Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome & General Information

    • Welcome

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    • Dates and Zoom link for the live sessions

    • Materials

    • Bonus: Warm-up exercises (for before the class or practice)

    • Facebook group

  • 2

    Sketching Session 01 – Clear and confident lines: Developing basic motor skills

    • Workbook to print for Session 01

    • Recording – Session 01

    • All drawings from Session 01

    • Practice Prompts for the week – Session 01
  • 3

    Sketching Session 02 – Sketching objects: Dealing with structure, perspective and shading

    • Video: What is 'Pragmatic Sketching'?

    • Video: The three layers of clarity

    • Workbook to print for Session 02

    • All drawings from Session 02

    • Recording – Session 02

    • Practice Prompts for the week – Session 02
  • 4

    Sketching Session 03 – Simple, but expressive stick figures: Sketching actions and emotions

    • Workbook to print for Session 03

    • Recording – Session 03, Part 1

    • Recording – Session 03, Part 2

    • All drawings from Session 03

    • Practice Prompts for the week – Session 03
  • 5

    Sketching Session 04 – Sketching different types of people

    • Workbook to print for Session 04

    • Recording – Session 04

    • All drawings from Session 04

    • Practice Prompts for the week – Session 04
  • 6

    Sketching Session 05 – Creating scenes

    • Workbook to print for Session 05

    • All drawings from Session 05

    • Recording – Session 05

    • Practice Prompts for the week – Session 05
  • 7

    Sketching Session 06 – Portraits

    • Workbook to print for Session 06

    • Recording – Session 06

    • All drawings from Session 06

    • Practice Prompts for the week – Session 06

    • Bonus video: Answering some more questions (from an earlier portrait class)

    • Bonus video: Practicing portraits

    • Links and resources around drawing portraits / faces
  • 8

    Sketching Session 07 – Hands

    • All drawings from Session 07

    • Recording – Session 07

    • Bonus: Some hand choreographies

    • Practice Prompts for the week – Session 07
  • 9

    Sketching Session 08 – Full body figures & style

    • Workbook to print for Session 08

    • All drawings from Session 08

    • Recording – Session 08

    • Practice Prompts for the week – Session 08
  • 10

    Feedback Sessions

    • Video: Effective Practice

    • Recording – Feedback Session 01

    • Recording – Feedback Session 02

    • Recording – Feedback Session 03

    • Recording – Closing Session
  • 11

    Next steps

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