Hello and welcome to my new class: Quick Sketching with Water-Based Markers

Overthinking your sketches? Then let me introduce you to the wonderful world of Water-Based Markers!

In this class, you’ll learn how to start sketching quickly and confidently using water-based markers -even if you’ve never picked them up before. It’s all about loosening up your style, simplifying your process, and actually enjoying the act of sketching.

We’ll cover everything you need to know, from understanding your markers and basic application techniques to layering, hatching, and building up full sketches from reference images.

You’ll work through five focused exercises covering application methods, layering, and hatching. Then, we’ll complete a quick mini sketch together—step by step—that takes just a few minutes to finish.

After that, we’ll briefly explore blending before moving straight into the final project: a full sketch completed in under 30 minutes using a provided reference image.

By the end of the class, you’ll be sketching faster and more freely, capturing subjects you love in your Everyday Pages and Sketchbook Journaling, and finishing pages without overthinking.

So grab your water-based markers, and let’s get started!

Alessandra Kostolias

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