About
About me
I have taught drawing for twelve years, mostly to adults who tell me in the first minute that they cannot do it. They have been told so at school, or they told themselves. By the fourth week almost all of them have drawn a pear that looks like a pear, and I have never once had to say it was talent.
Drawing is a skill made of small, boring parts: how you hold the pencil, how you see an edge, how dark a dark can be. I teach those parts one at a time, with practice pages you can pin on a wall and a still life on a kitchen table. It needs a pencil, paper and ten minutes a day, and nothing else.
On this site you can find my practice sheets, a workbook, a set of prompts for thirty days and two video courses, one for complete beginners and one for drawing from life. A short letter goes out every Wednesday with one exercise and something to look at.
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Questions
How do the downloads arrive?
After checkout you receive an email with a download link, and the same link is shown on the confirmation page. The sheets and workbooks are PDFs you can keep and print.
Is there merch?
Yes: tees, hoodies, mugs, totes, prints and stickers with my own designs. Each is printed to order and shipped by Printful, and the cost and delivery time show at checkout.
How often do the letters come, and how do I leave?
One every Wednesday. Every email has an unsubscribe link at the bottom, and it works at once.
I have never drawn anything. Can I start?
Yes. Both the course and the workbook begin with how to hold the pencil and how to draw a straight line. Nobody needs experience.
What do I need to buy?
A pencil, an eraser and a pad of paper. The buying guide says which ones, and the first lesson works with whatever you have.
How much time do I need each day?
Ten minutes is enough. I would rather you drew for ten minutes every day than for two hours on Sunday.
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Pencil Notes
A short letter every Wednesday for adults learning to draw: one exercise, one thing to look at and one small thing to try this week.
“The one email I open the day it lands.”