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Learn a craft, one calm lesson at a time

Short, practical courses in watercolour, coffee and photography. Learn at your own pace and track your progress.

  • 3courses
  • 12lessons
  • 3instructors
Syllabus Watercolour Foundations
  1. Materials that matter (and what you can skip)

    Paper, paint, brushes and a simple setup: what to buy first and what can wait.

     5 min
  2. Your first washes: flat, graded and variegated

    The most useful watercolour technique, and the reasons most washes go wrong.

     4 min
  3. Wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry, explained

    Soft edges, sharp edges and the short moment in between that matters most.

     Members only 4 min
  4. Paint a simple landscape, step by step

    Sky, hills, field and trees in 40 minutes, using everything from the course.

     Members only 4 min
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How it works

1

Pick a course

Every course is a short, ordered path of lessons, split into chapters.

2

Learn at your pace

Read a lesson, try the quick check at the end and mark it as complete.

3

See your progress

Your progress is saved as you go. Pick up where you left off, any time.

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Meet your instructors

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Hana Sato

Bristol

Watercolour painter and illustrator. Has taught beginners for twelve years and still paints every morning.

4 lessons

Marco Bellini

Turin and London

Coffee roaster and former barista trainer. Believes great coffee needs a scale, not a secret.

4 lessons

Ada Okafor

Lagos

Documentary and portrait photographer. Teaches light first, cameras second.

4 lessons