Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course Intro

    • Welcome

    • Equipment List

  • 2

    Unit 1: Overcoming the blank page — Charcoal Drawing

    • Intro: Charcoal Drawing

    • Step 1 : Materials & Object Selection

    • Step 2: Drawing

    • Step 3: Wiping Technique and Redraw

    • Step 4: Wipe Again and Add in Details

    • Step 5: Refining Your Drawing

    • Step 6: Dark Lines & Highlights

    • Step 7: Finishing Up

    • Outro: Charcoal Drawing

  • 3

    Unit 2: Pencil Drawing - Eye Level Still Life

    • Intro

    • Step 1: A Different Perspective

    • Step 2: Drawing Your Still Life

    • Step 3: Fixing Shapes and Proportions

    • Step 4: Fixing Shapes and Proportions 2

    • Step 5: Focus on Shading 1

    • Step 6: Focus on Shading 2

    • Step 7: Focus on Shading 3

    • Step 8: Focus on Shading 4

    • Step 9: Focus on Shading 5

    • Step 10: Focus on Shading 6

    • Step 11: Erase and Tidy Up 1

    • Erase and Tidy Up 2

    • Outro

  • 4

    Unit 3: Watercolour Basic Techniques - Session 1 - Washes & More

    • Session 1: Intro - Washes and More

    • Step 1: Materials and Equipment

    • Step 2: Setting Up Your Paper 1

    • Step 3: Setting Up Your Paper 2

    • Step 4: Creating a Graded Wash

    • Step 5: Creating a Salt Wash

    • Step 6: Using a Dry Brush

    • Step 7: Trying the Two Tone Method

    • Step 8: The Wet in Wet Style

    • Step 9: Making a Water Outline

    • Step 10: Adding the Toothbrush Method 1

    • Step 10: Adding the Toothbrush Method 2

    • Step 11: Leave It to Dry!

    • Step 12: 30 Minutes Later...What Do We See?

    • Session 1: Outro - Washes and More

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    Unit 3: Watercolour Basic Techniques - Session 2 - Painting a Landscape

    • Session 2: Intro - Painting a Landscape

    • Step 1: Setting the Base For Your Landscape

    • Step 2: Setting the Base For Your Landscape 2

    • Step 3: Adding in your First Details

    • Step 4: Adding in your Second Details

    • Session 2: Outro - Painting a Landscape

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    Unit 4: Watercolour with Still Life or Food - Watercolours with Fruit

    • Intro

    • Step 1: Materials & Equipment

    • Step 2: Complete your Background Wash

    • Step 3: 20 Minutes Later...Draw your Fruit

    • Step 4: Painting the Apple

    • Step 5: Painting the Banana

    • Step 6: Painting the Lime

    • Step 7: 20 Minutes Later...Adding in the Shadows

    • Step 8: Adding in the the Last Details 1

    • Step 9: Adding in the the Last Details 2

    • Step 10: Adding in the the Last Details 3

    • Outro

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    Unit 5: Painting a Roman Urn

    • Intro

    • Step 1: Materials and Equipment

    • Step 2: Tracing Your Urn Shape

    • Step 3: Starting with a Base Wash

    • Step 4: Painting the Body of the Vase

    • Step 5: Draw in Your Patterns with Pencil

    • Step 6: Adding Shading and Depth

    • Step 7: Adding Colour

    • Step 8: Adding Highlights with White Paint

    • Step 9: Completion and Other Examples

    • Outro

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    Unit 6: Painting the Abstract - Using Your Imagination

    • Intro

    • Step 1: Materials and Equipment

    • Step 2: Getting Set Up with Tape

    • Step 3: Start with a Background Wash

    • Step 4: Adding Your First Layer of Detail

    • Step 5: Removing Your Tape

    • Step 6: Adding Your Second Layer of Detail with Pencil and Watercolour

    • Step 7: Adding in 3D Elements 1

    • Step 8: Adding in 3D Elements 2

    • Outro

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    Unit 7: Woodland Landscape with Charcoal - Tree in Woodland

