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 Paint
Critique of a Coastal Scene
Next Steps
Bonus Material

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

Module 2. Afraid of the Blank Page?

Remedies to the common feeling of being afraid of a blank page.

4 Lessons