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I genuinely cannot say enough wonderful things about this course or about Marsa as an artist and teacher. I have followed and admired her work for years, so seeing her grow to the point of collaborating with 21 Draw and creating a course of this quality feels incredibly special. She has always had such a distinctive understanding of color, light, texture, form, and stylized rendering, and this course proves that she is not only an incredible artist, but also an exceptionally clear, thoughtful, and generous instructor. What impressed me most is how Marsa takes concepts that can often feel overwhelming or overly technical and explains them in a way that is approachable, practical, and immediately useful. She does not simply tell you what to do or ask you to copy what is on the screen. She helps you understand why each decision works. The lessons build naturally from one another, beginning with strong foundations in light, value, volume, and form before moving into color, different surfaces, fabric, and facial features. Nothing feels rushed, confusing, or included merely to fill time. Every demonstration has a purpose, and every exercise contributes to a larger, repeatable painting process that artists can carry into their own work. The step-by-step demonstrations are exceptionally well organized. Marsa has a gift for breaking down complicated rendering decisions into manageable stages without making the process feel rigid or mechanical. Her explanations of light, shadow, halftones, reflected light, saturation, temperature, and volume are especially valuable. These are subjects artists can spend years struggling to understand, but she presents them with such clarity that the information finally begins to click. The course does not just teach you how to render one specific object or portrait. It gives you a framework for looking at almost anything and understanding how to approach it. I also love the variety of the exercises. Working through simple forms, fabric, different surfaces, color studies, and facial features makes the course feel comprehensive without becoming exhausting. Each subject introduces a new challenge and gives you another opportunity to apply the same foundational principles in a different way. By the time the course reaches the facial-feature demonstrations, everything taught earlier begins to connect beautifully. You can see how the lessons about basic forms, lighting, value, color temperature, and texture all work together to create believable, dimensional artwork. The included resources are outstanding as well. The reference images, guides, process materials, layered files, and brushes add an enormous amount of value. Marsa’s brushes deserve a special mention because they are truly some of the best digital brushes I have ever used. Her colored-pencil brush has been part of my daily art workflow for approximately two years, and I still reach for it constantly. It has become one of those rare tools that feels completely natural in my hand and genuinely supports the way I create. Her brushes are not included as a novelty or an afterthought. They are thoughtfully designed, responsive, versatile tools that artists can continue using long after completing the course. As someone who already had a deep appreciation for Marsa’s work before taking this class, I came into it with very high expectations, and she somehow exceeded them. Her teaching style is warm, engaging, encouraging, and refreshingly free of unnecessary filler. She respects the student’s time while still giving each topic the attention it deserves. You can feel how much knowledge, care, experience, and preparation went into every part of the course. I would recommend this course to artists at many different stages. Beginners will receive an incredibly strong introduction to digital painting and rendering, while intermediate and more experienced artists can use it to strengthen their fundamentals, correct gaps in their understanding, and gain insight into another professional artist’s workflow. Even familiar topics become valuable when taught through Marsa’s perspective because she has such a refined and recognizable approach to color and form. More than anything, this course is inspiring. It made me excited to practice, experiment, and return to my own artwork with fresh eyes. That is one of the greatest things an art course can accomplish. It does not leave you feeling intimidated by the instructor’s skill. It makes you feel invited into the process and capable of improving. Marsa deserves every bit of recognition she receives for this course. I am immensely proud to see an artist I have admired for so long reaching this milestone, and I sincerely hope this is only the beginning of many more courses and collaborations for her. Her talent, generosity, and ability to teach deserve an enormous audience. This is an outstanding course created by an outstanding artist, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Five stars without hesitation. 🌟LOVE @glowb0t

This course is really really amazing. Thanks a lot Sean for his detailed instructions which is really helpfully for me. All his advices and notes opend my mind and eyes. Can´t wait to finish my first own illustration. Well done, Sean.

I really enjoyed this course! Everything was explained so clearly and was easy to follow. Rodgon is a great teacher — his explanations are simple, practical, and inspiring. I learned a lot from this course and really enjoyed every lesson. Thank you, Rodgon, for sharing your knowledge and making the learning process so enjoyable!

This has been an amazing course. I have been struggling for years with various different courses and always gave up after some time because the guidance was insufficient and the drawings intimidating. I have now completed the whole course and feel confident, which makes me want to draw more. I love the way he demystifies and simplifies everything. Excellent course!

I really liked this course, the way it was edited, with seeing her ipad on one side of the screen and on the other side seeing the brush and her hands while working was really nice. It's nice not only having to look at a screen but some slight interaction with the person talking.

I found this course to be very helpful and very inspiring and hopefully will assist me in my further endeavors. In fact, im sure it will. Thanks very much for putting this course together. I have had a fun time learning about how things work.

Excellent course. I would have liked a reference sheet with all the main points as a resource. That would have been helpful, however I realize learning is enhanced when you take your own notes. Thank you!

Thank you Rhea for this course. With the Color theory you applied the concepts to drawings and techniques, it was great. Although I am using Krita I could follow up all the process. This course helped me a lot to start understanding the impact of saturation and hue in the art piece.

I rated this course for all levels because I think it depends on your training. I have my BFA in fashion and MFA in costume design. I am now attempting to illustrate my own picture book. This type of drawing is not in my wheelhouse. I've never heard of the "soft cube theory". My goal was to learn how to do simple clean picture book friendly drawings with consistent characters. This course immensely! Thank you!

I like this course a lot, but it’s important to note that it is an introduction class, so it doesn’t go into the how-to of every single detail. There’s a lot of good information in the 2 hours that the class runs, but it’s not a complete everything-about-landscapes class. That would be a much longer class. I would love a longer, more thorough landscape class from this instructor though. Also, this class comes with a free brush pack and it’s actually a really good pack. There’s close to 50 brushes and a lot of them really useful.

Things that I've seen from numerous books and other instructors have been educational, but this class really helped some things click for me. I'm moving on to other classes in 21 Draw, but looking forward to coming back to this house in the future to help lock in my education. Thanks Rodgon

I've been drawing with Mark since I was eight years old. I'm thrilled to find another opportunity to do that. Mark was my earliest exposure to drawing and had a massive impact on my career as illustrator and animator.

A good tutorial that does what it sets out to do - It's good to remember this isn't about anatomy or portraits etc. It works as a good, short, to-the-point tutorial on straight forward but effective figure shading and and stylised character illustration.

such a good way to get back into art again if youre like me and had years off, picking up the pencil and drawing again after sometime brought my love for it back, and these lessons were gentle enough to ease back into everything again. Id definately recommend as a good refresher course as well.

This course is a really solid introduction to lighting illustrations in procreate. She gives enough examples for someone to apply right away and shows exactly how to use them. The explainations and demos are easy to follow along with and the whole thing can be done, with practice, in an afternoon.

I started this course wanting to get back into making art with my alcohol markers. I was pleasantly surprised by Hannah's unique eye-opening style and vision. By the end, I drawn not only one, but two illustrations in my sketchbook, both of which I'm pretty happy with. In today's day and age, it's easy to get overstimulated by the internet, our favorite artists and our own self-expectations. As a result, we don't spend enough time pondering in our steam of consciousness for original ideas, often feeling disconnected from our own memories and dreamscapes. Hannah helped me to let go of the pressure and feel like a kid again, listening to my gut feelings and using crazy colors, making art that is truly me, for myself. I recommend it to anyone struggling with art block, looking to reconnect with markers as a medium, or who just wishes to have a relaxing morning/evening by letting their imagination run wild.