• Master basic camera skills, explore photography theory, and capture unique images using any type of camera
• Dive into the world of photography guided by experts Giulia Candussi, Yaopey Yong, Scott McDermott, Phil Sharp, and Laura Zalenga. This comprehensive journey covers everything from mastering your camera’s basic functions to exploring intricate concepts like color theory, professional lighting, and self-portrait techniques. Learn to capture breathtaking images that reflect your unique vision, whether using a professional DSLR or a smartphone. Each lesson is designed to enrich your understanding of composition, lighting, and storytelling, allowing you to create images that convey emotion and atmosphere.
• Develop your skills through hands-on projects, such as creating a photo reportage, a professional studio portrait, or a travel-themed photo series. Discover how to manipulate color, direct your subjects, and utilize various lighting setups to achieve stunning results. Post-processing techniques in Lightroom and Photoshop further enhance your creations, ensuring each image tells a compelling story. Whether you're a beginner eager to learn or an experienced photographer seeking to refine your craft, this specialization offers valuable insights into achieving professional-quality photography.

• If you are passionate about painting but want to learn how to do it digitally with professional results, graphic designer and illustrator Kamui Gomasio will guide you in this Adobe Photoshop Domestika Basics. It is the most powerful software on the market for creating, editing, and retouching images.
• Throughout six courses, learn how to use Photoshop tools focused on digital painting, starting from scratch. You will be able to develop images ready to be published in books and magazines, social media, websites, or prepare them for an animated project.
• Start by getting to know Photoshop, its interface, the basic tools, and become familiar with layers and selections.
• In the second course, learn about RGB, sRGB, and CMYK color spaces, and learn about the fundamental tools for editing color.
• Then, learn how to use the tools to start sketching, see how to create your own brushes, and learn more tools that will speed up your workflow.
• Start the fourth course by exploring formats and seeing how to mix colors in digital painting. Learn how to use amazing tools to illuminate your digital paintings with soft and hard shadows.
• Next, focus on digital painting for the print medium. See how to perfect your techniques and create an artistic portrait that can be used in the publishing industry, whether it's for books, magazines, or print.
• Finish this Domestika Basics by learning the keys to create a landscape that you will later animate. Learn, among other things, how to create perspectives to be applied to scenes, and see different filters and useful functionalities.

• Explore the possibilities of India ink through techniques inspired by Sumi-e, from the first lines to the finishing touches
• Illustrating with India ink is more than a creative medium of expression, it is a style that develops into a dialogue with other ancestral techniques and cultures. Award-winning artist and illustrator Mika Takahashi uses this technique, inspired by traditional Japanese methods such as Sumi-e and Shodo, to give life to truly expressive pieces.
• In this course, Mika will guide you through the entire process to create a composition in India ink from start to finish, exploring all the potential this material has to offer. You will also learn how to paint with precision, create contrasts, light effects, and shadows to convey emotion through this ancient technique.

• Learn to let your hand and imagination run wild by creating lively illustrations with lines and color
• Drawing, in addition to being a creative technique, is an effective tool for communicating and releasing your emotions. Lucía Coz, the engraver, illustrator, and muralist, uses drawing to capture nature and portray the human being in relation to their space. She has worked for several national and international brands, specifically through the painting of incredible murals in restaurants, museums, and public spaces.
• In this course, Lucía teaches you different creative and observational exercises to let your hand and imagination run wild before you begin any project. You will learn how to experiment with whole color planes and play with light and shadow using gouache. You’ll wrap things up by completing the final shapes and volumes by drawing with a black India ink pen.

• Awaken your creativity by experimenting with materials and new ideas through drawing, collage, and watercolor
• Accidents, mistakes, or the unexpected can lead to new creations. For an artist like Armando Mesías, who regularly experiments with different materials and visual languages in his work, without play there is no creativity.
• In this course, learn how to express yourself with experimental techniques through your artist's diary. Explore your own language through new materials and unusual approaches and travel down unexpected paths to gain visual and manual flexibility.

• Transform cakes & cupcakes into edible art with creative decorating techniques, seasonal themes, piping skills, and advanced tools
• Transform your cakes or cupcakes into captivating edible art with the guidance of cake artist Lindsey Katon. Dive into the delightful world of cupcake decorating, where you'll master the art of preparing batter, perfecting buttercream, and sketching seasonal designs. Explore various piping techniques, learn to use both simple and advanced tools, and bring your creative vision to life with decorations inspired by the four seasons. This journey will equip you with the skills to create visually stunning and scrumptious cupcakes that reflect the beauty of spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
• Enhance your cake decorating skills with the expertise of Butter Blossoms (KWUN), Liz Shim, Nasima Alam, Grace Pak, and Kate Kim. Each instructor offers unique insights into the art of cake design, from sculpting buttercream flowers with a palette knife to designing animal-themed cupcakes and crafting realistic sugar flowers. Discover the joy of using cakes as a canvas, painting exquisite masterpieces, and creating textured buttercream flowers that taste as delightful as they look. Whether you're decorating cupcakes or crafting floral bouquets, these courses provide a comprehensive skill set to elevate your baking projects to new artistic heights.

The course includes 50 chapters in its broad curriculum, along with teaching aids including assignment files, remarks on incorrect answers, and practical exercises.

Discover the principles of concept art, such as light theory, shading, perspective, three-dimensionality, movement, and accurate facial sketching.

Seize the opportunity to evaluate your present knowledge, skill levels, and areas that need growth by gaining lifelong access to Kaisar's concept art course—available only on Coloso!

Today is all about textured backdrops. Have you ever thought of using upholstery fabric as a backdrop? Well, today is your day to learn how to make that possible! In this textured backdrops course, Sue shows us how this unique alternative can save you money and give you variety when building your folio.

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I built a million dollar business without one article of clothing. The greatest lesson I learned was coaching clients what to bring, rent, or buy. Now everything has changed. Clothes are so cheap.

In this exciting talk from the WPPI stage, Saray shares how setting boundaries, working with systems & processes, and redefining business goals are central to creating a profitable business that is also energetically sustainable. Saray wants you to know that you can have the life of your dreams, you can be financially free, and you can also have the time to enjoy it. Here, she shares how she did it and how you can, too.

Bella is a fine art and fashion photographer that works in the US and the UK. Bella is extremely talented at her craft, and today you will get experience it! This is a full shoot from start to finish. Bella will be walking us through 2 photoshoot looks. The first look is a gorgeous flower wall that was created by Sue. This is such a stunning backdrop so when Bella saw it she HAD to use it. Bella is going to walk you through this shoot and give you so many tips and tricks. From the backdrop, to hair & makeup even down to wardrobe. She covers it all!