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Real commercial skills, taught in lanes.

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948 courses across 13 lanes

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Painting Fundamentals: Acrylics and Oils from the Ground Up

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 19m

Master core painting skills — color mixing, value, brushwork, and composition — using acrylics and oils, through hands-on exercises that build real technique.

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Digital Illustration: From First Sketch to Paid Commission

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 20m

Master digital illustration in Procreate and Photoshop — line art, color, shading, style, and the full commission workflow from brief to delivery.

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Drawing from Life: Fundamentals of Observational Drawing

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 17m

Learn to draw what you actually see — gesture, construction, proportion, perspective, and shading from real observation.

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Make Comics: From Blank Page to Finished Graphic Novel

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 03m

Learn to create comics from scratch — story, script, thumbnails, inking, lettering, and publishing your first finished pages.

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Pottery & Ceramics Basics

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h

Master clay selection, wedging, hand-building techniques, wheel throwing, trimming, drying, and kiln firing from bisque through glaze in one practical beginner course.

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Woodturning

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h

Master your lathe from first switch-on to finished bowl — blank selection, safe tool technique, spindle and faceplate projects, and hand-applied finishes.

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Woodworking Fundamentals

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h

Build real projects from day one: master hand tools, power tools, essential joinery, wood selection, and finishing — with zero prior shop experience.

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Blacksmithing Basics

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h

Learn to forge steel from scratch — fire, hammer, anvil — and finish your first real project: a wall hook or knife blank.

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Upholstery Basics

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 55m

Strip, re-web, re-foam, and recover a chair from start to finish: pick fabric and yardage, master pulling and tacking, tie springs, and tackle button tufting.

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Watch Repair Basics

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 25m

Open cases, swap batteries and stems, change crystals, size bracelets, and clean and lubricate quartz movements using real watchmaker tools and techniques.

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Furniture Restoration

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 45m

Bring old wood furniture back to life: identify species and finishes, strip and sand, repair joints and veneer, then stain and finish with varnish, oil, or wax.

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Knife Sharpening

Creative & Art · Beginner · 8h 50m

Learn edge geometry and steel, set and hold a consistent bevel angle on whetstones, progress through grits, strop, hone, and test for true shaving sharpness.

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Leatherwork Fundamentals

Creative & Art · Beginner · 10h

Learn to select, cut, skive, saddle-stitch, dye, and finish vegetable-tanned leather, then build a real card wallet and a belt with hand tools.

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Sewing Repairs & Alterations

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 55m

Mend, hem, and alter your own clothes the way a tailor would, with hand and machine techniques that hold up to real wear.

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Shoe Care & Cobbling Basics

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h

Clean, condition, polish, stretch, and repair leather shoes at home — heel tips, sole edges, and storage that doubles their lifespan.

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Soldering for Hobbyists

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 30m

Solder real electronics from scratch: pick the right iron and solder, master through-hole and SMD joints, desolder cleanly, and fix headphones and boards.

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Procreate Lettering

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 30m

Letter on the iPad in Procreate: dial in brush settings, build words on construction layers, add bounce and texture, then export clean vectors via SVG.

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Vector Art

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 25m

Master the Pen tool, Shape Builder, and gradient mesh in Adobe Illustrator to draw clean portraits and scenes, then prep them for merch and print.

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Flat Illustration

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 35m

Design flat and semi-flat characters, scenes, and full illustration sets with locked palettes and gradient-free depth for product UIs and marketing.

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Isometric Illustration

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 45m

Build crisp isometric scenes from a true 30-degree grid in Illustrator or Figma, with consistent shading and a clean tech-explainer style.

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Macramé

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 45m

Learn macramé from cord up: pick the right rope, master the square knot and half-hitch families, and finish a real wall hanging you can hang or sell.

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Pattern Design

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 35m

Build seamless repeats by hand: half-drop, brick and diamond tiles, motif design, colourways, and licensing-ready files for fabric, wallpaper and stationery.

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Watercolour Landscapes

Creative & Art · Beginner · 10h 30m

Paint luminous landscapes in watercolour: graded sky washes, wet-on-wet clouds, textured foreground, colour temperature, and confident plein-air sketching.

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Wreath Making

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 25m

Choose the right base, wire fresh and dried materials so they hold, tie a real florist bow, and design balanced seasonal wreaths that last.

