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Achieve master-level art skills with project-based lessons and activities!
Do you want to be an illustrator, fine artist, concept artist or more?...
Then start today with lessons, activities and projects that not only help you achieve pro-level art skills but put them into results-based projects to maximize your growth!
My courses guide you to master not only foundational principles, but art media, and professional presentation.
Every term and phase of each project and principle is explained and demonstrated clearly.
I show you the exact steps to follow, while also giving you room to express your creative capacity!
Each Course and Lesson leads seamlessly into the next AND, as content evolves here, will also work with other courses.
Connecting concepts will quickly increases your growth so you can experience how foundational principles apply across all subjects.
"pivotal to my art education and development"
"Peter Sakievich was pivotal to my art education and development as an illustrator, painter, concept artist and provided great guidance as an artist in general. He is a patient teacher, and has many insights and is full of knowledge and resources to share. Not only does he know what to teach, he can put it into practice and demonstrate how these techniques or ideas can be applied."
Alfred | Hong Kong
Theme Park Designer
Results-based courses for today's broken art education system
Academic institutions, online art courses, and youTube university can feel a little chaotic.
Have you ever had to go back to fix problems in your art foundations that you missed while chasing random higher-level subjects?
Or they get you stuck in endless boring drills (while often useful and good) that are not immediately used in real creative projects based on your art goals.
It’s better to build a solid foundation through short exercises that get applied instantly to ongoing creative projects.
Here you’ll follow along with lessons, activities, and capstone projects based on essential foundations that deliver measurable results
Results that you’ll see as you progress to higher levels of confident expression.
You get...
- 6 Beginner-Friendly Courses ready for you to grow into so you don't have to worry about where to start.
- Over 300 bite-sized step-by-step lessons to help you maximize growth without being overwhelmed.
- 73+ Hours of Instruction (4400+ minutes!) to keep you going for as long as it takes for you to achieve mastery!
- More courses in-development to take you beyond what's currently available in one simple system.
- Easy to access online from any device anytime and anywhere so you can learn on your busy schedule!
- Access to all current and future courses (and their updates too) created by Professor Sakievich!
- Monthly or Annual enrollment options along with the 14-Day Free Trial to help you affordably realize your dreams of being an artist!
Find more details below about the courses available when you enroll today!
Foundations of Form
54 Lessons
567 Minutes +
Essential perspective skills to ignite your imagination! You'll follow along with the modules and lessons to change how you look at the world around you and let's you turn the ordinary into the extraordinary to inspire your stories and your audience!
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Once completed you’ll…
- Understand the essential Anatomy of Perspective.
- Master the relationship of all objects to a single unified space.
- Achieve higher skills with the Ballpoint pen
- Initialize using the image making process through different stages of planning
- Creatively apply your new understanding to more challenging subjects to create original works of art!
Module 01 - Foundations of Form
- Master the Basic Forms (Platonic Solids) with activities and assignments.
- Master the basic Ballpoint Pen Technique
- Understand the basic anatomy of perspective
- Master the relationship between the POV (Point of View) and the Picture Plane
Module 02 - Simple Objects
- Use your new mastery to deconstruct and reconstruct everyday simple objects
- Reference provided!
- Master Eye Level
- Apply and observe Value Patterns
- Understand and Apply the Anatomy of Light
Module 03 - Complex Objects
- Use your new mastery to deconstruct and reconstruct everyday complex objects
- Reference provided!
- Essential Inorganic Object Mastery
- Essential Organic Object Mastery
Module 04 - Perspective Distortion
- Follow along using the provided reference to distort the image to show the full effect of perspective.
- Complete process provided from start to finish.
- Use the provided project to check yours
Module 05 - Perspective Final Project
- Follow along using the provided reference to render it without distortiong
- Learn about the essential shortcut to spacing of Vanishing Points
- Complete process provided from start to finish.
- Use the provided project to check yours
Module 06 - Bonus: Creative Perspective
- Take your new skills to a new level!
- Use the provided reference to manipulate the image into something new, yet believable (or more fantastic!)
