This course will give you all the tools you need to create great design, illustration, art, and photography using GIMP softwrae. GIMP is a free and open source software that works on all common operating systems Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Learning to draw can be intimidating. It is challenging and it causes us to face our flaws directly. And we are always afraid of creating something that looks unattractive. One of the best ways to break through this obstacle is to draw from nature. Nature is much less critical than other challenges in art. Let's learn how to DRAW A TREE. This is a great class for beginners at drawing.

A great beginners course to learn the basics of digital painting. Starting with software choices and different tablet options, we slowly work our way up to understanding all of the tools and finally demonstrating a full digital painting from start to finish. The class covers multiple softwares and demonstrates the differences as well as their similarities.

Understanding perspective drawing is one of the biggest challenges that creative people meet. This course takes the that challenge away and sets you on your way to being a creative perspective illustrator! Whether or not you consider yourself an artist, you will understand perspective after taking this course! And, if you didn't know how to use GIMP design software, you will also become a proficient GIMP'er with just a few easy lessons.

When we see a new environment, the first thing we look at are the eyes in the scene. Whether it be animals or people, we all communicate with eyes first. So imagine how important it is for art and illustration to draw your eyes well! This course demonstrates the drawing and painting of a human eye using the free digital graphics software GIMP, although you may follow the course with any software. The goal of the course is to understand the fundamentals of creating a good digital painting while also covering fundamental drawing techniques, and with emphasis on understanding how to portray eyes well.

Photo Manipulation is an art form which enables us to take existing photos or images and collage them together to make beautiful new imagery. This course will walk you through the best practices for creating realistic and eye catching images using the free and open source software GIMP. The course's focus is not to teach you the software, but to give you the best artistic practices to making more realistic and beautiful images through Photo Manipulation, however better usage of GIMP can also be learned along the way.