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Embroidery

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h

Stitch a finished hand-embroidery piece: prep the hoop, transfer a pattern, work satin, backstitch, French knots and lazy daisy, then mount and finish it.

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Encaustic Art

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 45m

Paint with molten beeswax and damar resin: mix medium, control heat and fusing, build luminous layers, carve texture, try cold wax as a no-flame alternative.

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Flower Arranging

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 25m

Build balanced, lasting arrangements from scratch: master floral mechanics, condition stems, harmonise colour and texture, and try an ikebana design.

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Gesture Drawing

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 15m

Capture the energy of a pose in seconds using the line of action, rhythm, and Loomis landmarks, then carry that life into finished figures.

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Inking Techniques

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 50m

Ink clean, confident line art: control the nib and brush, vary line weight, render with hatching and stippling, spot blacks, and do it all digitally too.

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Lino Block Printing on Fabric

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h

Carve lino blocks and print durable repeat patterns onto fabric and garments using fabric-safe inks, accurate registration, and proper heat-setting.

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Linocut Printmaking

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 35m

Carve and hand-print your own relief blocks: design transfer, gouge selection, clean cutting, even inking, and registered multi-colour prints.

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Manga & Anime Drawing

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 45m

Draw manga and anime characters using real head-count proportions, expressive eyes, clean inked lines, screentone, and panel layouts that read.

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Needle Felting

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 30m

Sculpt firm, lifelike 3D figures from loose wool: choose the right fibre, match needle gauges, build a dense core, blend colour, and finish a smooth surface.

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Oil Pastel Art

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 50m

Master oil pastels from first mark to varnished finish: finger and solvent blending, layering, sgraffito, composition, surfaces, and archival display.

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Origami

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 25m

Read Yoshizawa-Randlett diagrams, fold the classic bases, and build modular, wet-folded, and tessellated models with the right paper and clean creases.

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Paper Quilling

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h

Learn slotted and needle-tool quilling from your first coil to framed 3D art, with named papers, exact strip widths, and worked shape recipes.

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Perspective Drawing

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 55m

Draw believable space with 1-, 2-, and 3-point perspective: set horizon lines, place vanishing points, handle foreshortening, build interiors and exteriors.

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Pet Portraits

Creative & Art · Beginner · 10h 15m

Draw pets that look like the real animal: read animal anatomy, capture a likeness from a photo, and render fur and feather in coloured pencil or digitally.

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Polymer Clay Sculpting

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 55m

Condition, mix, hand-build, cane, bake and finish polymer clay the right way, with brand-specific temps, sanding grits and sealers that actually hold.

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Quilting

Creative & Art · Beginner · 10h

Make a real quilt from scratch: choose and cut fabric accurately, piece a quarter-inch seam, build blocks, baste the layers, and finish by hand or machine.

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Botanical Illustration

Creative & Art · Beginner · 10h

Draw plants from life with scientific accuracy and artistry: observational graphite, watercolour washes, and pen-and-ink stippling for botanical art.

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Caricature

Creative & Art · Beginner · 10h 05m

Analyze a face, rank its features by deviation from average, exaggerate with a clear hierarchy, and capture a true likeness fast in pencil or Procreate.

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Cartooning

Creative & Art · Beginner · 10h 05m

Draw appealing cartoon characters from simple shapes: exaggerate with intent, build turnarounds and expression sheets, lay out strips, and ink digitally.

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Cross-Stitch

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 45m

Stitch a finished cross-stitch piece from scratch: set up Aida and a hoop, read a chart, manage floss, work full and fractional stitches, and frame it.

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Acrylic Pouring

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 25m

Mix pourable acrylic paint to the right ratio, activate cells with silicone, master dirty pour, swipe, and ring pour, and seal a finished canvas that lasts.

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Stained Glass

Creative & Art · Beginner · 10h 05m

Cut, foil or lead, solder, and finish your own stained glass panels and suncatchers from a complete beginner start.

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Zentangle & Doodling

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 55m

Learn the Zentangle Method step by step: core tangle patterns, string structure, graphite shading, and Zendala tiles for a calm daily drawing practice.

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Mosaic Art

Creative & Art · Beginner · 9h 20m

Learn to cut tesserae, control andamento, choose the right adhesive and grout, and finish indoor and outdoor mosaics that last.

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