Marathons
Past marathon lessons and recordings. The full video is available with Club or to buyers of the corresponding marathon. Everyone else can watch the opening.
Full videos are available with the relevant plan: lessons with Basic, marathon materials with Club. Choose a plan
Lessons in “Marathons”
full lesson with a subscription1:33:09Open stream. Reworking the week two composition
Every now and then I run streams like this, where we draw together with other artists and share our tricks :)
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full lesson with a subscription3:01:32Practice for marathon week two
Today we’ll work on the week two assignments, work on abstract compositions, learn to handle warm and cool and color contrasts, learn to do it harmoniously, and we’ll even try to build a realistic composition out of abstract masses.
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full lesson with a subscription1:31:36Marathon week 2. Color, warm–cool balance and color contrasts
Some wonderful discoveries ahead, and for some of you life will split into “before” and “after”.
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full lesson with a subscription2:14:37Feedback stream, marathon week 1
Friends! In the stream recording we review students' work and talk. Be sure to watch
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full lesson with a subscription1:39:19Marathon kickoff
Here we go!😁 The topic of week one is Value and value keys! We’ll start with understanding value relationships, go through the theory, look at the artists who own this subject, and model volume with strokes, the way it’s done in painting😁 For the homework you can work from any still life references you like, but I’m attaching a few that fit✨
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full lesson with a subscription1:41:02Composition marathon. Session 8. Types of composition: the golden ratio and beyond
The last topic in composition pulls together the various popular schemes used in drawing, illustration, and painting. As is tradition, we’ll analyze the work of the old masters and of contemporary artists and understand how to design our own compositions — how to build them starting from a scheme and gradually working up the details.
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full lesson with a subscription1:34:45Composition marathon. Session 7. Emotion in composition
This is probably one of the most important topics for an artist. Understanding how to set the emotion in a composition lets us get our idea across better through the work. Shape, color, value, anatomy, texture, and the way they combine all matter here. In this session we’ll learn how to convey joy or sadness through drawing, and how to give a composition mystery or fury.
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full lesson with a subscription1:28:57Feedback. Contrast and nuance. Composition marathon
Friends, welcome to the marathon feedback stream! On the stream we go through the typical mistakes participants made — I recommend everyone watch it, because the same mistakes come up again and again, and you can learn from them even if you only bought the basic plan. See you all there!
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full lesson with a subscription1:32:49Feedback. Static and dynamic. Composition marathon
Friends, welcome to the marathon feedback stream! On the stream we go through the typical mistakes students make. I’d recommend watching it whatever tier you’re on — the same mistakes come up again and again, and you can learn from them even if you only bought the basic tier. See you there!
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full lesson with a subscription1:12:11Week 3 feedback, composition marathon
Friends, welcome to the marathon feedback stream. We’ll go through the typical mistakes participants made — I recommend everyone come, because the same mistakes come up again and again, and you can learn from them even if you only bought the basic plan!
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full lesson with a subscription1:48:54Marathon week two. Feedback: “Structural links, the grid and lines of force”
A phenomenal review of everyone’s week two work! Come and watch!
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full lesson with a subscription1:38:32Marathon week two. Stream recording: “Structural connections, the compositional grid and lines of force”
Hi, friends! Week two of our marathon is devoted to the topic "Structural connections, the compositional grid and lines of force." Come along — we’ll work out what it is, what it’s for and how it helps an artist, and then we’ll run it all through our hands and get a good amount of drawing done! If you can’t join, don’t worry: I’ll publish the recording of the teaching stream here 🙂✨
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full lesson with a subscription2:00:28Marathon week 1. Feedback recording
Friends, welcome to the marathon feedback stream. I went through the typical mistakes participants made — I recommend everyone watch it, because the same mistakes come up again and again, and you can learn from them even if you only bought the basic plan.
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full lesson with a subscription1:56:51Lecture and practice on “Rhythm”. Week one stream recording
Well, we’re off! Whew, week one of the marathon, love it! The recording has a theory block, a practice block and my recommendations for the week one assignments! Enjoy :)
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full lesson with a subscription59:45Stream recording. The “Value and rendering” marathon: week six feedback
Hi! Here’s the recording of the feedback on the work for the final assignment of the marathon.
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full lesson with a subscription2:53:04Stream recording. Marathon “Value and Rendering”. Week 6: Parts of the human body
Hi again! Here’s the recording of yesterday’s stream! A reminder: your task is to do two to four body parts of your choice, using hatching and what you’ve learned about value in the previous topics. References are attached to this post. I’ve shifted the feedback and final stream dates a bit so you have more time to finish everything: December 25 at 21:30 — feedback on the sixth marathon assignment December 28 at 20:00 — marathon results announced 🔥 Good luck! ✨
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full lesson with a subscription1:01:20Stream recording. The “Value and rendering” marathon: week five feedback
Hi! Posting the recording of the stream with feedback on the week five work. In a marathon, besides the results, it also matters that you’re building the skill, so watching the reviews and making the fixes is still worth doing now ✨ I’d even say that building the skill and seeing your own progress matters more than the results 🙂 Agree?
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full lesson with a subscription3:00:20Live stream recording. "Value and Rendering" marathon. Week 5: Natural forms
Hi! Yesterday we spent three hours with the crew drawing trees and musing about organic plasticity, supermutants, and the old masters. I love our cozy, productive meetups ✨ If you didn’t catch the broadcast, watch the recording! 🙂
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full lesson with a subscription1:01:06Live stream recording. "Value and Rendering" marathon: week four feedback
Hi! Here’s the recording of the stream with feedback on your still lifes. Your work is just fire — if you haven’t seen it, I recommend going to the comments and taking a look 🔥
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full lesson with a subscription3:07:43Live stream recording. "Value and Rendering" marathon. Week 4: A still life of several objects. Continued
And here’s the recording of yesterday’s stream ✨ Good luck! 🙂
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full lesson with a subscription1:12:29Stream recording. Marathon “Value and Rendering”: week three feedback
Hi! Here’s the recording of the feedback stream. Watch it now and finish off your still life — I’m expecting the final piece from you at the end of this week 😀
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full lesson with a subscription3:12:39Stream recording. Marathon “Value and Rendering”. Week 3: A still life of several objects
Hi, friends! This week and next we’ll be drawing a still life. I’ve already run the three-hour teaching stream — watch the recording if you couldn’t join live.
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full lesson with a subscription1:15:49Live stream recording. "Value and Rendering" marathon: week two feedback
Hi! The feedback stream is done and recorded, go watch 😀 And I recommend joining live, since I won’t always manage to post the recording here right away ✨
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full lesson with a subscription3:09:11Stream recording. Marathon “Value and Rendering”. Week 2: Simple objects. Sphere, cylinder
Hi! Bursting into a new marathon week 🔥 Here’s the recording of yesterday’s stream — watch it, rewatch it, draw, and send your finished work into the comments! I’ll run the feedback stream on Saturday at 20:00, and as always I’ll leave the link here ✨
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