When should you do the challenges? Before or after watching the videos?

When should you do the challenges? Before or after watching the videos?

When should you do the challenges?

People often ask when the best time to complete each workshop challenge would be - should you do it before watching the video, alongside the video or after watching.

There is no best answer to this, but here is my recommendation!

  1. I'd suggest firstly reading through the handout, and then watching the linked videos in each chapter

  2. There may be some little sketches you want to do, or little practices before heading to the challenge

  3. Your final challenge you can then do alongside me in the demonstration video, or you could watch and then tackle it after in your own way

Develop Line Work and Mark Making

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Introduction

  • Introduction and Overview44
  • Our FIVE concepts - Why I chose them64
  • Aims of this Course63
  • Suggested Supplies22
  • How long does it take? How long do I have?4
  • The Sketch Loose Community - How to Post Photos and Ask Questions33
  • How to get the best video quality
  • When should you do the challenges? Before or after watching the videos?8
  • Download the full handout here81

Fundamentals of Sketching

  • How to think about sketching37
  • Five key techniques15
  • What do you hope to achieve?552

Workshop One - Making Marks

  • Please Share and Ask Questions :)89
  • Overview and downloadable handout117
  • Exploring Mark Making Opportunities120
  • Challenge Video - Making Marks677
  • How did you find that workshop?341

Workshop Two - Get Some Perspective

  • Overview and downloadable handout85
  • Concepts in Perspective123
  • How many vanishing points?285
  • Finding the Horizon Line98
  • Warming Up - A One Point Perspective Sketch1052
  • INTERLUDE - My Perspective on Perspective461
  • Challenge Video - Perspective into Practice719
  • I'd love to hear your perspective!418

Workshop Three - Shape and Structure

  • Overview and downloadable handout92
  • Analysing Shape and Structure287
  • INTERLUDE - Shape Based Sketches, Making Postcards681
  • Challenge Video - Using Shape and Structure621
  • How is your sketching going?311

Workshop Four - Line Weight and Quality

  • Overview and downloadable handout95
  • Doodling Concepts175
  • Warming up - a still life sketch584
  • Challenge Video - Varied lines in a scene716
  • Take a deep breath, almost there :)269

Workshop Five - Developing a Loose Sketching Style

  • Overview and downloadable handout46
  • Bringing it all together - how to find the right scene116
  • Loose thumbnail sketching - and my reasons for sketching loose!237
  • Challenge Video - Applying our concepts - How to sketch Loose416
  • Bonus - Building on our line work with loose colour315
  • Swooping Lines - A Demo462
  • Paucity of Lines - A Demo357
  • Continuous Lines and Change in Composition - A Demo419
  • Well done!221

Conclusion and Next Steps

  • Have we met our sketching objectives?242
  • Join me in person!7
  • Next steps you could take!44