LET’S CREATE. LET’S EXPLORE.

Practical online design courses that inspire artists and designers to create beautiful commercial artwork.


Take a Tour of the Create Explore Signature Online Courses.

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CALENDAR 2025

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Course registration will be announced, three weeks before

course start dates, via my newsletter and Instagram.

There’ll be an early bird discount- so check your inbox!!

Explore Florals 3b - Feb 3-Feb 23

Create Collections 9 - Mar 3-Apr 6

Create Faces 3 - Apr 21-May 25

Art Retreat in Connecticut - May 18-May 23

Create Faces 4 - Nov 3-Dec 7

Create Christmas 1, 2, 3, 4 + 5 - Dec 1-Dec 21

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Create Collections with Victoria Johnson. An online art and design courses that shows artists and designers how to create commercial art collections.
 

CREATE COLLECTIONS

A 5-week online art and design course. Create a collection of cohesive artwork that impresses art directors. Use your unique taste to tell a story, solidify your style and increase the chances of selling your art.

Here’s what you get:

  • An online classroom featuring written course materials with lifetime access.

  • Five design briefs—one per week—all downloadable as PDFs.

  • A glossary of industry terms.

  • Colours I Love Template PSD and JPEG.

  • A Collection Planner.

  • The Story Continuity Checklist.

  • Four Presentation Templates.

  • BONUS! Access to the Facebook Community (a student favourite).

 Here’s What Students Have Said About Create Collections

 
 
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Explore Florals with Victoria Johnson. An online art and design course that helps artists and designers create commercial floral collections.
 

 Explore Florals

A 3-week online art and design course. Combine historical references, exciting techniques, and your unique style to create stunning artwork for a floral portfolio that stands out from the crowd.

Here’s What You Get:

  • An online classroom featuring written course materials with 6-month access.

  • Three design briefs—one per week.

  • Three gorgeous custom colour palettes —one per design brief.

  • The tools needed to get out of your floral rut and start creating impactful designs that get noticed.

  • BONUS! Access to the Facebook Community (a student favourite).

 Here’s what students have said about Explore Florals

 
 
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Create Christmas with Victoria Johnson. An online art and design course that helps you create commercial Christmas collections.
 

create christmas

A 3-week online art and design course. Explore traditional and modern Christmas themes, combine them with exciting techniques and your unique style for the biggest commercial art market in the world.

Here’s What You Get:

  • An online classroom featuring written course materials with 6-month access.

  • Three design briefs—one per week.

  • Three gorgeous custom colour palettes —one per design brief.

  • Three industry info and research project PDFs—all downloadable.

  • The tools needed to understand Christmas colours and themes and how to make them fit with your taste and style.

  • BONUS! Access to the Facebook Community (a student favourite).

 Here’s what students have said about Explore Florals

 
 
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create christmas

A 5-week, online, portraiture course. Look at faces differently, discover techniques to loosen up, and focus on the joy of creating, rather than the outcome. Learn an approach that improves your portrait painting skills, and increases your confidence to paint whatever you want, as creatively as you dare. The more you explore, the more you connect to your unique style…and express your authentic self.

Here’s What You Get:

  • An online classroom featuring video and written course materials with lifetime access.

  • Five weekly projects that fit into your busy schedule.

  • Four videos and one written brief every week.

  • Downloadable support materials to help and inspire you.

  • BONUS! Access to the Facebook Community (a student favourite).

 Here’s what students have said about CREATE FACES

 

I enjoyed Victoria’s course because she proposes interesting media I do not use very often with watercolor (colored pencils, gouache, colored paper).

“Also, in her videos, I love to see her explore with her brush and not seeming to know where she is going exactly. She paints, reflects, changes this or that, enhances this or that, until she just finds the result interesting. The exploration and the progressive discovery of the painting, and knowing when to stop, really pleased me a lot. These aspects help me now every time I paint or draw: I dare more! Finally, regarding particularly the subject of portrait drawing. Victoria proposes a method which helped me improve my drawing, and that is key to progressing. In brief, it is a really great course, I love it!”

Catherine Davy

 
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