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With colored pencils
10 Class Projects

It takes about Takes 1 to 4 hours hour(s) to complete each project.

tree forest

Autumnmobile
Summer goods

Winter goods

Swedish rural village

Animal Kingdom

bus stop

Old couple

Pika

Cozy sunset evening

Skills You’ll Learn

Sketching and Coloring Neatly

What’s good about using colored pencils is that you can erase rough edges in your illustrations. I’ll show you some tips on how to sketch and color neatly using the eraser.

Combining Colors

You can use colors to express your own style. Each artist has his/her own color palette. Learn how to find and match colors that suit your tastes

Coloring with Colored Pencils

The main tool we’ll be using in the class is the colored pencil. I’ll walk you through how to hold and color using the colored pencil, with plenty of practice!

Using a Gelly Roll Pen

Gelly roll pens are used to bring out color in illustrations. In the last step of creating your illustration, I’ll show you how to use the gelly roll pen to liven up your drawings.

Simplifying for Drawing

A unique characteristic of Nordic illustrations is their simplicity. Learn how to observe and simplify objects, plants, and people to make them easier to draw.

Bright, Vivid, and Expressive Art Using Colored Pencils

I’m Aellie, artist, and your instructor. After growing up in Korea, I moved to Sweden where I met my Swedish husband and started documenting my daily life by drawing it—and this led me to work as an illustrator! It's been five years since I moved here, and it's amazing to see how my art captures the colors and feelings of my home.

Slow down, appreciate life, and then draw what you love!

Life in Sweden is much more static and slower than life in Korea. This gave me the time to see many things that I had never seen or appreciated before. Like... when you find a pretty flower on a walk, you can sit in front of it for a while and really take it in. Living in Sweden, I have the time to observe every scene and object in detail, and it helped me improve my drawing skills. So slow down, enjoy your life and share pleasure with the world through drawing!

Drawing and sketching is like keeping a diary.

Drawing is like keeping a diary. Instead of writing, you can sketch when you want to remember the special moments, get insight into who you are, or look at something objectively. Express and record your life in pictures.

How to use color to bring spirit and excitement to your art

A lot of people ask me about using color. I’ll walk you through how to find the colors that you love, mix and match each color, and create a warm atmosphere in your illustrations. After taking this class, you will be able to fill a full page with warmth and life.

Portray characteristics in a way that makes your drawing unique

Discover the power of simplifying details to capture the essence of what you’re drawing. People, animals, objects, you’ll have fun sketching them all! When art gets too hard, it can get boring and frustrating...so I'll teach you how to draw in a simple, but fun style.

A warm illustration that awakens memories

I like warm-hearted drawings that evoke memories. Like the beautiful colors of glass beads, old broach, and pearls that I saw as a child when I opened my grandmother’s old jewelry box. I hope you all feel a similar warmth in my class and experience the pleasures of drawing and being able to draw whatever you want. It's very meaningful to create art that brings joy into one’s life :)

By the end of the class, you will see things that move you and feel the indescribable sensation of joy when you lift up your finished drawing with your own hands.

Simple Nordic Illustrations.

Create with Aellie.

Class Kit · Coaching Session

Below tools will be used during the class. You can also order the All-in-one package to elevate the learning experience. (The tools are picked together with the creator for the classmates.)

In my class, we will use those Prismacolor colored pencil sets of 72, which is composed of pencils that I really like! Also, I prepared a paper, Faber-Castell pencil, Cretacolor eraser, and pretty much everything you need to take this class! It took me a while to put together the perfect setting, which will offer you exactly what you need to create amazing art.

Kent Paper 220g A5
Prismacolor colored pencils 72 sets
Faber-Castell Bonanza HB Pencil
Sakura Gelly Roll Pen White 2 sets
Faber-Castell Dust-Free Eraser
Cretacolor Caramel Fine Art Gum Eraser
Beechwood Single Hole Pencil Sharpener

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Q. How long does it take to receive my kit?

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