the artisan series
Start your learn to draw journey with Len in this one month course to get you comfortable with your pencil. 32 Daily lessons, that require 10 - 20 minutes of your time to complete.
Two months of daily drawing exercises to help you to develop your observation skills. Each day you will draw, and learn to see better. Your drawing will improve daily as well. Lessons are designed to be done one per day. Each exercise is presented in a video. You watch and draw along with Len, as he teaches you to see. Pencil and sketch book are the minimum requirements. We recommend you do Len's mark making course first, but this is not a prerequisite.
start your learn to draw journey today
Learning to draw isn’t as hard as you imagine.
All it takes is practice, dedication and guidance.
In these online on demand video courses, you can sit down for your daily drawing exercise with Len and draw along.
Each series of lessons teaches you a little bit more and helps you to improve your drawing.
Each series of courses is designed to be completed sequentially. We start with course one which has 32 lessons to progress through with Len.
Len draws each exercise so you can follow along. He talks while you draw. You will learn an incredible amount of information about art and being an artist from the engaging conversations he has with you as you draw.
Len has a degree in fine art, and a graduate diploma in art education. Drawing started for Len as a child. After 35 years of practicing and being consumed by photography, Len has once more picked up his pencil, pens and watercolour brushes. Len is recording his own learning journey, as he rediscovers his passion for drawing, in this instructional video series.
Within the first month of producing the mark making course, full of daily practice, Len’s skills in drawing have made a remarkable leap forward.
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mark making
Mark making is designed to help you become more comfortable drawing with a pencil.
We make many different types of marks, from lines and shapes, through to tones and graduations.
We start drawing basic shapes and toning them to make them look three dimensional.
Draw with Len as he talks you through each exercise
All you need is a pencil and an A5 sketch book to start
Draw at your own pace
Easily keep tab of where you are up to in the course
Lessons are between 5 and 20 minutes
Conversational style combined with Len’s soothing voice makes each lesson meditative and relaxing
“I find your drawing class quite a stress release.”
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“Just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed the beginnings of Making a Mark course ... I have taken a drawing course that was more academic and it was so not enjoyable at all, really turned me off of drawing for a while. So I am so glad I found your course. And very much looking forward to the next month. Thank you.”
an on demand online video course available now
Start your learn to draw journey with Len in this one month course to get you comfortable with your pencil. 32 Daily lessons, that require 10 - 20 minutes of your time to complete.
course two
learning to see
Learning to draw is about learning to see. Your skills in observation can be improved with dedicated practice.
In this drawing course we work on your seeing skills. We do this before we dive into the structural or more imaginative areas.
We start by doing a large range of drawing exercises that are designed to improve our seeing. In this course we aren’t trying to produce masterpieces, nor finished works. We are practicing daily on our drawing skills.
Draw with Len as he talks you through each exercise
All you need is a pencil and an A5 sketch book to start
You will add more pencils and drawing books as you progress along
Draw at your own pace
Easily keep tab of where you are up to in the course
Lessons are between 5 and 30 minutes
Conversational style combined with Len’s soothing voice makes each lesson meditative and relaxing
Two months of daily drawing exercises to help you to develop your observation skills. Each day you will draw, and learn to see better. Your drawing will improve daily as well. Lessons are designed to be done one per day. Each exercise is presented in a video. You watch and draw along with Len, as he teaches you to see. Pencil and sketch book are the minimum requirements. We recommend you do Len's mark making course first, but this is not a prerequisite.
an on demand online video course available now
specialist courses
the drawing studio
In the metaphorical drawing studio we explore drawing technique with Len. This is done through demonstration and copying.
We make drawings from real life objects and copying the work of others.
We explore different drawing techniques and play with various mediums.
Draw with Len as he talks you through each exercise
By now you will have a selection of pencils, rubbers and drawing papers in the form of pads, journals and sheets of paper.
Draw at your own pace
Easily keep tab of where you are up to in the course
Lessons are between10 and 40 minutes
Conversational style combined with Len’s soothing voice makes each lesson meditative and relaxing
an on demand online video courses available soon
due for release in second half of 2024
