CORE SKILLS COURSE
Learn to see simply, sketch confidently, and stop overcomplicating it.
🎬 28 videos · 📚 23 lessons · 🎯 5 filmed challenges · ⏱️ 3 hrs 40 mins of video content · 📝 Extensive written material and examples in every lesson · 💡 Every challenge broken down step by step to make complexity simple · 👨🎨 Feedback direct from Toby
£79.00What people are saying
“This course gave me the confidence I never had before. The step-by-step approach made everything feel manageable, and I actually finished it!”
— Sarah M.
“I’ve tried drawing before and given up. This course finally showed me it’s not about talent, it’s about practice and the right guidance. Highly recommend!”
— James K.
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Course Structure
🎬 28 videos · 📚 23 lessons · 🎯 5 filmed challenges · ⏱️ 3 hrs 40 mins of video content · 📝 Extensive written material and examples in every lesson · 💡 Every challenge broken down step by step to make complexity simple · 👨🎨 Feedback direct from Toby
▶️ About the course – what is included (2:05)
▶️ Supplies and FAQs (3:41)
📄 Download handout
▶️ What are your goals?
📌 Share your art here
▶️ Before you get started, let me know a bit about you
▶️ Introducing the two pen solution (4:55)
▶️ Exploring our lines (18:32)
▶️ Breaking down the shapes (6:45)
🎯 Challenge Part 1: Applying the ‘two pen solution’ (7:52)
🎯 Challenge Part 2: Adding colour (7:37)
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▶️ Exploring primary colours (5:06)
▶️ Narrowing down our colours (7:17)
▶️ Finding our shapes (3:04)
🎯 Challenge Part 1: Starting with ink (6:54)
🎯 Challenge Part 2: Adding soft colours (11:05)
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▶️ Introducing shadows (1:54)
▶️ Boxes and owls (13:37)
▶️ Shadows only (monochrome) (7:55)
▶️ Exploring shapes (2:48)
▶️ Lines and shadows (10:28)
▶️ Slowly adding colours (12:14)
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▶️ Introducing our splatters (2:20)
▶️ How to splatter (10:13)
▶️ Time for shapes (1:59)
🎯 Challenge Part 1: Diving into lines (9:54)
🎯 Challenge Part 2: Splattering, and connecting our elements
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▶️ Why leaving space is so important (7:07)
▶️ Inverting our space (does it really matter?)
▶️ Finding shapes (3:04)
🎯 Challenge Part 1: Ink and leaving out colour
🎯 Challenge Part 2: Not painting everything
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What’s Inside the Course
- ✓ Video lessons covering observation, simplification, and mark-making
- ✓ Techniques for breaking down complex subjects into simple shapes
- ✓ How to develop a loose, expressive line quality
- ✓ Exercises to quiet perfectionism and build creative confidence
- ✓ Lifetime access + revisit anytime
- ✓ 14-day money-back guarantee
Watch this video for more about who this course is for!
“You already know what you want to draw. This course helps you trust yourself enough to draw it.”
Simplifying Sketching is about learning to look differently. You’ll cut through the noise, quiet the inner critic, and develop a loose, expressive style that actually looks like you, not a textbook exercise. A sketchbook, a pen, and an open mind is all you need.
What You’ll Need
Here’s a simple kit that’ll see you through the whole course, nothing expensive, nothing you won’t use. If you have any questions after reading this list just email me: toby@sketchloose.co.uk
A watercolour sketchbook, A5 or bigger. 300gsm paper is best as it handles wet media without buckling.
A range of fine liners from 0.1–0.8mm, or a fountain pen with permanent ink (check the supplies link for details on safe inks to use).
A set of watercolours, the Cotman or Meden ranges are great starting points and won’t break the bank. Any starter set of 8-12 colours will be perfectly fine.
A couple of brushes: aim for at least a size 12 or bigger for washes, and something around a size 6 for detail work. A couple of flat and round brushes is a great mix to have to try different techniques as well. But just the two brushes would get you started.
Who Is This For?
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You Overthink Every Line
You spend more time second-guessing than actually drawing. This course gives you a new way to look — and a new way to start.
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You Want Your Own Style
You’re tired of copying tutorials and want sketches that look like you. Simplifying Sketching builds the eye and instincts that make that happen.
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Any Level, Genuinely
Whether you’ve never picked up a pen or you’ve been sketching for years and feel stuck — this course meets you where you are.
Hi, I’m Toby
I’m a sketcher, watercolourist, and the person behind Sketch Loose. I’ve spent years teaching people to draw with confidence not perfection.
Simplifying Sketching is the course I wish I’d had before I spent years overworking every drawing.
Spoiler: you can.
⭐ 14-Day Money-Back Guarantee
If you buy the course and it’s not right for you, email me within 14 days and I’ll refund you in full. No questions asked.
Work You’ll Be Proud Of
CORE SKILLS COURSE
Learn to see simply, sketch confidently, and stop overcomplicating it.
£79.00Got questions? Check the FAQs “>”
Or contact me directly at toby@sketchloose.co.uk