    • Intro

    • Step 1: Equipment List

    • Step 2: Your Image

    • Step 3: Tape Off Your Edges

    • Step 4: Mark an Outline

    • Step 5: Draw your Base Tree 1

    • Step 6: Draw your Base Tree 2

    • Step 7: Add in Detail for 10 minutes 1

    • Step 8: Add in Detail for 10 minutes 2

    • Step 9: Add in Shading

    • Step 10: Smudging Technique

    • Step 11: Adding to your Woodlands

    • Step 12: Creating your Highlights 1

    • Step 13: Creating your Highlights 2

    • Outro

  • 10

    Unit 8: Floral Collaging - Final Masterpiece Showcase

    • Intro

    • Step 1: Equipment List

    • Step 2: Creating your Coloured Paper 1

    • Step 3: Creating your Coloured Paper 2

    • Step 4: Creating Your Coloured Paper 3

    • Step 5: Creating Your Coloured Paper 4

    • Step 6: Creating Your Coloured Paper 5

    • Step 7: Creating Your Coloured Paper 6

    • Step 8: Creating Your Coloured Paper 7

    • Step 9: Creating Your Coloured Paper 8

    • Step 10: Cut Out your Shapes 1

    • Step 11: Cut Out your Shapes 2

    • Step 12: Cut Out your Shapes 3

    • Step 13: Style your Shapes

    • Step 14: Draw and Cut your Petals

    • Step 15: Begin to Glue Down All your Pieces 1

    • Step 16: Begin to Glue Down All your Pieces 2

    • Step 17: Begin to Glue Down All your Pieces 3

    • Step 18: Adding in Highlights and Details

    • Outro

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    Unit 9: Abstracting with Watercolours - Abstracting Your Work

    • Intro

    • Step 1: Equipment

    • Step 2: Draw your Shapes

    • Step 3: Add Tape

    • Step 4: Paint your Base Watercolours

    • Step 5: Add your Contrast Colours 1

    • Step 6: Add your Contrast Colours 2

    • Step 7: Add Texture 1

    • Step 8: Add Texture 2

    • Step 9: Remove your Border Tape 1

    • Step 10: Remove your Border Tape 2

    • Outro

  • 12

    Unit 10: Through the Window with Pencil - Drawing Through a Window

    • Intro

    • Step 1: Equipment

    • Step 2: Mark your Image and Paper

    • Step 3: Begin Drawing the Frame 1

    • Step 4: Begin Drawing the Frame 2

    • Step 5: Sketch in the Flowers and Add Details 1

    • Step 6: Sketch in the Flowers and Add Details 2

    • Step 7: Sketch in the Flowers and Add Details 3

    • Step 8: Add Basic Shading

    • Step 9: Add Flower Details and Shading 1

    • Step 10: Add Flower Details and Shading 2

    • Step 11: Add Flower Details and Shading 3

    • Step 12: Add Details to Frame 1

    • Step 13: Add Details to Frame 2

    • Step 14: Add Details to Frame 3

    • Step 15: Final Touches 1

    • Step 16: Final Touches 2

    • Outro

  • 13

    Unit 11: Charcoal Interior

    • Intro

    • Step 1: Equipment

    • Step 2: Roughly Sketch

    • Step 3: Smudge your Work

    • Step 4: Begin to Add in Details 1

    • Step 5: Begin to Add in Details 2

    • Step 6: Begin to Add in Details 3

    • Step 7: Begin to Add in Details 4

    • Step 8: Add your Highlights 1

    • Step 9: Add your Highlights 2

    • Step 10: Remove your Tape

    • Outro

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    Unit 12: Pencil with Food - Drawing Food in Pencil

    • Intro

    • Step 1: Equipment

    • Step 2: Sketch the Shape of your Food 1

    • Step 3: Sketch the Shape of your Food 2

    • Step 4: Sketch the Shape of your Food 3

    • Step 5: Sketch the Shape of your Food 4

    • Step 6: Shade in your Background 1

    • Step 7: Shade in your Background 2

    • Step 8: Shade in your Background 3

    • Step 9: Add in your Details 1

    • Step 10: Add in your Details 2

    • Step 11: Add Highlights and Final Details 1

    • Step 12: Add Highlights and Final Details 2

    • Outro

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    Unit 13: Watercolour Sunrise - Through The Window

    • Intro

    • Step 1: Equipment

    • Step 2: Paint your Background

    • Step 3: Paint your Sky and Sun

    • Step 4: Add in your Details 1

    • Step 5: Add in your Details 2

    • Step 6: Add Further Details

    • Step 7: Add the Tree

    • Step 8: Add your Leaves 1

    • Step 9: Add your Leaves 2

    • Step 10: Add the Highlights 1

    • Step 11: Add the Highlights 2

    • Step 12: Add the Highlights 3

    • Outro

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    Course Outro

    • Thank you!