques such as value, texture, and accurate rendering using various graphite tools.
5 hrs5 eBooks
Landscape Drawing with Graphite
Class
Intermediate
Immerse yourself in the art of landscape drawing using graphite. You'll learn to depict elements like trees, rocks, and water, creating depth and texture with graphite and powdered graphite.
10 hrs
Line and Wash
Course
Beginner
Explore the dynamic fusion of pen and ink with watercolor in this comprehensive course designed for beginners and intermediate artists. You'll learn essential techniques for balancing detailed line work with expressive watercolor washes.
3 hrs11 eBooks
Pencil Drawing - The Guide to Graphite
Course
Beginner
This comprehensive course is designed for beginner and intermediate artists eager to master graphite drawing. You'll explore essential techniques such as mark making, blending, and creating the illusion of light and shadow.
4 hrs18 eBooks
Duck with Acrylics
Class
Intermediate
Dive into acrylic painting. You'll create a lifelike painting of a duck on water. Starting with the grid technique for accurate drawing, you'll progress through developing water reflections, duck anatomy, and feather textures.
10 hrs
Portrait Drawing the Smart Way
Course
Beginner
Master accurate, realistic portraits with confidence in Portrait Drawing The Smart Way. This detailed course guides beginner and intermediate artists through 19 video lessons covering the skull, facial proportions, planes of the face, eyes, noses, mouths, ears, hair, grid and triangular methods for portrait construction.
5 hrs18 eBooks
The Charcoal Drawing Course
Course
Beginner
Dive into the bold and expressive world of charcoal drawing with this comprehensive course. You’ll learn to master vine and compressed charcoal, build strong values, render textures and capture atmosphere with powerful contrast.
2.5 hrs5 eBooks
Figure Drawing with Charcoal
Class
Intermediate
Learn how to create a figure drawing with charcoal. You’ll use vine and compressed charcoal on white drawing paper, beginning with a grid to map proportions, then move through toning, contouring, refining folds, faces, and objects until completion.
6 hrs
Pencils on Polyester - A Different Way to Colored Pencil
Course
Intermediate
Explore the unique medium of polyester film in this specialized colored pencil course. You'll learn to utilize the unique properties of polyester film that allow for light, layered applications and easy erasure of colored pencils.
1.5 hrs1 eBook
The Colored Pencil Course
Course
Beginner
Designed for beginners and intermediate artists, you'll learn essential techniques such as layering, burnishing, creating underpaintings, and applying color theory to produce professional-quality colored pencil drawings.
5 hrs21 eBooks
Birch Tree Landscape with Pastels
Class
Intermediate
Learn to create a woodland scene featuring birch trees and fall foliage on pastel paper. The class series covers layering techniques, refining tree structures, enhancing contrast, and adding depth to the composition.
6 hrs
3 Little Birds with Colored Pencils
Course
Intermediate
This intermediate-level course offers a comprehensive exploration of colored pencil techniques through the creation of three bird drawings, each using a different brand of colored pencils on distinct surfaces.
3 hrs3 eBooks
Dog Portrait on Black Canvas
Class
Beginner
This immersive oil painting series guides you through creating a realistic dog portrait on black canvas. You'll learn to sketch the dog, apply oil paints using a soft, scumbled technique, develop facial features, texture the nose and fur, and complete the piece with glazes.
6 hrs
The Pen and Ink Experience
Course
Beginner
Learn essential techniques such as hatching, cross-hatching, stippling, and ink wash to develop value and texture in your drawings. The curriculum covers various subjects, including landscapes, portraits, and still life, providing a solid foundation for creating professional-quality pen and ink artwork.
2 hrs7 eBooks
Scratchboard Art
Class
Beginner
Dive into the art of scratchboard. You'll learn to create a lifelike bee by removing ink from a scratchboard panel, revealing the white surface beneath. The course covers essential techniques such as layering, texturing, and detailing to capture the intricate features of the bee.
