A small practice.
A place
to begin.

Music, writing and drawing lessons built around one thing you can try today.

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Look. Then draw.

Put a cup on the table. Follow its outside edge with your eyes, then with your pencil. Keep looking at the cup. Leave the eraser alone.

One object. One sheet of paper. Two minutes.

Choose a duration. Start when your pencil is ready.

Practice length02:00

Ready when you are.

Start with a subject you keep coming back to. Each sample course combines guided work with a small exercise to carry into the week.

Shape, proportion and tone. Learn to observe ordinary objects before adding detail.

Move from an observation to a scene with a setting, a voice and a change.

Work with pulse, phrasing and a short melody at a pace that leaves room to hear.

You do not need a new collection of equipment to begin. Bring what you already use; ask before buying materials.

There is space to try, notice and try again. The exercise is the starting point for a conversation.

Choose one question
Bring a piece of work or a thing you want to understand. Agree on one focus for the lesson.
Make a short attempt
Use a small constraint: one object, one passage or one paragraph. Notice what happens.
Leave with a next step
Choose a manageable exercise and decide what to look for when you return.

Tell us what you want to make, what you have tried and when you have time.