Course curriculum

Welcome to Whimsical Wonderland

  • 01

    Welcome to the course!

  • 02

    The White Rabbit

    • The White Rabbit Intro

    • Background (5 mins)

    • Chalk Shapes ( 8 mins)

    • Block in big shapes (7 mins)

    • Pyjamas (7 Mins)

    • Fur ( 7 mins)

    • Ears, nose and tongue ( 2 mins)

    • Eyes and cufflink (6 mins)

    • Glasses ( 3 mins)

    • Shading (10 mins)

    • Clock Frames (3 mins)

    • Clock Shading (6 mins)

    • Clock face details (11 mins)

    • Clock finishing touches (11 mins)

    • Share with us
  • 03

    The Dormouse

    • Introduction to the Dormouse (5 mins)

    • Background (12 mins)

    • Cup and Saucer block-in (9 mins)

    • Cup and saucer detail (8 mins)

    • Dormouse (23 mins)

    • Shading and highlights ( 12 mins)

    • Share with us
  • 04

    Cheshire Cat

    • Introduction to the Cheshire Cat (4 mins)

    • TIP How to make black -when you haven't got any! (3 mins)

    • Background (4 mins)

    • Chalk Shapes (3 mins)

    • Stripes (7 mins)

    • Ears, eyes and nose (13 mins)

    • Fur Texture

    • Typography

    • Share with us

    • In person workshops
  • 05

    Alice

    • Introduction to Alice ( 5 mins)

    • Background (5 mins)

    • Chalk Shapes

    • Hair and cake block in (mins)

    • Table block in (mins)

    • More blocking (8 mins)

    • Dress blocking in

    • Shadows (7 mins)

    • Apron

    • Face shapes (16 mins)

    • Eyes & hairband spots (5 mins)

    • More shading (6 mins)

    • Hair Highlights ( 5 mins)

    • Cake details and extra shadows

    • Material folds, flag and aperture

    • Share with us

    • In person workshops
  • 06

    Humpty Dumpty

    • Introduction to the Humpty Dumpty

    • Colour beginning ( 5 mins)

    • Clouds (5 mins)

    • Brick Wall (6 mins)

    • Chalk shapes (3 mins)

    • Block in shapes white (3 mins)

    • Egg blocking in (4 mins)

    • Colour blocking (11 mins)

    • Egg shading and face (13 mins)

    • Crown and Plaster (13 mins)

    • Finishing touches (6 mins)

    • Share with us
  • 07

    The Queen of Hearts

    • Introduction to the Queen of Hearts

    • Queen shapes and blocking-in (12 mins)

    • Add red (5 mins)

    • Red Details (8 mins)

    • Background (21 mins)

    • Accessories (10 mins)

    • Typography (11 mins)

    • Share with us
  • 08

    March Hare

    • Introduction to the March hare

    • Stipple texture

    • Chalk shapes

    • Background blocking in

    • Black outlines

    • Nose and Eyes

    • Little details

    • Finishing Touches

    • Share with us
  • 09

    The Madhatter

    • Introduction to The Madhatter

    • Background

    • Chalk in shapes

    • Block in

    • Outlines

    • Negative painting of text

    • Skin Highlights

    • Hair, glasses and freckles

    • Sign writing, shadow and hat colour

    • Share with us
  • 10

    Caterpillar

    • Introduction to The Caterpillar

    • Background and bokeh

    • Glaze the bokeh

    • Dark tree frame

    • Mushroom colour and spots

    • Mushroom shading and extra light effects

    • Caterpillar shapes and colour

    • Caterpillar shadows and highlights

    • Caterpillar face and extra shadows

    • Caterpillar spots glaze and eyelashes

    • Caterpillar arms and legs and arms

    • Pipe

    • Framing glaze and smoke effect

    • Deely Boppers and Gold Leaf

    • Share with us
  • 11

    The Duchess

    • Introduction to The Duchess

    • Undercoat

    • Sketch with paint

    • Tiles

    • Block in other shapes

    • More blocking in - skin and material

    • Highlights

    • Background and text

    • Line detailing

    • Share with us
  • 12

    Lion and Unicorn

    • Introduction to the lion and unicorn

    • Background

    • Chalk the unicorn and lion

    • White illustration

    • Glaze

    • Share with us
  • 13

    The Mad Hatters Tea Party

    • Introduction to the Mad Hatters Tea Party

    • Background and character sketch part 1

    • Character sketch part 2

    • Character sketch part 3

    • Blue Background and Brown Furniture

    • Clothing

    • Faces

    • Moustache or not?

    • Share with us
  • 14

    Bonus project

    • T&T intro

    • Background and Shapes

    • Block in shape

    • Pants!

    • Details

    • Typography

    • Share with us