9.5 hrs
Subjects with Pen and Ink
Course
Beginner
This comprehensive course guides you through drawing 31 diverse subjects using various pen and ink techniques. You'll explore still life objects, flowers, food, animals, landscapes, and people, employing methods such as hatching, cross-hatching, stippling, and ink wash.
8 hrs6 eBooks
Sneakers with Pen and Ink
Class
Beginner
This beginner-friendly class guides you through creating a detailed pen and ink drawing of classic sneakers. You'll start with a graphite sketch and progress to ink applications using hatching and cross-hatching techniques.
8 hrs
The Art of Distortion
Class
Intermediate
Explore the fascinating world of distorted perspectives in this class. Using a specially designed grid and grayscale markers, you'll learn to create drawings that mimic the visual effects of a convex mirror.
10 hrs
The Watercolor Workshop
Course
Beginner
This comprehensive course is designed for beginner and intermediate artists seeking to master watercolor painting, covering basic materials, tools, and surfaces for watercolor painting, application techniques and color mixing.
4 hrs18 eBooks
Marsh Landscape with Pastels
Class
Beginner
Create a tranquil marsh landscape using soft pastels and pastel pencils on PastelMat paper. You'll develop the scene from top to bottom, layering colors to build depth and atmosphere. The course covers techniques for rendering skies, distant trees, marsh grasses, and water reflections.
6 hrs
Autumn Landscape with Oil Pastels
Class
Beginner
The class emphasizes the expressive capabilities of oil pastels, allowing for painterly effects with bold strokes and blended hues. Ideal for artists seeking to explore the rich textures and colors of fall landscapes.
7 hrs
The Oil Pastel Course
Course
Beginner
The foundations and techniques of drawing and painting with oil pastels. Learn basic materials, tools, and surfaces for oil pastels, application techniques like layering, blending, mixing, and scumbling, color theory and its application in oil pastel drawings and observational mapping techniques for accurate drawing.
4.5 hrs7 eBooks
Watercolor Snow Dog
Class
Intermediate
Ideal for artists seeking to enhance their watercolor skills in animal portraiture and winter scenes, this class covers techniques for rendering the dog's fur, the snowy environment, and a teddy bear, emphasizing attention to detail and depth.
8 hrs
Animals with Pastels
Course
Beginner
This comprehensive course guides you through creating realistic animal portraits using pastels and pastel pencils. You'll learn to draw a cat, dog, macaw parrot, and cow, each with detailed step-by-step demonstrations.
4 hrs4 eBooks
Orangutan with Watercolor Pencils
Class
Intermediate
Ideal for intermediate artists seeking to refine their skills in animal portraiture with watercolor pencils, you'll gradually build depth and contrast through layered applications, incorporating techniques like frisket masking and wet-on-wet washes. The class emphasizes exaggerating observed colors to enhance visual interest.
10 hrs
The Acrylic Painting Academy
Course
Beginner
This comprehensive course is designed for absolute beginners aiming to produce professional-quality acrylic paintings. Covering essential topics such as materials, tools, and surfaces for acrylic painting and techniques like mixing and applying color values to create light and form, stretching and preparing your own canvas, transferring images to canvas, and direct painting methods.
4 hrs14 eBooks
Blueberries with Acrylics
Class
Intermediate
Learn the process of creating a realistic still life painting of blueberries using acrylic paints. Beginning with a graphite pencil sketch using a grid for accuracy, you'll progressively develop the painting. The class emphasizes layering techniques, attention to detail, and the unique characteristics of each blueberry, aiming to give each its own "personality."
7 hrs
Jungle Path with Acrylics
Course
Advanced
This course guides you through the process of painting a complex jungle landscape using acrylics on gessoed masonite. You'll learn to create an underpainting, apply glazes to build depth, and adjust contrast and color to enhance harmony.
1.5 hrs6 eBooks
Still Life with Gouache
Class
Advanced
Gouache, known as "opaque watercolor," combines the transparency of watercolor with the opacity of acrylics, allowing for versatile techniques. The class covers materials, composition, and detailed step-by-step demonstrations, including the use of dry brush techniques for background textures.
