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Sketching Made Simple

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Getting Started

  • What to Expect from Sketching Made Simple
  • Before you start. Watch this Welcome Video.
  • Your Materials Explained & Everything You Need

Module 1. What is a Soluble Pencil & Brush Pen?

  • Sketchbook, Soluble Pencil & Brush Pen Demonstration

Module 2. Afraid of the Blank Page?

  • Removing Fear of the Blank Page
  • Creating WATERCOLOUR Washes
  • Creating INK Washes
  • Creating COLLAGE Layers

Module 3. Time to Sketch Outside!

  • Estuary Sketch no. 1 - using collage.
  • Estuary Sketch no.2 - on a blank page.
  • Troubleshooting Part 1 - an Estuary Sketch
  • Troubleshooting Part 2 - Painting Over My Estuary Sketch

Module 4. Colour, Composition & Acrylics Paints Explained

  • Stay Wet Colour Palette & Introducing Colour
  • Composition Made Simple - with Time Lapse
  • Describing Your Scene in Just 25 Brush Strokes
  • Simplifying the Landscape with a Demonstration using Acrylic Paint2
  • Critique of a Coastal Scene1
  • Next Steps

Bonus Material

  • Estuary Critique
  • A Journey Through My Sketchbooks2
  • Early Morning Sketch along the River Exe in Devon