- Complete process from ideation to completion provided.
Moebius Minecraft Garden
48 Lessons
510 Minutes +
Learn to use simple but precise 1 Point Perspective to construct your own secret walled garden based on the style of Moebius (Jean Giraud). You'll master the essential 3D Primitives, understand and render textures, contours and more!
Lots of student examples provided in the Course Gallery!
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Once completed you’ll…
- Master the fundamentals of true 1 Point Perspective.
- Understand the relationship of space to form.
- Comfortably use the technical (micron) style pen.
- Manipulate reference to create something entirely new!
- Use research to combine it with your imagination to create something believable!
Module 01 - 1 Point Perspective Part 01
- Can you draw a perfect Square or Cube in 1 Point? You will here!
- Master the true Anatomy of 1 Point Perspective.
- Master the perfect Cube and other Basic Primitives
- Learn how to actually measure space in 1 Point Perspective
Module 02 - Minecraft Garden Part 01
- Use your new skills to start your garden!
- Plan the layout, put up the walls and place essential elements.
- Full Project Process included!
Module 03 - 1 Point Perspective Part 02
- Master the Ellipse (Circle in perspective)
- Use it to master round 3D primitives
- Create and render original layouts precisely in 1 Point Perspective
Module 04 - Minecraft Garden Part 02
- Now use what you’ve learned to increase the amount of detail and define what you’re including using only basic 3D primitives
- Full Project Process included!
Module 05 - The Technical Pen (micron)
- This chapter is all about the technical pen/marker.
- How to handle it and especially how to emulate Moebius’ style of contour drawing.
- Create textures and understand surfaces!
Module 06 - Minecraft Garden Part 03
- Use the new skills to collect and prep textures samples
- Use those texture samples on the surfaces of your garden.
- Full Project Process included!
Rhetorical Rooms
36 Lessons
320 Minutes +
Master essentials of precise 2 Point Perspective, Visual Rhetoric, AND Notan (figure/ground) through recreating a real room in your home applying meaning to it by remixing it and then define it clearly with only intersecting shapes! No Lines!
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Once completed you’ll…
- Master the fundamentals of true 2 Point Perspective
- Demonstrate mastery of Notan, the light/dark principle of figure/ground relationships.
- Show how silhouettes affect how well your images are received.
- Blend subjects expertly to create new meaningful works with Visual Rhetoric!
Module 01 - 2 Point Perspective Part 01
- Can you draw a perfect Square or Cube in 2 Point? You will here!
- Master the true Anatomy of 2 Point Perspective.
- Master the perfect Cube and other Basic Primitives
- Learn how to actually measure space in 2 Point Perspective
Module 02 - Room Build Part 01
- Use your new skills to measure and layout the major features of your room
- This will stretch your abilities
- Will change how you see the world around you.
- Full Project Process included!
Module 03 - 2 Point Perspective Part 02
- Master the Ellipse (Circle in perspective)
- Use it to master round 3D primitives
- Create and render original layouts precisely in 2 Point Perspective
Module 04 - Room Build Part 02
- Use the foundation of the room you started to now build details into it.
- Finalize needed details
- Plan your Rhetorical Concept
- Plan the Rough layout of all elements
- Full Project Process included!
Module 05 - Notan and Chiaroscuro!
- Learn about the similarities and differences to this essential foundation for drawing, design and visual storytelling.
- Practice it!
Module 06 - Room Build Part 03
- Take your room and new notan (figure/ground) mastery and apply it.
- Plan and render your illustration only using overlapping shapes of light and dark.
- No OUTLINES.
- How to clean up any mistakes.
- Full Project Process included!
Isometric Diorama
23 Lessons
500 Minutes +
This comfy and easy perspective technique is used to create an imaginary town square blending letter forms with architectural styles to create something original! It is also a preparatory project needed for the final project for the series capstone project!
Lots of student examples provided in the Course Gallery!
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Once completed you’ll…
- Be able to create an entire city from imagination!
