Midjourney AI Art Step By Step: Free Beginner Course Guide

AI Art Step By Step With Midjourney is a short beginner course that takes you from setting up Midjourney to writing prompts that give you the image you had in mind. It is for designers, content creators, marketers and curious beginners who want to make AI art with Midjourney without wasting time and credits on trial and error.

The course covers plans and settings, prompt structure and word order, Midjourney models, the seed parameter and blending images, and it includes a prompt challenge to practise on. It has 10 videos, about 46 minutes in total, and is free on YouTube. You will find the list on the Midjourney AI art course page.

Who this course is for

• Complete beginners who have heard of Midjourney and want a clear route from sign-up to first good image.
• Content creators and marketers who need consistent visuals and want to understand why a prompt works.
• Designers who want to add AI image generation to their process and control it with settings, models and seeds.

The catalog marks the course Beginner, so you do not need any art or AI background.

What you will learn

1. Getting started: environment, plans and subscribing. Setup Midjourney Environment, Midjourney Pricing Plan Overview and How To - Subscribe To Midjourney Pricing Plan get you ready to create. Midjourney is a paid service, so understanding the plans first helps you choose one that fits how much you will generate.

2. Settings. Understand Midjourney settings in detail is one of the longer lessons. Settings change every image you make, so learning them early saves you from fixing the same problem prompt after prompt.

3. Prompt structure and word order. Understand Midjourney Prompt Structure and Importance of Word Order in MidJourney Prompts are the heart of the course. The way you organise a prompt, and what you put first, strongly shapes the result. This is the skill that most separates random results from intentional ones.

4. Models. Midjourney Models is the longest video, at almost ten minutes. Different models produce different looks, and knowing which one to choose is as important as the prompt itself.

5. Control and creativity: seeds and blending. Understand Midjourney Seed Parameter shows how to make results repeatable so you can change one thing at a time. Create Mind Blowing Art with Midjourney Blend shows how to combine images into something new.

6. Practice: the prompt challenge. AI Art Prompt Challenge 01 – Time Machine gives you a creative brief to apply everything to.

How the course is organised

There are 10 videos and about 46 minutes in total, most of them three to six minutes long.

The playlist starts with the prompt challenge and ends with the setup video, so it runs roughly from most advanced to most basic. If you are new to Midjourney, it is easier to watch it in this order:

1. Setup Midjourney Environment
2. Midjourney Pricing Plan Overview
3. How To - Subscribe To Midjourney Pricing Plan
4. Understand Midjourney Prompt Structure
5. Understand Midjourney settings in detail
6. Midjourney Models
7. Importance of Word Order in MidJourney Prompts
8. Understand Midjourney Seed Parameter
9. Create Mind Blowing Art with Midjourney Blend
10. AI Art Prompt Challenge 01 – Time Machine

How to study it step by step

1. Set up and choose a plan using the first three videos in the order above.
2. Write one simple prompt of your own before you watch the prompt structure lesson. Save the image so you have a “before” to compare against.
3. After the structure and word order lessons, rewrite the same prompt and compare the two results side by side.
4. Try each model on one fixed prompt while you watch Midjourney Models, so you can see the difference instead of just hearing about it.
5. Use a seed to keep everything else fixed while you change one word at a time. It is the quickest way to learn what each part of a prompt does.
6. Blend two of your own images, then take the Time Machine prompt challenge using everything you have learned.

This course currently has no Skills Pragati hands-on lab guide, practice simulation or mock exam.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Midjourney course free?

Yes, the 10 videos are free on YouTube, and the course page lists them all. Midjourney itself is a paid service, and the course includes videos on its pricing plans and how to subscribe.

How long does it take?

The videos total about 46 minutes. With time to try prompts yourself, a weekend is plenty to work through the whole course.

Do I need design experience?

No. The course is rated Beginner and starts with setup. Curiosity and a willingness to try many variations matter more than drawing skills.

What should I learn next?

If you want to move from still images to video, the AI Filmmaking Foundational Course is the other course in the same creative AI category.