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Illustration

Watercolour in a small sketchbook

Loose, everyday watercolour sketches from a palette that fits in your pocket.

Tutor portrait

with Mei Lin Hart

Weeks

6

Lessons

12

Per week

3 hrs

Format

Live cohort

Classes

Sun

10:30

Starts

Watercolour in a small sketchbook

£260

or 3 × £87, no interest

7 of 16 seats left

Not for you after 2 lessons? Full refund, no forms.

£260

or 3 × £87, no interest

7 of 16 seats left

Not for you after 2 lessons? Full refund, no forms.

What you’ll make

  1. A filled A6 sketchbook

  2. A small palette you understand

  3. Loose, quick sketches from life

  4. Clean colour without mud

Week by week

Week 01

Your palette

A colour chart from six paints

Free lesson

Week 02

Water control

Washes from wet to dry

Week 03

Light to dark

A still life in three layers

Week 04

Outdoors

A ten-minute street sketch

Week 05

People and movement

A page of quick figures

Week 06

Your sketchbook

A full spread to share

Your tutor

Tutor portrait

Mei Lin Hart

Watercolour painter and sketchbook keeper

Mei Lin paints small, quick and every day. Her sketchbooks are full of markets, train windows and breakfast tables, and she teaches you to keep going when a painting goes wrong.

Before you book

Every live class is recorded and posted the same night. Watch it when you can, hand in the brief by Sunday, and you still get written notes from your tutor.

Kit list

A small pan palette, a size 8 round brush and an A6 watercolour sketchbook. About £25.

that’s all you need

£260

or 3 × £87, no interest

7 of 16 seats left

Not for you after 2 lessons? Full refund, no forms.

Spring term 2027

There’s still a seat with

your name

on it.

Term starts 12 Jan. The free taster lesson is open now.

Student in a mustard jumper in a café
Student in a denim shirt in an autumn park
Student with glasses in a rust cardigan in a library
Older student in a grey coat and scarf on a city street
Student in an olive overshirt in a kitchen

Join 18,400 students since 2019

bring a pencil, that’s it

Spring term 2027

There’s still a seat with

your name

on it.

Term starts 12 Jan. The free taster lesson is open now.

Student in a mustard jumper in a café
Student in a denim shirt in an autumn park
Student with glasses in a rust cardigan in a library
Older student in a grey coat and scarf on a city street
Student in an olive overshirt in a kitchen

Join 18,400 students since 2019

Spring term 2027

There’s still a seat with

your name

on it.

Term starts 12 Jan. The free taster lesson is open now.

Student in a mustard jumper in a café
Student in a denim shirt in an autumn park
Student with glasses in a rust cardigan in a library
Older student in a grey coat and scarf on a city street
Student in an olive overshirt in a kitchen

Join 18,400 students since 2019

bring a pencil, that’s it

£260

or 3 × £87

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