Series by Blender Guru

When I started learning Blender 12 years ago, I remember feeling frustrated that there wasn't really any beginner "course". Like a series of posts that will show you the basics. Instead I had to jump from tutorial to tutorial, and gleam what I could from each. It would be years before I'd make full sense of it.

Since then, several other people have created beginner courses... but I personally find them to a bit overwhelming for beginners. When you're just getting started, it's daunting to see that you need to watch 100 posts.

So I set out to make something shorter. Something that could be finished in a day, and will show you how to make your first scene - while also gradually introducing new areas of Blender as you need them.

In this series you'll discover...

Beginner's Guide to 3D

Part 1: User Interface

Part 2: Moving, Rotating, Scaling

Part 3: Edit Mode

Part 4: Material Nodes

Part 5: Modelling

Part 6: Texturing

Part 7: Particles

Part 8: Lighting

Part 9: Rendering

Download final blend

The User Interface

Basics of Moving, Scaling, Rotating

Basic Modelling in Edit Mode

Understanding Material Nodes

Modelling a coffee cup

Texturing a wooden table

Using Particles to make sprinkles

Lighting the scene

Rendering and Compositing

Watch this as a playlist on Youtube

It's designed so that anyone can go from being a complete beginner of Blender, to having a basic understanding and creating their first scene.