Student Resources
Here you can find video tutorials, photo references and worksheets for your ten week course
Travel sketching mixed media on toned paper
In this video, Liam gives you an overview of the approach and materials used for mixed media travel sketching!
Beginners Guide to Watercolour
In this video, Liam gives an in depth overview of types of paint, surfaces, brushes and techniques!
Biro Sketching demonstration
In this demonstration, Liam shows you how to utilise an enlargement grid to provide a frame of reference for complex biro sketching!
The Beginners Guide to Acrylics
Watercolour skin tones pt 1
Watercolour Skin Tones pt 2
In this video, Liam provides a strong overview of types of acrylics, techniques and types of surfaces!
In this video, Liam shows you how to combine biro with watercolour for very fine and lucious watercolour skin tones.
In this video, Liam demonstrates how to use wet in wet technique and reserve white for highlights in your skin tones.
Watercolour Skin Tones pt 3
In this video, Liam demonstrates how to use wet in wet technique and reserve white for highlights in your skin tones.
Watercolour Skin Tones pt 4
In this video, Liam demonstrates how to use wet in wet technique and reserve white for highlights in your skin tones.
Paint a portrait like Sargent
in this video, Liam shows you how to use confident brush strokes to create a full figure portrait, inspired by Sargent's interest in fashion and dramatic lighting.
Biro sketching cheat sheet
Watercolour skin tone
cheat sheet
Everything you need to know about sketching with a biro!
A handy little cheat sheet for mixing skin tones to go along with the video tutorial!
Spring 2026 week 1 references.
Charcoal Animal Portrait Approach
References for week 1, 5 & 6
In this video, Liam breaks down his 5 step approach to animal portraits in charcoal and what he focuses on at each stage in order to build up realistic and dynamic animal portraits using a range of tools.
Spring 2026 week 2&3 references.
References for week 2 & 3.
Paint Like Alex powers pt 1: Sketch Design
Paint Like Alex powers pt 2: Messy wash and lifting out
Paint Like Alex powers pt 3: Glazing, layering and refinements
In this video, Liam talks about Alex Powers who inspired the lesson for week 5 & 6 he decided to expand it into week 1 also...
In this video, Liam talks about Alex Powers who inspired the lesson for week 1,5 & 6. In this second part, Liam takes you through the first messy pass and how to remove and lighten the watercolours as you would oil paints.
In this video, Liam talks about Alex Powers who inspired the lesson for week 1,5 & 6. In this third part, Liam guides you through layering and refining with glazes and lifting out to build up an atmospheric piece full of life.
