Blender Guru Donut Tutorial: study plan and how long it takes
The Blender Guru playlist is 8 videos and 4.3 hours long. Here's how long it takes at different paces, a week-by-week schedule built from the real videos, and a planner that turns it into your own daily plan.
8 videos · 4.3 hours · Blender Guru
Andrew Price's donut tutorial is the most famous way to learn Blender. The latest version walks through the interface, basic and organic modelling, materials, texturing, UV unwrapping, scattering sprinkles, and lighting and rendering, all by making a donut.
Eight parts and about four hours, though you'll spend longer in Blender than watching.
Who it's for: Complete beginners to 3D who want to learn Blender with a fun, achievable project.
How long does it take?
The full playlist is 4.3 hours across 8 videos. Here's roughly how many days that is at different daily watch times and speeds, counting video time only:
| Daily time | At 1x | At 1.5x | At 2x |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 min a day | 9 days | 6 days | 5 days |
| 1 h a day | 5 days | 3 days | 3 days |
| 2 h a day | 3 days | 2 days | 2 days |
Make your own schedule
The playlist link is already filled in. Press Plan, set how much time you have each day and your speed, and you'll get a day-by-day schedule with a finish date and a calendar file. It reads the live playlist, so new videos are included.
Week-by-week schedule
A sample plan at 30 minutes a day and normal speed, using whole videos so none is split across days. That's 2 weeks in total. For a different pace, start date or speed, use the planner above.
Week 1Videos 1–7 · 3h 47m
Day 1 · 29m
- 1Blender Donut Tutorial Part 1 (2026)29m
Day 2 · 31m
- 2Blender Basic Modelling Tutorial (Donut Part 2)31m
Day 3 · 31m
- 3Blender Basic Organic Modelling Tutorial (Donut Part 3)31m
Day 4 · 34m
- 4Blender Basic Materials Tutorial (Donut Part 4)34m
Day 5 · 32m
- 5Blender Basic Texturing Tutorial (Donut Part 5)32m
Day 6 · 34m
- 6Blender Basic UV Unwrapping Tutorial (Donut Part 6)34m
Day 7 · 37m
- 7How to Scatter in Blender 5.0 (Donut Part 7)37m
Week 2Video 8 · 33m
Day 8 · 33m
- 8The Basics of Lighting and Rendering in Blender (Donut Finale)33m
Tips for finishing
- Plan one part a day and do it in Blender right away; expect each part to take you two or three times its length.
- Make sure your Blender version matches the tutorial's; Blender Guru re-records the series for new versions.