7 hrs
Winter Landscape with Acrylics
Class
Intermediate
This class emphasizes techniques for creating realistic textures, capturing light and shadow, and achieving depth in a winter scene. Ideal for intermediate artists seeking to enhance their skills in acrylic landscape painting.
7 hrs
Creative Mixed Media
Course
Beginner
This engaging course guides you through the process of combining various art mediums to create expressive artworks. You'll explore techniques such as creating harmony between mediums, incorporating text into paintings, photo transfers, polymer clay painting, altered books, assemblage sculpture, and artist trading cards.
2 hrs10 eBooks
Vintage Car with Colored Pencils
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of creating a realistic drawing of a vintage car using markers and colored pencils on toned gray paper. The drawing begins with a graphite pencil sketch using the grid technique and progresses through multiple layers of markers and colored pencils to develop depth and detail.
8 hrs
Peony Flower with Colored Pencils
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of creating a detailed peony flower drawing using wax-based colored pencils on Stonehenge paper. Starting with a graphite contour sketch, you'll progress through layering techniques to develop vibrant petals, intricate textures, and lifelike shading. The class emphasizes color blending, layering, and the use of a colorless blender pencil to achieve depth and realism.
10 hrs
Train with Line and Wash
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through creating a dynamic train scene using line and wash techniques. Starting with a detailed pen drawing, you'll learn to build depth, perspective, and texture using watercolor washes applied over the ink outlines.
7 hrs
Oil Painting Master Series
Course
Beginner
Designed for beginners, this comprehensive course covers essential topics such as selecting materials, preparing supports, and mixing complex colors. You'll learn techniques like blending oil paint for smooth transitions, creating underpaintings, glazing using "Old Masters" methods, and direct painting with observed colors.
3 hrs17 eBooks
Still Life with Oils
Class
Intermediate
Learn to paint a still life of garlic and complementary elements using oil paints on a canvas panel. This class begins with a discussion of materials and strategy, progresses into drawing via a modified grid, then moves to a monochromatic underpainting before applying local color.
8 hrs
Jellyfish with Graphite Pencils
Class
Advanced
Explore the depth and movement of a jellyfish using graphite pencils and powdered graphite on Stonehenge Polar White paper. You’ll begin by composing and sketching the figure, then move into the atmospheric blend of powdered graphite to establish a rich underpainting. As you progress, you’ll refine contrast and build dramatic value transitions on the jellyfish’s head and body, before developing the delicate tentacles and making final adjustments.
5 hrs
Lizard Man with Pen and Ink
Class
Advanced
Create a richly detailed composite image of a lizard-man in pen and ink. From initial graphite grid layout to precise ink work, you’ll build the character’s head, body, clothing, couch, lamp, wall texture and rug. This class emphasizes hatching, cross-hatching, texture building and pattern work—ideal for intermediate artists ready to master expressive line-techniques and complex compositions with pen and ink.
9 hrs
Basic Photoshop for Artists
Course
Beginner
This course guides you through the essentials—from setting up canvases and understanding resolution, to using layers, masks, and brushes to enhance or transform your artwork. Learn how to properly scan or photograph work, make clean edits, apply adjustment layers for color, and prepare files.
2 hrs15 eBooks
Sunrise with Oils
Class
Intermediate
Learn the process of painting a serene sunrise over the ocean using water-mixable oil paints on canvas panel. The course begins with blending a transition from light blue to orange in the sky, followed by the addition of clouds and their refinement. Subsequent lessons focus on detailing the horizon line, water, and beach, culminating in the application of glazes to enhance depth and luminosity.
6.5 hrs
Painting with Photoshop
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the process of digital painting with Photoshop. Use basic drawing and painting tools in Photoshop to create a digital painting that resembles a painting created with traditional media.
6 hrs
Bee with Colored Pencils
Class
Beginner
In this class, you'll create a detailed colored pencil drawing of a bee on Stonehenge paper. The course begins with sketching the bee's contours using graphite and progresses through layering colored pencils to build depth and realism.
8 hrs
Portrait Drawing with Charcoal
Class
Beginner
This class begins with an introduction to materials and surface preparation, followed by an underpainting using vine charcoal to establish the basic structure. Subsequent lessons focus on refining features such as the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears using compressed charcoal, with attention to modeling the face and adding details.
