Isn’t it empowering when you learn something new to take your career to the next level? There are many online resources for artists to expand your creative and business skills. You can achieve your career and financial goals without having to leave your home or studio or be forced to follow a strict schedule.
The following online resources offer options for beginners to advanced programs. Many are free or low cost.
Youtube
This is my favorite for free online learning. Youtube is an incredible FREE resource where you can go to for any topic. I taught myself how to set up a WordPress site in an hour from watching videos on Youtube. I also enjoyed exploring Art History lectures and take museum tours led by curators. On Youtube I learned how to set up apps and plugins on this website.
Skillshare
This is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, creativity, technology, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in its community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities. You can choose from a variety of courses and can offer to earn money selling your own set of skills. Visit Skillshare.
Udemy
With 80,00 online course to choose from, you should be able to find what you’re looking for to expand your art business skills, such as social media marketing for artists, growing your art business, and art marketing in the digital age, both offered at less than $30. Visit udemy.com
Artists Network
You can choose from a variety of mediums from watercolor painting techniques to the art and science of drawing to painting abstractions and using acrylics. and pastels. Some lessons are around $49. Free fun demonstrations are also offered such as “Paint Like O’Keeffe or Matisse” with step by step instructions using acryl mousse and art crayons. Visit Artists Network.
Winsor & Newton Offers Free Instructional Videos
Winsor Newton has a Masterclass – Learning Tools for Artists. Watch FREE videos at https://www.winsornewton.com/na/masterclass. Also watch a range of videos on new products, painting tips, techniques and materials in different mediums, terminology, and more.
Coursera
Courses are taught by professors from many top universities, organizations and art institutions, like the Museum of Modern Art. Many specializations are fee-based, but even these courses can be audited for FREE. Web Design for Everybody (Basics of Web Development and Coding) Specialization is offered from $49. Each course is like an interactive textbook, featuring pre-recorded videos, quizzes, and projects. Visit Coursera.org
MoMA Courses on Coursera
“In the Studio”course presented online by the MoMA by Corey D’Augustine, Art conservator, technical art historian, and artist, offers an in-depth, hands-on look at the materials, techniques, and thinking of 7 New York School artists, including Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, and Mark Rothko, among others. Hone your visual analysis skills. Use each artist’s works as a point of departure for making your own abstract paintings. You receive a Course Certificate which you can use on your printed resumes and on your biography on your website and social media profiles.
Codecademy
This is a simple online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages including Python, Java, PHP, JavaScript (jQuery, AngularJS, React.js), Ruby, SQL, and Sass, as well as markup languages HTML and CSSA. It uses relevant examples so you can easily apply what you learn. Visit Codeacademy.
Udacity
It offers FREE and paid online learning for web development, iOS and Android development and data science. Nanodegrees from $199 per month. One free course in 3D Design will teach you about the basic principles of 3D computer graphics: meshes, transforms, cameras, materials, lighting, and animation. Visit Udacity.
Khan Academy
This learning hub’s tutorials are based on learning through exploration, rather than guided lessons. You can also communicate with other users to learn even more from their discoveries and mistakes. There are several courses related to Art History, such as “Art in the 21st Century”. Visit Khan Academy.
I would like to buy your book on Healthcare art. Are there a lot of sources in the book to contact these art consultants. Also had page where you have an an art show to enter…lost it..COuld you give me the info for that. Thanks so much,,
Hi Carol, thank you for your interest in Sell Your Art in the Healthcare Art Market. The ebook includes a few dozen companies and organizations that we know of who work with artists and have expressed how they like artists to reach them. It also includes methods to locate more consultants and artists who share their experiences, and much more. I hope this answers your question. To order the book go to https://renee-phillips.com/downloads/art-in-healthcare-for-artists/
The Call for Artists you mention is for “Our Bond With Nature”. Deadline is September 30th. You’ll find information on my other website The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS. Here is the info: https://www.healing-power-of-art.org/art-exhibition/about-our-bond-with-nature-exhibition/
All the best, Renee
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