In this free course I'll challenge you to try ten quick sketches in ten days - each based around a concept in ink and watercolour sketching. We'll look at shape, variation in watercolour, handling our mistakes, proportion in our scenes and so much more. When you've done this course, you'll be 100% ready to take on the full Sketch Loose courses!

Drawing on location, in cities, towns and villages is all the rage these days, and for good reason. Find out why it's so popular and how you can join the movement.

Sketches of cities, towns and buildings in urban settings. Albert Kiefer takes views and reference photographs of a building or a series of them and gives us a view in his own style. When you take a picture of a location, the camera does all of the work. It's a great representation of the place and a wonderful reminder of what was going on at the moment, that prompted you to take the picture. When you draw a sketch like this, you are not giving the scene a quick glance, but rather an intense…

MOSTLY MONTREAL, MOST OF THE TIME

Suhita Shirodkar in New York I do love sketching the big iconic buildings and touristy spots in New York (posted here). But there’s so much more than just that to catch the eye. However often I visit, I’m surprised by what Ive’ve never seen and done before. I’ve never visited Roosevelt Island. Until this time. […]

Coimbra, Portugal.