Please Read - Posting photos, getting feedback, and notifications!

Please Read - Posting photos, getting feedback, and notifications!

Important: please read these two key guides first!

Before you start sharing your work, it is really important that you take a moment to read through these two quick guides. They will save you a lot of technical headaches:

  1. How to post photos and size them correctly: https://www.sketchloose.co.uk/blog/post-photos

This is really simple to do, but knowing how to size the photos and get the best feedback will improve your course experience.

  1. How to set your notifications to avoid being inundated with emails: https://www.sketchloose.co.uk/blog/notifications

You will automatically be signed up to notifications from this course. If you are finding that you are getting unwanted emails, then this post will show you how to prevent that.

Sharing your art and getting feedback

Part of the fun of art is learning through sharing, receiving feedback, and taking the time to reflect on your progress. For any questions and sketches relating to the course, the best place to post is right in the comments section underneath each specific lesson.

Keeping feedback focused

I keep my feedback in the lesson comments specifically focused on the aim of that exact task. This ensures the comments and advice stay relevant and useful for everyone reading through the course. That means I provide the most detailed feedback on the scenes I have set, and the tasks I have set.

While I absolutely love seeing your own personal scenes and side projects, I cannot provide full, detailed feedback on everything outside the scope of the course. The scenes have been selected for specific reasons, to fulfil certain learning goals, and it's important that I know the scene well to be able to provide feedback. If you have personal sketches you would like to share, I highly suggest using the reflective lessons at the end of each workshop. This is the perfect space to share your outside pieces, which helps keep the main lesson pages encouraging and easy for everyone to follow.

When to expect feedback

I usually go through and provide feedback on a weekly basis. Sometimes I am able to jump in more often, but please note that if I am on holiday or dealing with family matters, my replies may be delayed. I really appreciate your patience during those times!

If it has been a while and you think I might have accidentally missed your sketch, please do not worry. Just reply to your own comment or post it again, and it will ping me with a fresh notification so I can take a look.

Rural Landscapes: The Sketch Loose Method

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Introduction

  • About the Course and What is Included78
  • Please Read - Posting photos, getting feedback, and notifications!23
  • Supplies and FAQs12
  • Download the full handout here5

Sharing our progress

  • What are your goals?426

Simplifying Shapes and Textures

  • Introducing Workshop One34
  • Supplies - a 'talk-through'26
  • Warm Up Doodles312
  • Gestural Lines and Simple Scenes585
  • A Field of Flowers - Keeping it Simple629
  • How did you find that workshop?286

Spontaneity vs Control

  • Introducing Workshop Two
  • Initial Considerations114
  • Avoiding Overworked Colours80
  • Water Control60
  • Spontaneity and Control - Different Stages of a Painting457
  • A Spontaneous Scene514
  • How did you find that workshop?239

Composition and the Focal Point

  • Introducing Workshop Three
  • Flexible Rules of Composition and Focal Points36
  • Compositional Studies431
  • Tackling a Challenging Composition472
  • How did you find that workshop?205

Building Depth and Atmospheric Perspective

  • Introducing Workshop Four3
  • Perspective, but not as you know it393
  • Sketching with Depth420
  • How did you find that workshop?200

Negative Space

  • Introducing Workshop Five
  • Negative Space - Four Ways333
  • A Portrait Landscape446
  • How did you find that workshop?217
  • A Bonus Challenge - Further explorations of negative space!139

Conclusion and Next Steps

  • Have we met our sketching objectives?196
  • Join me in person!31
  • What are the next steps?77