9 hrs
Urban Landscape with Acrylics
Class
Advanced
This class guides you through the process of creating a detailed urban landscape using acrylic paints. The class begins with transferring the contour lines of the reference image onto the painting surface and establishing a black-and-white underpainting. Subsequent lessons focus on developing the underpainting in layers, refining details, and building depth.
10 hrs
Candy with Gouache
Class
Advanced
This class guides you through the process of creating a realistic painting of a bag of candy using gouache, also known as opaque watercolor. The class begins with transferring a contour line drawing of the subject onto the painting surface and introduces the properties of gouache. Subsequent lessons focus on developing values and tones to create the illusion of texture and form.
9 hrs
Green Bird with Watercolor Pencils
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the process of creating a vibrant tropical bird using watercolor pencils on cold press watercolor paper. Lessons cover drawing the bird, masking selected areas, painting the background, and applying watercolor pencils to various parts of the bird,
7 hrs
Realistic Portrait Drawing with Pencil
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of creating a realistic portrait using various graphite pencils on hot press watercolor paper. The class begins with drawing the contours of the subject and progresses through developing the texture of the hair and forehead. Subsequent lessons focus on detailing the eyebrows, eyes, nose, ear, mouth, and lips.
8 hrs
Rhino with Graphite and White Charcoal
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of creating a detailed drawing of a rhinoceros on toned gray paper using graphite pencils and white charcoal. The class begins with an introduction to the materials and techniques, followed by lessons that focus on developing the horn, facial features, wrinkles, ears, and body textures.
9 hrs
Ostrich with Charcoal
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the process of creating a detailed drawing of an ostrich using charcoal on textured and toned Ingres paper. The class begins with a modified grid system to sketch the basic structure of the ostrich, followed by layering values and tones with vine charcoal. Subsequent lessons focus on refining the head and neck, adding textures, and developing contrasts using compressed and charcoal pencils.
4 hrs
Tree Drawing with Graphite
Class
Advanced
This class guides you through the process of creating a realistic tree drawing using graphite pencils on lightly toned Stonehenge paper. The class begins with laying out the contour lines of the tree and developing the illusion of leaves, focusing on abstract shapes and values rather than individual leaves. Subsequent lessons emphasize developing textures on the trunk and branches using cross-contour lines, adding subtle shadows to create the illusion of light, and refining details to bring the drawing to life.
9 hrs
Sea Turtle with Pen and Ink
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the process of creating a detailed pen and ink drawing of a sea turtle. The class begins with sketching the shape of the turtle using graphite, focusing on large shapes for accuracy and defining contours. Subsequent lessons delve into pen and ink applications, starting with the head and progressing through the neck, fins, and shell.
6 hrs
Value Study Drawing Exercise
Class
Beginner
Learn the importance of value and practice recognizing and applying values using a classical subject as reference.
1 hr
Desert Landscape with Watercolor
Class
Beginner
Capture the elegance and majesty of the desert landscape in this class that focuses on watercolor techniques to create the illusion of depth and detail. Begin with a loose graphite sketch before adding multiple layers of watercolor washes to build up depth and complexity in the color.
8 hrs
Figure Drawing with Oil Pastels
Class
Beginner
Use oil pastels in a loose fashion to develop an image of a dancer on toned paper. Learn the characteristics of oil pastels that make this medium perfect for looser drawings that resemble paintings.
2 hrs
Frog with Markers and Colored Pencils
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of creating a realistic drawing of a frog using alcohol-based markers and colored pencils. The class begins with sketching the contours of the frog using a graphite pencil, followed by an underpainting with alcohol-based markers to establish base colors. Subsequent lessons focus on layering colored pencils to build depth and detail, culminating in the addition of a cast shadow to ground the subject.
9 hrs
Elephant with Graphite Pencils
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of developing a highly-detailed drawing of an elephant in the jungle with graphite pencils. Learn how to control pencils to develop intricate deatils suchs as the texture of the elephant's skin and the surrounding environment. Learn how to use erasers to develop highlights and create contrast in the image.
