ART SHIMA 
SCHOOL
 

BASICS OF LIGHTING AND SHADING

Basics / Pencil Drawing

If you are a novice artist, then start your #shimamethod journey with this course. You will learn the fundamentals essential for both drawing and painting.

You will learn the basic principles of illustrating depth and volume, explore the topic of hatching and reflections, creating space within your work and much more...

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Oil painting for beginners

Oil painting

This course is ideal for aspiring artists. I reveal all the intricacies of working with oil paints ...

sketching

Basics / Drawing

Nothing will advance your drawing skills like sketching. Sketching trains the eye and fine motor skills ....

WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT

Watercolor painting

From stretching paper on a wooden panel and mixing paints to painting a portrait in watercolor in real-time ...

 oil painting: supplies

Oil painting

A course for those who have just started to get acquainted with oil painting and want to learn more about oil painting art supplies and the nuances of working with them ...

 oil painting: eyes

Oil painting

You'll learn how to paint different eyes with oil colors from start to finish. The learning covers different eye colors, types of eyelids, effects of makeup and more...

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GRISAILLE OIL PORTRAIT  

Oil painting / Portrait

Oil grisaille (monochrome portrait) is the best way to get familiar with oil painting techniques and develop a general understanding of color mixing. The grisaille portrait serves as an important link in the transition to a full-color oil portrait. A monochrome portrait will help develop the skills to depict volume, depth and proportions of the head, and will also help hone the technique of multi-layered work. In this course, I will also show you how to create soft tonal transitions on the skin, which will undoubtedly come in handy for painting subsequent oil portraits.

STUDY OF A HEAD IN BRIGHT TONES

Oil painting

Ideal for those who have already understood the basics and are ready to move on to oil portraits...

how to draw eyes

Pencil drawing

From Anatomy to Drawing. You'll learn all the anatomical features and structure of the eyes, and move on to a detailed pencil drawing...

CONTRAST PORTRAIT

Oil painting

A step-by-step walkthrough of a multi-layered oil portrait with "Caravaggio’s" contrasting lighting ...

HOW TO DRAW GLASS AND METAL

Pencil drawing

The ability to draw glass and metal objects is basic and necessary...

SUNNY FRUITS AND FLOWERS

Oil painting / Summer practice

A course that will help develop skills to paint sunny fruits and flowers in the open air. The course runs through reflections and the general interaction of the environment with the objects. Important exercises include training the skill to quickly mix different colors and their shades, creating different color tones and working with color in general.

PROCREATE for beginners

Graphics / CG Drawing

A course for those who want to learn how to draw with Procreate.

The course introduces you to the user interface, all the functions and working with backgrounds alongside practical exercises. The course is ideal for beginner level CG artists.

HOW TO DRAW FOLDs

Pencil drawing

Depicting folds on a shape, from large shapes to small crumpled folds...

Pencil drawing

A course for those who want to learn how to portray children and elder people. You'll understand anatomical changes with age and techniques to overlay tone...

Basics of composition

Basics

Composition is what helps the audience understands and appreciate the mood of the painting and the importance of the various subjects and/or objects depicted on the painting...

HOW TO DRAW HAIR

Pencil drawing

Theory and practical exercises to depict different types of hair (from curly to straight)...

landscape on
coloured paper

Graphics

In this course, you will learn how to paint both winter and summer landscapes on tinted paper...