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Illustration
Ink, Then Water
The illustration track. Five lessons on combining ink line with loose colour — the sketchbook idiom that travels, works in twenty minutes, and doesn't require a studio. It is also the fastest way to improve at watercolour generally, because a sketchbook removes the pressure that makes people overwork a sheet.
5 lessons118 minutesAny level
The lessons
In this order, for a reason
- 01Drawing With a Stick You FoundFreeMark variety from non-pen tools — twigs, bamboo, a cut credit card.18 min
- 02Line First or Wash FirstMembersThe two orders, and what each one costs you.24 min
- 03Leaving the White OutMembersUnpainted paper as the brightest light source you will ever have.27 min
- 04A Market Stall in Twenty MinutesMembersReportage on location, with people moving and a hard time limit.21 min
- 05Binding a Week of PagesMembersTurning loose studies into a small pamphlet-stitched book, start to finish.28 min
Every lesson lists its materials up front, so you can check the desk before you press play.