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ArtGym

Build your skills as an illustrator through live practice sessions and a vibrant art community. Join professional instructors for structured, fun classes designed to develop your creative work and portfolio. Perfect for beginners to career artists.

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Mixing and Matching Materials Part 2

Meditative Art Reset: 1 hour to mix materials and disconnect

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In Extra Time, we talked about being 'Time Happy'

Extra time is the founding tier of Art Gym.

Mixing and Matching Materials

In July 2024, Katie Stack Lead us in a Drawing Workshop about mixing and matching art materials!

Start Making Comics Recording

Digging for bones and building a comics strip.

Art Gym: EXTRA TIME!

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Art Gym: Start Drawing Comics

Adam has always wanted to draw comics, but didn’t know where to start.

Color Swatching

Make a full color palette from 3 tubes of paint

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Extra Time: Artist Websites and Adam's next steps as an illustrator.

Extra Time Huddle (Recording)

How to simplify images into graphic shapes.

Free Art Gym Mini Workout!

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Expert Katie Stack, FREE mini Drawing Dogs Workout (Plus 3 days left to save $95 to get into 12 Extra Time Huddles)

Drawing Dogs, Free Mini Art Gym Workout.

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FREE Drawing poses, mini Workout

Draw poses!

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Free Drawing Icons Mini Workout

In this workout, Adam and Katie help you think of icons as the basic unit of illustration.

Art Gym Extra Time (Pilot)

On quitting your Job to become an Artist

Encounter with Style Part 2: Drawing Cakes

Encounter With Style — Part 2: Drawing Cakes + Exploring Color

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Adam’s 3 encounters with Perfect Style…

On why you need a style, artist statements and borrowing taste

Encounter With Style — Part 1: Drawing Tigers 🐅

Watch now (117 mins) | Explore 3 illustrator styles, build a paper mannequin, and get a fresh encounter with your own Style!

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Breakout the Art Supplies, we’re using them all in the next Art Gym!

I’m not saying go crazy in the art shop, but I’m not holding you back either!

No more boring trees! 🌳🌲🌴

Drawing Trees (+ a bonus texture exercise)

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You’re bad at drawing trees!

Here’s what you’re good at…

What we think about when we think about drawing trees

5 ways drawing trees level up your scenes!