10 hrs
Woodland Landscape with Oil Pastels
Class
Beginner
The class guides you through the process of developing a wooded landscape with oil pastels. Learn how to bump up color contrasts to make a more dynamic landscape that resembles a painting.
4 hrs
Color Theory and Mixing
Class
Beginner
Learn the basics of color theory and color mixing in this crash course. In this class we mix several colors, look at art history examples and take on a mixing/matching challenge.
1 hr
Indirect Observation Exercises
Class
Beginner
Stretch your drawing skills with this collection of challenging non-tradtional drawing exercises.
1 hr
Butterfly with Pastels
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of developing a colorful pastel drawing of a butterfly on pastel paper. Learn how to create a soft background with a contrasting foreground that creates the illusion of space. Develop details with pastel pencils while developing colorful neutrals.
9.5 hrs
Horse with Pen and Ink
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the process of creating a pen and ink drawing of a horse. Learn how to use hatching and cross hatching to build textures and form. Learn how to use the quality of line to imply form and add variety to a line drawing.
5 hrs
Bird with Acrylics
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the process of painting a vibrant kingfisher bird on a gessoed board. The course begins with a basic contour line drawing and progressively adds layers of acrylic paint to develop rich colors and textures.
5 hrs
Painting with Procreate
Class
Beginner
This class introduces you to the Procreate app on the iPad Pro, utilizing the Apple Pencil to develop a digital painting of an apple. Through this series, you'll explore various brushes available in the app and learn how to effectively use the smudge tool to enhance your painting techniques.
2.5 hrs
Watercolor Landscape
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the process of creating a detailed landscape painting using watercolors. The class begins with developing the background and progresses to the foreground, employing various strategies to create the illusion of space.
4 hrs
Marbles with Graphite and White Charcoal
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of drawing realistic marbles using graphite and white charcoal on toned gray paper. The class begins with an introduction to materials and techniques, followed by lessons that focus on developing the illusion of reflection and transparency in the marbles.
3 hrs
Oranges with Markers and Colored Pencils
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of creating a realistic drawing of blood oranges using markers and colored pencils. You'll begin with a light graphite sketch to lay out the composition, followed by an underpainting created with alcohol-based markers. Subsequent lessons focus on adding details and depth with colored pencils over the marker underpainting.
5 hrs
Botanical Drawing with Pen and Ink
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the process of creating a botanical drawing of sunflowers using pen and ink techniques. You'll lay out the basic contours using graphite and gradually develop the texture and form with line work applied with technical drawing pens.
4 hrs
Landscape Drawing with Oil Pastels
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the process of creating a pen and ink drawing of a horse. Learn how to use hatching and cross hatching to build textures and form. Learn how to use the quality of line to imply form and add variety to a line drawing.
3 hrs
Creative Drawing Exercises
Class
Beginner
A fun-filled hour of challenging drawing exercises designed to enhance your drawing skills.
1 hr
Painting Water with Gouache
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the process of painting the illusion of water using gouache, an opaque watercolor medium. You'll begin with foundational techniques and progresses to more advanced methods, allowing you to develop a comprehensive understanding of painting water.
7 hrs
Tomatoes with Oils
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of painting a realistic still life of tomatoes using water-mixable oil paints (traditional oils can be substituted). The course begins with sketching the basic shapes using loose brushstrokes and progresses to refining the details in the later stages. Each lesson builds upon the previous one, focusing on various aspects such as color mixing, layering, and glazing techniques to achieve depth and realism in the painting.
6 hrs
Portrait Drawing with Pastels
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of creating a realistic portrait using soft pastels and pastel pencils on toned paper. The class begins with transferring the contours of the subject and progresses through layering and mixing skin tones to build depth and dimension. In the final stages, details are refined with pastel pencils, and a strong sense of light is added to complete the image.
5 hrs
House Portrait with Graphite
Class
Intermediate
This class guides you through the process of creating an accurate drawing of a house using graphite pencils on textured charcoal paper. You’ll begin with a layout using visual comparison techniques and move into rendering textures and architectural details, gradually building depth, tone and structure.
