What: Hands-on practical course. The afternoon of day 2 allows for you to work on your projects and portfolio.

When: 4 day course

Time: 9:45am - 4:00pm (45 minute lunch break)

Where: London Software Training, 17, Sheep Lane, London, E8 3FA

This introductory Blender course offers a hands-on exploration of 3D modeling, animation, and rendering using the powerful open-source software Blender.

Designed for beginners, the course covers essential tools and workflows, including navigation, object manipulation, basic modeling techniques, materials, lighting, and camera setup. By the end of the course, students will have created their own simple 3D scene and gained the foundational skills needed to continue exploring Blender independently.

The intermediate Blender course builds on foundational skills to deepen your understanding of 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, and animation. Ideal for those with basic Blender experience, the course explores more advanced modeling techniques, sculpting, shader creation with the node editor, rigging, and dynamic simulations. Students will work on more complex projects, enhancing both artistic and technical skills while developing a personal workflow for efficient 3D content creation.

Interface

• Keyboard shortcuts

• Windows

• Screen layouts

• Scene management

Properties panel

• Render settings

• Renderlayer settings

• Scene settings

• World settings

• Object settings

• Modifiers and constraints

• Materials and textures

• Particles and physics

3D Modeling basics

• Importing models

• Manipulating objects and cameras in 3D space

• 3D cursor

• Edit mode

• Vertices, edges, faces

• Loop cuts, subdivision and extrusion

• Modifiers

Materials and textures

• Rendering engines

• Cycles shaders

• Texturing

• UV mapping

Lighting

• Lighting types

• Setting up interior lighting

Sculpting

• Sculpt mode

• Dynamic sculpting

Animation

• Timelines and keyframes

• Animating in blender (Learn how to make a basic squash and stretch animation using transform properties)

Particle system

• What are particles

• Creating hair

• Creating rain

Physics system

• Types of physics in blender

• Simulating a pinball machine

• Simulating a waving flag

Your course price includes 

• Free group course re-take within 18 months

• Expert teaching from practising architects, designers and software pros

• Hands-on, practical lessons - tailoring of syllabus and work on your projects

• Class recordings for revision and development

• LST certificate of completion for your CV and LinkedIn

Your tutors are designers, makers and architects, as well as software pros. They will guide you on the best way to apply for design roles or set-up a creative business, whilst teaching you all the key technical skills to make your CV and portfolio stand out from the crowd.