When you've got a little free time on your weekend, you can't find a better way to use it than picking up a new skill. We've shared a few options in the past, but this time we're getting creative.
Visual Art
Want to make some cool visual art? If you don't have a specific reason to learn to draw, paint, photograph, or print, learning to make your own art gives you an awesome apartment or home upgrade. We have a few lessons that can help, believe it or not. Our night school series covers digital painting, 3D modeling, photography, and Photoshop so you can learn all sorts of artistic skills that'll have you printing beautiful digital art in no time.
If you want to learn the old-fashioned way?which might be the best place to start?YouTube offers plenty of video lessons to choose from. You can learn to draw specific things like wolves, people at different ages, mouth and lips, Finn from Adventure Time, a compass. If you want to learn to draw something in particular, a quick YouTube search should turn up a video. If you just want the basics, or a comprehensive set of lessons, check out channels by thedrawinghands and 5pencilmethod.
You don't have to draw to create beautiful things?a few design skills can do the trick. If you want to boost your knowledge in this area, check out our past Weekendhacker on design and our basic guide to layout and typography.
Music
Creativity doesn't require you to create things you can see?you can hear them, too. We just finished a night school series on music production, so check that out if you're interested in making your own music. If you need to learn an instrument first, let YouTube come to the rescue. You'll find video lessons on the guitar, piano, drums, and even the flute or violin. If there's an instrument you want to learn online, YouTube probably has you covered. Just perform a quick search and you'll see all it has to offer on the subject.
Other Skills
Creativity doesn't only manifest itself in art. Create sits at the root of the word and should serve to remind us that creativity comes in all forms. DIY projects, for example, can require a lot of creative thinking. Consult our DIY tag page for ideas on projects you might want to take on and modify them to your liking. Use your creativity to figure out how make a project work best for your needs rather than simply following the instructions. DIY can get a little expensive, though, if you're not careful. Make sure you know the best places to find cheap materials so you don't break the bank.
Whatever you decide to learn, have fun doing it this weekend! If you make anything great, share your work in the discussions below.
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