About the Course and What is Included

This course is made up of 7 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, then at least two sketching studies to help you explore the ideas, before ending with a challenge that ties it all together. Together, there are over 35 videos totalling over 9 hours of videos evenly split between workshops.

The final workshop is a little different, it’s all about challenges, and each video there includes a bit of background, maybe a quick study, and then something for you to try.

Then, of course, there are the interludes. Extra sketching videos, exclusive to the course, which approach something in a slightly different or experimental way.

It's not just videos though!

Under 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.

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.

Urban Ink and Watercolours: The Sketch Loose Method

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Introduction and Objectives

  • About the Course and What is Included69
  • Supplies and FAQs14

What are your goals?

  • Share your art here375

Workshop One - Beyond Just Shapes

  • Sketching Study - Thumbnail-ing for Simplicity372
  • Concepts - Seeing Shapes and Finding Your Scene199
  • Concepts - Beyond Simple Shapes235
  • Sketching Study - The VENN of Shapes, Contours and Lines434
  • Challenge - Simplify, Simplify, Simplify405
  • Reflection - How did you find that workshop?263

Workshop Two - Ink Textures and the Essence of Detail

  • Concepts - Hatching 101129
  • Concepts - Advanced Hatching248
  • Sketching Study - 'Makit-a' Good One358
  • Sketching Study and Concepts - The Effect of Detail400
  • Challenge - Balancing Ink and Light392
  • Reflection - How did you find that workshop?252

Workshop Three - Watercolour Magic

  • Sketching Study - Vital Fundamentals Refresher!347
  • Concepts - Watercolour Science78
  • Sketching Study - Painting in 5 Strokes258
  • Concepts - Wet-on-Wet206
  • Challenge - Wet-on-Wet as Part of the Process326
  • Reflection - How did you find that workshop?189

Interludes!

  • Exact supplies are overrated!256
  • The true meaning of line and wash257

Workshop Four - Make it Interesting

  • Concepts - The Focal Point102
  • Concepts - Compositional Elements93
  • Sketching Study - Contrast279
  • Sketching Study - Minimalism272
  • Challenge - Connecting Colours269
  • Reflection - How did you find that workshop?170

Workshop Five - Intentional Colours

  • Concepts - Why simple colours are important40
  • Sketching Study - Colour Theory and Complementary Colours218
  • Sketching Study - Analogous Colours195
  • Concepts - Being Intentional (beyond the colour wheel!)32
  • Challenge - Triadic Colours in a Complex Scene235
  • Reflection - How did you find that workshop?145

Workshop Six - Sighting your Perspective

  • Concepts - Introducing Perspective27
  • Concepts - Overcoming Common Challenges40
  • Sketching Study - Complexities, Hills and the Horizon Line249
  • Sketching Study - Vertical Perspective250
  • Challenge - Complex and Curved Perspective198
  • Reflection - How did you find that workshop?132

Workshop Seven - Facing Challenges

  • Concepts and Challenge - Night Scenes167
  • Concepts and Challenge - Boats and Water155
  • Challenge - Incorporate Your Ideas161
  • Reflection - How did you find that workshop?89

Final Thoughts

  • Have we met our sketching objectives?115
  • Here is an 'Easter Egg'13