- Understand a new application of Visual Rhetoric
- Create the sense of 3D without horizon or vanishing lines!
- Have the Coziest Perspective type under your control!
Module 01 - Isometric Perspective Basics 01
- Master the Basic Forms (Platonic Solids) with activities and assignments.
- Understand the basic anatomy of isometric perspective (this can be tricky..)
- Practice the 3D Primitives (Platonic Solids)
Module 02 - Architecture & Isometric Perspective
- Use your new knowledge to recreate a barn in isometric perspective!
- Identify and break it down into essential forms to recreate it!
- Full Project Process included.
Module 03 - Letter Forms & Isometric Perspective
- How to apply a grid to a letter form
- Use the grid to precisely render that letter form in Isometric Perspective!
- Full Process included.
Module 04 - Isometric Diorama Introduction
- Let’s look at the project!
- Review of Visual Rhetoric.
- Plan the layout of your town square!
- Full process included!
Module 05 - Project: Isometric Diorama Building-F
- Follow along with my project as you create your own!
- From Pencil to final Inks!
Module 06 - Project: Isometric Diorama Building-H
- Follow along with my project as you create your own!
- From Pencil to final Inks!
Module 07 - Project: Isometric Diorama Building-G
- Follow along with my project as you create your own!
- From Pencil to final Inks!
Module 08 - Project: Isometric Diorama Courtyard
- Follow along with my project as you create your own!
- From Pencil to final Inks!
Module 09 - Conclusion
- Assemble your town square!
Composition & The Isometric Camera
Under
Construction
Your Capstone Project from this series! Here you demonstrate your mastery of perspective and composition when you recreate your Isometric Diorama in 1, 2, and 5 Point Perspective from different places within it! You'll also study the different lens types and master the Brush Pen!
Lots of student examples provided in the Course Gallery!
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
Once completed you’ll…
- Be able to step inside your imagination and draw it from any angle!
- Master the expressive potential of the Brush Pen.
- Be able to change how your pictures feel by using different types of lenses cinematically!
- Master the selection of what goes into your composition
- Show how well you can use 1, 2, and 5 point perspective to create original compositions!
Module 01 - Brush Pen Technique
- Activities to help you master the Brush Pen in all it’s expressive capacity!
Module 02 - Basics of Lenses
- You’ll study the essential lens types to manipulate a provided reference image.
- Continue to practice your brush pen skills!
- Full Process Included!
Module 03 - The Isometric Camera
- Under Construction
Module 04 - Project: 50mm 1 Point Perspective
- Under Construction
Module 05 - Project: 50mm 2 Point Perspective
- From Thumbnail to Final Render.
- Full Process included!
Module 06 - Orthographic Long Lens
- Under Construction
Module 07 - Project: Wide Angle Lens
- Under Construction
Module 08 - Conclusion
- Under Construction
Module 09 - BONUS???
- Under Construction
1 Point Perspective Intensive
56 Lessons
1000+ Minutes
A true DEEP DIVE into precise 1 Point Perspective. Inside you'll discover how linear perspective truly works and why and how much it can benefit you. It also includes bonus modules showing different projects that you can apply your new mastery to!
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Once completed you’ll…
- See how a mastery of perspective adds real depth and feeling in your pictures.
- Mastered the deeper aspects of 1 Pt Perspective
- Actually be able to measure depth from the viewer, not just the space inside.
- Be able to see in 3D
Module 01 - Anatomy of 1 Point Perspective
- Master the 1pt perspective layout and understand all the important parts you need.
- You’ll see how to set it up in Photoshop and with Traditional tools.
- Start your practical project!
Module 02 - Square Grids & Cubes
- Learn to use the perspective layout to draw perfect squares and cubes.
- Continue your follow along project.
Module 03 - Slopes & Angles
- Learn to measure the angle of slopes precisely!
- Really easy once you know how!
- Follow Along Project continues!
Module 04 - Circles & Ellipses
- An often avoided subject!
- Master circles and round 3D solids!