9 hrs
Landscape Drawing with Charcoal
Class
Beginner
This class teaches you how to draw a textured wooded landscape with charcoal. You’ll begin working with vine charcoal to loosely define the forest road and establish value relationships, then move into compressed charcoal and charcoal pencils to develop deep shadows, strong contrasts, and foliage texture. Blending stumps and erasers are used to refine edges and foliage transitions, while the final lesson brings focus to the road’s vanishing point framed by intense light.
3 hrs
Cityscape with Line and Wash
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the elegant combination of pen & ink with watercolor washes. Beginning with a loose graphite sketch to establish composition, you’ll then layer sharp ink lines to define forms and textures, followed by translucent watercolor washes to build depth and atmosphere. The course emphasizes balancing the precision of ink with the fluid expressiveness of watercolor, offering an accessible yet sophisticated approach to hybrid drawing and painting.
4 hrs
Landscape Drawing with Colored Pencils
Class
Beginner
In this class, wou'll create a landscape with colored pencils on Stonehenge warm white paper. You’ll begin by laying out the composition with light graphite, then progressively develop the scene: middle ground and distant tree line, followed by foreground trees and grasses, and finally completing the image with a wooded stream in the extreme foreground.
5 hrs
Architectural Sketch with Markers and Ink
Class
Beginner
This two-part lesson series introduces you to the fundamentals of drawing with alcohol-based markers. In the first part, you'll explore basic application techniques, including creating an underpainting of tones using markers to establish values and forms. The second part focuses on developing an architectural sketch with drawing pens, layering tones, and applying color over the top to add depth and interest.
2 hrs
Landscape Sketch with Pastels
Class
Beginner
This class teaches you how to develop a vibrant landscape drawing featuring a field of yellow flowers using soft pastels on toned pastel paper. This series emphasizes a looser, more painterly approach, focusing on layering pastel applications to create the illusion of space and depth.
3 hrs
Flower Sketch with Watercolor Pencils
Class
Beginner
This class teaches the process of creating a soft, layered flower painting using watercolor pencils. You'll begin with a loose graphite contour drawing, followed by layering colors with watercolor pencils, which are then activated with water and shaped using a brush. This technique allows for ultimate control over the painting process, requiring only a few colors to develop a vibrant image.
5 hrs
Light Bulb with Graphite Pencils
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the process of drawing a realistic light bulb using graphite pencils on smooth Bristol paper. The course begins with measuring techniques to capture proportions and contours accurately. You'll then learn how to create the illusion of transparency and reflection through careful shading and value transitions.
5 hrs
Cherries with Acrylics
Class
Beginner
Learn the process of painting a realistic still life of cherries using acrylic paints on 140 lb watercolor paper. This class begins with a detailed graphite sketch to establish the composition, followed by layering acrylic paints to build depth and realism.
4 hrs
Landscape Sketch with Ink Wash
Class
Beginner
This class begins with an introduction to basic ink wash techniques, followed by developing thumbnail sketches and contour drawings. Subsequent lessons demonstrate how to apply semi-transparent washes of diluted carbon black ink to build up the tonal range, gradually completing the image.
4 hrs
Cat with Scratchboard
Class
Beginner
This class begins with an introduction to scratchboard, covering the thought process and tools used by artists. Subsequent lessons walk you through the entire process of scratching away ink to reveal a representational image of a cat.
4 hrs
Carrots with Pastel Pencils
Class
Beginner
This class emphasizes layering colors to create a harmonious color relationship, with slight alterations from the reference image to enhance visual appeal. Throughout the lessons, the pros and cons of three different brands of pastel pencils are discussed, providing insight into their unique characteristics.
4 hrs
Landscape Drawing with Oil Pastels
Class
Beginner
This class emphasizes developing a thick application of the medium, working from the background to the foreground. Techniques for creating the illusion of space and applying oil pastels are covered, allowing you to create the impression of brushstrokes and learn how oil pastels can be used in a painterly manner.
