#art course

It took me 10 years to love art, and the process of drawing. And i never could have believe how much i improved at it once i was not FORCING to draw, to improve, but because i was doing it for FUN! AND i want to help you as well find the joy in drawing again.

In my 2 courses, my goal is to turn the things that you like to draw into your own exercise. I want you to experiment with YOUR own styles and favourite characters. It DOESN’T have to be HARD, trust me.💜

Registrations will close this SUNDAY! And you also have a 14 days money back guarantee!

dear all, 

I’m excited to announce a 2 hour painting basics workshop that I will be hosting, including a demo, Q&A, advice, community channel and more! spots are limited to keep the class cozy, but if all goes well we are bound to repeat this! ❤️‍🔥

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This post was created as part of the Coloso Supporters event. I received no financial compensation; I was only given free access to the following course for review purposes.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8

This is the last part of the course… The final assignment… Drawing my character's bedroom, as a full background set.

This is intimidating but it's ok, each step is guided by Anh, who works through her own example alongside.

This is my art?? I did this???

It's strange, I am proud of the end result and I can tell it's a big improvement from my previous pieces, yet I can still see so many areas to improve! This is a good sign though, it means I know what to practice and how.

Before ending this course, Anh provides lots of advice for anyone looking to work in the animation industry, or more generally trying to have a professional art career. I think it's interesting to listen to, but as a hobbyist I am clearly not in the target demographic. Nevertheless, I'm sure the networking and portfolio advice are valuable! I'll definitely go back to these in the future if I look for freelance illustration jobs.

One thing I found potentially very useful for someone looking to get a job in the industry is a list of organisations and resources for finding professional support and community (ex. Women in Animation, Warrior painter… etc). They are mostly based in the US though.

Anh also gave an AMAZING list of art resources! I didn't know a lot of them and I can already tell they'll be useful.

Schoolism: Online art classes by industry professionals

Feng Zhu School Youtube Channel: Concept-art oriented classes

Animation Mentors: Online animation school

IAMAG Master Classes: Interviews and masterclasses from industry professionals

The course ends on a note about mental health as an artist, with advice on how to avoid burnout/artblock. Anh says it's often caused by having too many expectations and taking yourself too seriously. In hindsight, this also happened to me ahah... Taking the time to learn and experiment was healing and very rewarding. I'm proud of the progress made!

Here is a video of my painting process for the final assignment. See you on Part 8 for my final thoughts about the course!

These paintings put me in mind of photos I have taken. I’ve been back through my gallery and found some of them. I’ll post them and also use some of them for ideas for my own art.

Don’t know if I’m going off-curriculum already but I don’t care. I’m fascinated by Parrish’s work and want to explore ways to depict light and colour myself. My art skills are extremely limited. It is going to be a massive learning curve.

Unfortunately the photo is way darker than it is in real life, so I tried editing it to be a bit lighter in the photo on the left!

Original photo under the cut, yes I made the colours more vibrant in purpose 🩷

Going to the course now , will post my fit and update yall ! !