Learn Painting the Hard Way

Are you burned out by programming? Do you want to find something that's far away from a computer? Then why not learn to paint?! In this course I will take you on a carefully structured introduction to the basics of drawing and painting. The course will feature a lesson a week plus a live stream demo (or pre-recorded) of that week's lesson. The course will be similar to my programming courses and assume you know nothing, and teach you everything you need to know to then study painting on your own.

If you've always been told you're "right brained" or that "logical people can't be creative" then this course is for you. I've been a programmer for most of my life and I learned to paint in my late 30s. If I can do it then I believe you can too.

Free to Join

The course is currently free, and in the near future I'll implement a "pay what's fair" payment model to help offset the cost of hosting the videos. That means if you join now and can't afford it then that's fine, because that's fair. If in the future you can help out by purchasing the course, you can set your own price for it.

Course Contents

This course contains the following modules and lessons. Every course offers free samples of the first 10 lessons so you can decide if you want to take the course, and excerpts from all lessons after that.

• 00: Introduction and Gearing Up
  
  Get your materials for drawing and start by doing simple sketching in two styles.
• 01: Basics of Sketching
  
  Get your materials for drawing and start by doing simple sketching in two styles.
• 02: Memory Drawing
  
  Learn to draw from memory as an exercise that develops your visual memory.
• 03: Values
  
  Learn about visualizing and perceiving light and dark using numbers called 'values'.
• 04: Basic Blockin Style Drawing
  
  Learn the first steps in blockin style drawing, which will help with proportions and relationships.
• 05: Sight Sized Basics
  
  2 Videos I show you the first steps in Sight Sized drawing using photos.