Painting Courses
Painting courses can help you learn foundational techniques such as color theory, brushwork, layering, and composition. You can build skills in observing form, mixing pigments, and developing different painting styles across subjects. Many courses introduce materials, digital tools, or studio practices that support experimenting with textures, refining details, and creating expressive visual work.
Popular Painting Courses and Certifications
Status: PreviewThe Museum of Modern Art
Skills you'll gain: Art History, Aesthetics, Color Theory, World History, Liberal Arts
Status: NewStatus: PreviewMichigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Color Theory, Adobe Illustrator, Digital Design, Creativity, Image Quality, Design
Status: Free TrialEpic Games
Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Ideation, 3D Modeling, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Software Design Documents, 3D Assets, User Experience Design, Computer Graphics, Usability, User Interface (UI), User Experience, User Interface (UI) Design, Interactive Design, Virtual Environment, Version Control, Conceptual Design, Prototyping
Status: Free TrialMichigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Animations, 3D Modeling, Storyboarding, Color Theory, Animation and Game Design, 3D Assets, Video Game Development, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, Computer Graphics, Game Design, Conceptual Design, Prototyping, Graphic and Visual Design, Computer Graphic Techniques, Design, Data Import/Export, Design Elements And Principles, Design Research
Status: Free TrialWesleyan University
Skills you'll gain: Storytelling, Content Creation, Editing, Detail Oriented
Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, SketchUp (3D Modeling Software), Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), 3D Assets, Design Software, Graphical Tools, Product Design, Graphic Design
What brings you to Coursera today?
Status: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Copywriting, AI Workflows, Blogs, Content Creation, Target Audience, Writing and Editing, Social Media Content, Business Research
Status: PreviewThe University of Tokyo
Skills you'll gain: Visualization (Computer Graphics), Interactive Design, Computer Graphics, Computer Graphic Techniques, Human Computer Interaction, Animation and Game Design, User Interface (UI), Robotics, 3D Assets, Algorithms, Simulations
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Video Editing, Adobe Premiere, Editing, Cinematography, Post-Production, Video Production, Timelines, Storytelling
Status: NewStatus: PreviewSkills you'll gain: 3D Assets, 3D Modeling, Computer Graphics, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk, Data Import/Export, Graphical Tools
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Image Analysis, Computer Vision, Autoencoders, Convolutional Neural Networks, Vision Transformer (ViT), Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Deep Learning, Multimodal Prompts, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Machine Learning Methods, Model Deployment, Embeddings, Artificial Intelligence, Data Ethics, Data Processing, Applied Machine Learning, Linear Algebra
Status: Free TrialJohns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Artificial Neural Networks, Image Analysis, Event-Driven Programming, Scalability, Deep Learning, C and C++, Performance Tuning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Data-oriented programming, C++ (Programming Language), Digital Signal Processing, Linear Algebra, Distributed Computing, Computer Graphics, System Programming, Mathematical Software, Numerical Analysis, Programming Principles, Computer Architecture, Machine Learning
What brings you to Coursera today?
In summary, here are 10 of our most popular painting courses
- In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting: The Museum of Modern Art
- Digital Painting Specialization: Michigan State University
- Epic Games Game Design: Epic Games
- Art for Games: Michigan State University
- Writing Stories About Ourselves: Wesleyan University
- SketchUp: how to start modelling simple 3D objects: Coursera
- ChatGPT for Creatives: AI for SEO, Marketing & Workflow: Skillshare
- Interactive Computer Graphics: The University of Tokyo
- The Art of Film Editing: Foundations of Editing: Skillshare
- Mudbox: Sculpt, Paint & Export 3D Assets: EDUCBA
