# Skills Up School

> Online school of digital and traditional art: courses in drawing, 2D/3D graphics, digital painting and concept art, plus free step-by-step tutorials and articles from professional working artists.

Skills Up School is an education platform for artists — from beginner to professional. Lessons and articles are written by working industry artists (illustration, concept art, gamedev). Language versions: Russian — skillsupschool.ru, English — skillsupschool.com, Belarusian — skillsupschool.com.by, Kazakh — skillsupschool.kz.

## Courses by direction
- [Professions](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/category/professions): Полная программа до трудоустройства: рисунок и цвет, пайплайн студии, портфолио под реальные вакансии. Разбор тестовых…
- [Drawing courses](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/category/drawing): Drawing courses for artists: academic base and confident practice.
- [Courses on 2D graphics](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/category/2d-graphics): Learning 2D graphics: from basic drawing to digital illustration and characters.
- [Courses in 3D graphics](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/category/3d-graphics): 3D graphics for games and visualization: models, scenes, rendering.
- [Courses in digital painting](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/category/digital-painting): Digital painting for illustration and author's style.
- [Mini Courses](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/category/mini-courses): Короткие программы на одну тему: первый рисунок и этюд, наброски от пятна, концепт персонажа и пропса, книжный…
- [Free courses](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/category/free): Discover how the training works, what you will learn, and take a step towards your dreams with ease!

## Flagship courses
- [2D Artist](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/2d-artist-profession): The 2D Artist profession is ideal for starting a career in game development. These are artists who…
- [3D Artist](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/3d-artist-profession): The profession of a 3D artist is ideal for starting a career in game development. These are artists…
- [Figure Basic](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/risunok-basic): The course is based on a time-tested classical model of teaching applied drawing, but taking into…
- [Sketching](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/sketching-ekspress): The main feature of sketching is its absolutely applied value: in any industry related to visual…
- [2D graphics Basic](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/2d-grafika-basic): On the course, you will learn techniques and tricks for drawing cool arts, get basic skills in…
- [Environment design in 2D](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/dizajn-okruzheniya-v-2d): The environment immerses the viewer in the atmosphere of the game, illustration or cartoon in a…
- [3D graphics Basic](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/3d-grafika-basic): In three months of training, you will master the full cycle of creating a 3D model for a game: from…
- [Styled 3D character](https://skillsupschool.com/courses/stilizovannyj-3d-personazh): On the course, you will learn to create a fully finished 3D model of a stylized character, ready…

## Study formats and payment
Study formats: online groups with live webinars and a curator, semester programs, an asynchronous format (study at your own pace with curator homework reviews) and short intensives. Every course includes homework reviews and feedback from the teacher.
- [Installment plan from the school](https://skillsupschool.com/installment-rules): interest-free installments for courses.
Certificates: graduates receive a school certificate upon course completion.

## Free tutorials (step-by-step guides)
- [How to learn to draw](https://skillsupschool.com/tutorials/kak-nauchitsja-risovat): Learning to draw starts not with drawings but with the hand: line pressure, hatching, gradient,…
- [How to draw a person's face](https://skillsupschool.com/tutorials/kak-narisovat-liczo-cheloveka): A face is built on proportion: the eye line divides the head in half, and from it you find the…
- [Drawing with a pencil for beginners: Step by step to mastery](https://skillsupschool.com/tutorials/risovanie-karandashom-dlya-nachinayushhih-shag-za-shagom-k-masterstvu): The order of the first sessions is line, hatching, value, proportion, composition, perspective.…
- [Chiaroscuro in drawing](https://skillsupschool.com/tutorials/svetoten-v-risunke): Light and shade is six gradations on a form: light, halftone, core shadow, reflected light, cast…
- [How to learn to draw on a tablet. Tips and lessons for beginners](https://skillsupschool.com/tutorials/kak-nauchitsya-risovat-na-planshete-sovety-i-uroki-dlya-nachinayushhih): A graphics tablet is chosen for your hand and your eyes, not for its spec sheet — the school…
- [Human anatomy in drawing](https://skillsupschool.com/tutorials/anatomija-cheloveka-v-risunke): An artist needs load-bearing anatomy: the bones you can see under the skin and the muscles that…
- [How to draw a woman](https://skillsupschool.com/tutorials/kak-narisovat-zhenshhinu): To draw a woman, hold on to two volumes — the ribcage and the pelvis: the tilt between them sets…
- [How to draw in Procreate?](https://skillsupschool.com/tutorials/kak-risovat-v-procreate): Lera Fominykh walks through Procreate on iPad: canvas and settings, gestures, brushes and palette,…
- [How to draw a person's eyes](https://skillsupschool.com/tutorials/kak-narisovat-glaza-cheloveka): Eyes are not drawn by contour but from the sphere: block in the eyeball, wrap it in lids with…
- [How to draw a human head](https://skillsupschool.com/tutorials/kak-risovat-golovu-cheloveka-osnovy-portreta): A head is drawn from a ball with the side planes cut off: add the facial mass to the circle, find…

## Articles (theory and fundamentals)
- [What to start drawing with?](https://skillsupschool.com/articles/s-chego-nachat-risovat): First you pick a direction — painting, graphics or digital illustration. After that it is the same…
- [Composition in the drawing](https://skillsupschool.com/articles/kompozicziya-v-risunke): Composition is the arrangement on the page of everything we see: lines, shapes, figures, light.…
- [Linear perspective: what it is and why it is needed](https://skillsupschool.com/articles/perspektiva-v-risunke): Linear perspective is built on vanishing points: one gives a frontal view, two an angled one, three…
- [Academic drawing: from the first steps to mastery](https://skillsupschool.com/articles/akademicheskij-risunok-ot-pervyh-shagov-k-masterstvu): Volume and surface here are carried by line, hatching and light and shade. Academic drawing is…
- [How to draw hands correctly](https://skillsupschool.com/articles/risovanie-kistej-ruk-cheloveka): Hands are drawn from construction, not from contour. First the box of the palm and the wedge of the…
- [Free brushes for ZBrush: brush sets](https://skillsupschool.com/articles/besplatnye-kisti-dlya-zbrush-nabory-kistej): Ladislava Klyarovskaya warns up front that brushes will not raise your sculpting level and should…
- [All about brushes in digital drawing](https://skillsupschool.com/articles/kisti-dlja-fotoshopa): A brush sets the character of a stroke but does not decide for the artist. Which Photoshop brushes…
- [Basics of color theory and composition](https://skillsupschool.com/articles/osnovy-teorii-cveta): Colour theory is the knowledge of how colours interact and how they affect perception. The core…
- [Proportions in the drawing](https://skillsupschool.com/articles/proporcii-v-risunke): Proportions are checked with a pencil at arm's length, and there are two methods — both shown step…
- [Statics and dynamics in drawing: creating mood and movement](https://skillsupschool.com/articles/static-and-dynamic): Stillness gives calm and stability, dynamics give movement and tension. They work through axes,…

## About the school and community
- [All courses](https://skillsupschool.com/courses)
- [Teachers (working industry artists)](https://skillsupschool.com/curators)
- [Student works](https://skillsupschool.com/student-works)
- [Events and live streams](https://skillsupschool.com/events)
- [Free drawing marathon](https://skillsupschool.com/marathon)
- [Reference packs for artists](https://skillsupschool.com/refpacks)
- [Offers and discounts](https://skillsupschool.com/offers)
- [Become a course author (for teachers)](https://skillsupschool.com/become-author)
- [Help and support](https://skillsupschool.com/help)
- [Contacts](https://skillsupschool.com/contacts)