Imagine the Possibilities

SHEnanigans is a self-paced course with a full year's worth of lessons dedicated to one of the most beloved subjects in Danielle's illustrative world — wild-haired girls with big personalities and bigger hair. You'll recreate 52 of Danielle's most intricate characters — from Daisy Caroline to Emmerson Louise — bringing each one to life with a trusty mechanical pencil, expressive watercolor, and a touch of mixed media. Every girl has a name, a story, and a trading card to match, and by the end of the year you'll have built the drawing confidence and character-building skills to create signature girls that are entirely your own.

Unlock a New Skill

With a background in graphic design and fine art, I create illustrations that tell hidden stories. In this course, the skill we're building is character construction — learning to build a girl from scratch using a consistent, structured process: face shape, detailed hair sections, clothing, embellishments, and legs. Every element follows a repeatable system that you can modify and make your own over time. The more characters you draw, the more your visual inventory grows — and the closer you get to the magical moment when you stop copying and start creating from your own imagination.

Build Your Craft

Committing to a full year's worth of lessons is like filling a sketchbook with 52 new friends — one week at a time, one character at a time. Imagine building your skills week by week, developing creative muscle memory through consistent, repetitive practice at a relaxed, unhurried pace — no rush, just you and your girls taking shape over time. With each character, you'll see real growth in your drawing confidence, your instinct with color and detail, and your ability to create characters with personality, presence, and a signature style that is unmistakably yours. This course isn't just about learning — it's about cultivating something enduring in both your skills and your creative spirit, creating a depth that shorter classes simply can't match.

What You Get

SHEnanigans includes a Welcome packet with everything you need before your first lesson — including a Character Building guide, Visual Inventory worksheets, and Visual Tension and Creative Practicing handouts — then 52 weekly handout packets and 12 in-depth painting video lessons. Each weekly packet includes a detailed black and white line art drawing, a full-color finished illustration reference, and a printable trading card with a name-based haiku and a favorite color-mixing suggestion. Every packet is downloadable and yours to keep, and the course wraps with a compiled tips and tricks handout and a Creative Practicing guide for developing your own signature characters.

Learn Offline, Anytime

Every course includes a dedicated Start Here lesson — your personal download hub where all your handout packets and videos are organized and waiting for you. Save everything to your device and keep learning wherever you are, whenever you want.