4 hrs
Painting with Gouache
Class
Beginner
This class covers every step of the process, from initial graphite sketch to the final painted image. Emphasis is placed on layering techniques, tonal values, and the unique properties of gouache to achieve a lifelike representation.
5 hrs
Drawing Bootcamp
Class
Beginner
This foundational five-part series offers over five hours of instruction, designed to build core drawing skills from the ground up. Each lesson focuses on a fundamental concept. Ideal for beginners, this course emphasizes observational skills, shading techniques, and texture creation.
5 hrs
Strawberries with Inktense Pencils
Class
Beginner
Inktense pencils are water-soluble ink pencils that, when activated with water, produce vibrant, intense colors. This class begins with an introduction to the medium, followed by techniques for layering and blending to achieve realistic textures and depth. Emphasis is placed on understanding the unique properties of Inktense pencils, including their permanence once dry, which allows for additional layers and glazing effects.
4 hrs
Observational Drawing Exercises
Class
Beginner
This focused lesson offers one hour of guided drawing exercises designed to sharpen your observation and creativity. You’ll explore blind contour drawing, gesture drawing, cross-contour techniques, drawing in motion and other dynamic activities—all crafted to boost your visual perception and drawing agility.
1 hr
Still Life Drawing with Colored Pencils
Class
Beginner
This skill-building lesson series guides you through the creation of a still-life drawing using colored pencils on smooth Bristol paper. Beginning with a small graphite outline to map shapes and proportions, you’ll progress into layering colored pencils to build rich tones, subtle transitions, and crisp edges. This class emphasizes careful use of light and shadow, and shows how to create realism through controlled pressure and pencil strokes.
7 hrs
Landscape Drawing with PanPastels
Class
Beginner
This class teaches you how to use PanPastels to paint a dynamic landscape. You’ll start with creating the initial sky and background using large applicators, then build the middle ground and foreground with layered colors and varied mark-making to mimic brushstrokes. This class emphasizes loosening your technique and thinking in broad shapes rather than tight details, allowing the medium’s painterly qualities to shine.
3 hrs
Garden Landscape with Watercolor
Class
Intermediate
This class begins with an introduction to basic watercolor techniques. Subsequent lessons demonstrate how to apply semi-transparent washes of diluted watercolor to build up the tonal range, gradually completing the image. The series emphasizes working loosely while using a photo reference to create expressive landscapes.
6 hrs
Boots with Charcoal
Class
Beginner
This class series guides you through the process of creating a still life drawing using charcoal. The course emphasizes developing a full range of values to create depth and dimension, with a focus on rendering textures. Techniques for layering, blending, and highlighting are demonstrated to achieve realistic effects.
5 hrs
Still Life Painting with Acrylics
Class
Beginner
This foundational acrylics class guides you through the process of creating a still life painting of plums using acrylics. This class shows you how to layer multiple colors to build up depth and realism with acrylic paints.
4 hrs
Architectural Drawing with Graphite
Class
Intermediate
This class emphasizes techniques for rendering architectural details, understanding proportions, and achieving realistic textures, all essential for capturing the essence of architectural subjects.
4 hrs
Eagle with Pen and Ink
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the process of creating a drawing of an eagle with pen and ink. Learn to use basic pen and ink texchniques and variety in line to create the illusion of form and texture.
2 hrs
Drawing Textures with Pen and Ink
Class
Beginner
This class explores creating the illusion of serveral different textures with pen and ink. Using line only to create texture can be a challenge, but this class breaks it all down, making it easy and enjoyable to learn.
1 hr
Landscape Sketch with Watercolor Pencils
Class
Beginner
This class explores the use of watercolor pencils to create a simple landscape sketch. Layer mutliple watercolor pencil applications before activating with water, causing the colors to mix and come to life.
2 hrs
Portrait Drawing with Graphite
Class
Beginner
This class guides you through the process of creating an accurate portrait of a young girl. Learn how to use the grid technique to ensure accuracy in your drawings and how to use graphite pencils of various grades to develop subtle shadows and strong contrast.
8 hrs