Course curriculum

  • 01

    Welcome to the club!

    • Hello and welcome to Wildly Inspired!

    • Join the "Wildly Inspired" Facebook group

    • Recommended materials

  • 02

    Polar Bear - project 1

    • Polar Bear intro

    • Sketch practice

    • Background & shapes

    • Blocking in

    • Stars

    • Shading

    • Eyes

    • Nose

    • Star Sparkles

    • Next Month - Elephant

  • 03

    Elephant - project 2

    • Elephant Intro

    • A little surprise

    • Sketch and story

    • Background

    • Chalked shapes

    • Blocking-in

    • Sculpting the block

    • Party hat base layer

    • Shadows and highlights

    • Illustrate texture, glaze & shadows

    • Eyes

    • More highlights

    • Warm glaze & party hat

    • Next month - Cheetah

  • 04

    Cheetah - project 3

    • Cheetah intro

    • Sketch practice

    • Background

    • Patterns and disruption

    • Shapes and blocking

    • Fur

    • Eyes & nose

    • Finishing touches

    • Next month - Orangutan

  • 05

    Orangutan - project 4

    • Orangutan Introduction

    • Hang in there sketch

    • Forest background

    • Bokeh light effect

    • Chalk in shape and block-in

    • Hairy texture

    • Hands and head

    • Final bits

    • Next month

  • 06

    Sloth - project 5

    • Sloth Introduction

    • Background

    • Chalk shapes

    • Blocking in

    • Sketchy leaves

    • Fauna frame

    • Hair texture

    • Build the layers

    • Eyes, nose and mouth

    • Shading

    • Pop of colour

    • Next Month - The Fox

  • 07

    Fox - project 6

    • Fox introduction

    • Fox background

    • Fox chalk shapes

    • Fox first layer

    • Fox highlights and hair

    • Glaze and eye shading

    • Butterfly

    • Next month - Wolf

  • 08

    Wolf - project 7

    • Wolf introduction

    • Graduated sky background

    • Clouds

    • Moon and stars

    • Wolf

    • Finishing touches

    • Gifts for the big box

    • Next Month - Racoon

  • 09

    Racoon - project 8

    • Racoon intro

    • Background & shapes

    • Detail

    • Scratchback

    • Glaze

    • Gift Box

    • Next Month - Toucan

  • 10

    Toucan - project 9

    • Tucan intro

    • First background

    • Masking and 2nd background

    • Foliage and flowers

    • Toucan

    • Next Month - Sea Lion

    • Gift Box

  • 11

    Sea Lion - project 10

    • Sea Lion Intro

    • Background

    • Background frame

    • Sea Lion Shapes

    • Block in shape

    • Little fishes

    • Sea Lion detail

    • Exaggerate the light

    • Don't forget the ear!

    • Little addition to the gift box

    • Next Month - Meerkat

  • 12

    Meerkat - project 11

    • Meerkat Introduction

    • Sandy background

    • Gritty spatter

    • Meerkat chalk shapes

    • Block in the meerkat

    • Rocky outlook

    • Meerkat body

    • Final details

    • Gift box

    • Next Month - The Penguin

  • 13

    Penguin - Project 12

    • Gift

    • Penguin LIVE lesson playback

    • Penguin Intro

    • Background colour and snow wipe away

    • Dark shapes and shadows

    • White shapes

    • Colours

    • Shading

    • Finishing touches