Online courses and YouTube channels for those who want to learn how to draw

Online drawing courses

School of Veronica Kalacheva

Here you can enroll in various drawing training programs. Some of the courses are designed for beginners, but there are classes for experienced artists who would like to improve their skills.

Prices for courses - from 3 to 20 thousand rubles: it all depends on the number and complexity of classes. From time to time, short mini-courses appear - video tutorials that will help hone one or another technique, technique, plot.

The teachers include professional artists, illustrators, designers, calligraphers and art critics.

Available courses:

Botanical illustration.
Watercolor painting course.
Fashion illustration course.
Lettering basics.
We draw a person. Anatomy.

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Bang! Bang! Education

At the Bang! Bang! teach design, calligraphy and fine arts. You can sign up for inexpensive courses (about 3-5 thousand rubles). A more complicated program has been prepared for professionals. Its cost, respectively, is higher (10-20 thousand rubles).

Training takes place in the format of video lectures or webinars. Each lesson ends with a homework assignment. Its implementation will then be analyzed in detail by the teacher.

Available courses:

Pixel graphics.
Cretaceous lettering.
Botanical watercolor for beginners.
Fundamentals of anatomy for human imaging.
Still life in watercolor.

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Schoolism

English language lessons on character creation: caricature, digital art, animation, realistic portrait, sculpture.

Pricing is a bit tough: $ 15 for a monthly subscription and $ 998 for full access and one-to-one lessons with a lecturer. On the other hand, the list of teachers is impressive: employees of leading animation studios like Pixar, creators of comics and video games.

Courses are designed for professional artists who want to learn from the best experts in their field.

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Skillshare

Skillshare is an educational platform with video courses in design, business, technology, photography, and cooking. Including good lessons for beginner artists are posted here.

But keep in mind that teaching is in English. Most of the courses are available to subscribers with a Premium account, but upon registration, the service provides 30 days of free trial.

Available courses:

Modern watercolor painting techniques for beginners.
Ink drawing technique.
Basics of watercolor painting.
Webcomic creation: from sketch to finished comic.
Secrets of handwritten lettering.

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Lectoroom

Site with video courses and lectures on art. Here you can upgrade both in practice and in theory. After registering for the course, you will have access to lectures and video lessons, as well as the opportunity to discuss the implementation of practical exercises with teachers and fellow students.

Available courses:

Sketching with markers.
Artbook: travel sketches.
French landscape: autumn mood.
Watercolor sketching: everyday sketches.

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Draw

Online drawing lessons in several areas: graphics, classical and Chinese painting, wood painting. You can not only sign up for paid master classes, but also watch free lessons and webinars on the website.

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YouTube channels with drawing lessons

Proko … Short video tutorials that teach you the basics of anatomy and drawing a human figure. Plus there are lessons in caricature, pencil portrait and more.
Dari art … Another channel to help a beginner. Here you will be taught to work with different materials: watercolor, gouache, pastel, oil.
Draw and rejoice … Watercolor painting lessons with detailed explanations.
KevinOilPainting … Quite difficult and long lessons of painting landscapes in oil. But as a result, you will learn how to work with different brushes and oil paints and create realistic paintings.
Bob ross … Bob Ross came up with his own quick oil painting technique and for more than 30 years hosted a program where he explained how to draw a picture from scratch in 30-40 minutes. Most of the episodes of this program can be viewed on YouTube.
Circle line art school … The channel is dedicated to sketching and illustrations. It will help you learn how to work with perspective, shadows and small details.
Arte de grass … The channel is dedicated to two areas of sketching: interior design and fashion illustration.
Draw with Jazza … Video tutorials on the creation of cartoon characters and everything related to it.
Alphonso dunn … There are a lot of practical tips that will come in handy for a novice artist.