About the Course and What is Included

About the Course and What is Included

This course is made up of 5 workshops, plus a few extra ‘interludes’ along the way. Each workshop tackles an important area of sketching for a loose style like mine. Each workshop specifically builds on the previous workshops, adding ideas and techniques as we progress together. From advanced ink hatching, to wet-on-wet watercolours.

Inside each workshop you’ll find sections on core concepts, with sketching studies to help you explore the ideas, before ending with a challenge that ties it all together. The workshops each build on one another, so by the end of the course you'll amaze yourself with the progression you've made.

It's not just videos though!

Along with each video, you’ll find plenty of extra information: key points from the lesson, extra examples, and a bit more detail on some of the ideas we cover. I’ve done this so you can come back to each workshop and really absorb the learning at your own pace. This is available as a downloadable handout.

Feedback is vital

As part of the course, you can post questions, share your art and comment on each others art. I check in on the course multiple times a week to make sure I'm responding to everyone. If you feel I've missed a comment or question of yours, please post it again so I get a little alert!

A key tip from your fellow sketchers

One tip: the people who got the most from the course said they found it helpful to watch each video first, then take on the task, scene or challenge themselves. That way, you’re not just copying—you’re actually practicing how to think like a sketcher.

Take your time with it, don’t rush through, and enjoy the process. That’s where the real progress happens.

Beginner's Ink and Watercolours: The Sketch Loose Method

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Introduction

  • About the Course and What is Included143
  • Supplies and FAQs35
  • Please Read - Posting photos, getting feedback, and notifications!78
  • Get the handout here19

Sharing our progress

  • Introducing my process325
  • Share your art here874

Getting Started

  • Character of Line483
  • Seeing Shapes1038
  • Basic Wash Techniques and Swatching665
  • Mixing Colours533
  • Challenge - Overcoming a Castle946
  • How did you find that workshop?737

Progressing with Ink

  • Measuring Techniques!658
  • How to Go from Shapes to an Interesting Sketch855
  • Challenge - See the shapes230
  • Challenge - Penrith Bothy999
  • How did you find that workshop?489

Layers of Colours

  • Properties of Watercolours335
  • Avoiding overworked colours591
  • Warm up - A still life805
  • Wet page vs Dry Page413
  • Challenge - Layers of a feather788
  • How did you find that workshop?424

Perspective in Action

  • Perspective - a series of lessons158
  • Quick and simple perspective studies477
  • Challenge One - A Pub Corner634
  • Challenge Two - An awkward street590
  • How did you find that workshop?360

Becoming Independent

  • Choosing a Reference182
  • Thumbnail Art348
  • Challenge One - Ink Edits413
  • Challenge Two - Watercolour Experiments438
  • Challenge Three - To Boat or Not to Boat456
  • How did you find that workshop?277

Round up and review

  • Sketchbook Review135
  • Have we met our sketching objectives?231