A GUIDED BLENDER LEARNING PATH
FROM BEGINNER TO CAPABLE ARTIST

Proven with CORE V1

minutes of CORE V1 learning watched by students

1.27M+

courses in V2, rebuilt for Blender 5.2 LTS

11

backed by the established CG Cookie member community

CG COOKIE

CORE V2 isn't a cold start. It's the next version of a path thousands of hours of real student learning already put to the test.

11 COURSES. ONE PATH.

A guided progression from absolute beginner to capable 3D artist, every core discipline, in order.

1. 
   01

   Modeling

   Model anything in Blender, from hard-surface props to clean subdivision surfaces.

2. 
   02

   Sculpting

   Shape organic creatures and characters from a digital ball of clay.

3. 
   03

   Lighting

   Light any scene with intent, in both Cycles and EEVEE Next.

4. 
   04

   Materials

   Build any material from scratch with Blender's shader nodes.

5. 
   05

   Texturing

   Unwrap, paint, and texture production-ready surfaces.

6. 
   06

   Animation

   Make anything move, and understand the data behind every keyframe.

7. 
   07

   Rigging

   Rig your characters to move and articulate the right way.

8. 
   08

   Physics

   Simulate fire, fluid, cloth, and destruction that actually holds up.

9. 
   09

   Compositing

   Finish your renders in post, without re-rendering a single frame.

10. 
    10

    Grease Pencil

    Draw and animate in 2D, right inside your 3D scenes.

    New
11. 
    11

    Geometry Nodes

    Build procedural systems that adapt instead of modeling by hand.

    New

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS

Learn from the CG Cookie team, working Blender artists and educators who built every step of the path.

• CB

  Chris Bailey

  Blender Instructor

  • Modeling
  • Sculpting
  • Materials
  • Texturing
  • Animation
  • Geometry Nodes
  LinkedIn
• PC

  Paul Caggegi

  Blender Instructor

  • Grease Pencil
  LinkedIn
• ZE

  Zach Eastin

  Blender Instructor

  • Compositing
  LinkedIn
• WD

  Wayne Dixon

  Blender Instructor

  • Rigging
  LinkedIn
• JK

  Jesse Kaizen

  Blender Instructor

  • Lighting
  LinkedIn
• KP

  Kenny Phases

  Blender Instructor

  • Physics
  LinkedIn

For educators & teams

A CURRICULUM, NOT A PLAYLIST.

CORE is a structured path you can drop straight into a classroom, no stitching together scattered tutorials the night before class.

• Sequenced to assign

  11 courses in a deliberate order, from first cube to capable artist. Assign it lesson by lesson and let students follow the path.

• Won't go stale mid-semester

  Built on Blender 5.2 LTS, supported for two years. Plan a course around it without it breaking on the next release.

• Self-paced, any schedule

  Works for a full semester, a summer intensive, or a club that meets once a week. Students move at the pace your class needs.

• One consistent source

  One voice, one method, every core discipline covered, instead of a dozen creators teaching a dozen different ways.

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QUESTIONS? WE'VE GOT ANSWERS.

Everything you need to know before you join the waitlist.