- Nest ellipses inside other ellipses!
- Follow Along Project continues!
Module 05 - Space, Distance, and Location
- Create a basic architectural plan and recreate it in perspective!
- Learn to repeat objects in regular intervals.
- Complete the Follow Along Project!
Module 06 - Lighting and Perspective
- Learn about how lighting works in perspective
- Learn to light objects from within and from outside your scene.
- Learn how to light compound or complex objects.
Module 07 - Applied 1Pt . Construct a Simple Interior
- Create an original complex building to match the scale of the viewer’s proportions
- Full inking and coloring timelapse in Procreate with commentary
Module 08 - Applied 1PT. Construct a Simple Cottage
- Create a cozy cottage in 1Pt Perspective!
- Flower boxes included
- Illustrated on illustration board with watercolor and gouache!
Module 09 - Applied 1Pt. Architectural Projection
- Construct a cozy cottage!
- Create a schematic from multiple views
- Use advanced 2 Point Perspective tools to “project” the schematics through a picture plane to recreate it!
- Full inking and coloring timelapse in Procreate with commentary
- Flower boxes included!
Module 10 - Applied 1Pt. Composition & Perspective
- Create a schematic from multiple views
- Use advanced 2 Point Perspective tools to “project” the schematics through a picture plane to recreate it!
- Full Painting process in Corel Painter
Module 11 - Conclusion
- Review and next steps.
2 Point Perspective Intensive
58 Lessons
1025+ Minutes
Your Deep Dive into precise 2 Point Perspective. You'll learn the background theory while building original projects along the way. It also includes additional bonus Modules to help you apply it in different ways for different kinds of projects!
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Once completed you’ll…
- See how a mastery of perspective adds real depth and feeling in your pictures.
- Mastered the deeper aspects of 2 Pt Perspective
- Actually be able to measure depth from the viewer, not just the space inside.
- Be able to see in 3D
Module 01 - Anatomy of 2 Point Perspective
- Master the 2pt perspective layout and understand all the important parts you need.
- You’ll see how to set it up in Photoshop and with Traditional tools.
- Start your practical project!
Module 02 - Square Grids & Cubes
- Learn to use the perspective layout to draw perfect squares and cubes.
- Continue your follow along project.
Module 03 - Slopes & Angles
- Learn to measure the angle of slopes precisely!
- Really easy once you know how!
- Follow Along Project continues!
Module 04 - Circles & Ellipses
- An often avoided subject!
- Master circles and round 3D solids!
- Nest ellipses inside other ellipses!
- Follow Along Project continues!
Module 05 - Space, Distance, and Location
- Create a basic architectural plan and recreate it in perspective!
- Learn to repeat objects in regular intervals.
- Complete the Follow Along Project!
Module 06 - Lighting and Perspective
- Review concepts from the 1 Point Course in a 2 Point Context.
Module 07 - Applied 2Pt. Architectural Projection
- Create a schematic from multiple views
- Use advanced 2 Point Perspective tools to “project” the schematics through a picture plane to recreate it!
Module 08 - Applied 2 Pt . Construct a Building
- Create an original complex building to match the scale of the viewer’s proportions
Module 09 - Applied 2PT. Composition & Perspective
- Create a sci-fi scene using 2 Pt Perspective!
- Spaceship included
Module 10 - Conclusion
- Review and next steps.
MAP Monthly
36 Lessons
& Counting
Monthly series of exploration of subjects, media, process and more.
On temporary hiatus
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Kiron | Jamaica
Designer Animator Artist
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I'm Peter Sakievich (Sack-uh-vitch); a university professor, freelance illustrator/concept artist and painter.
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Every single day I'm looking for new ways of turning aspiring artists (like you?) into professional artists and designers.
I've seen every mistake a student can make (even made a few A LOT myself...).
Join thousands of students from around the world that I've helped to achieve pro-level skills through easy-to-follow courses especially for beginners!
Now you can access my decades of professional work with game studios, illustration clients and fine art galleries along with my teaching real students to unlock their abilities.
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