Stop bouncing from cartoon course to cartoon course

You want to learn to draw cartoons…

but you just can’t stop “bouncing”

You’ve bought fancy pens (maybe even an iPad) plus loads of teaching material but you bounce from course to course, abandoning one after another thinking, “It probably wasn’t quite the right course for me.”

You keep hoping there is another course out there that will just ‘click’ with you, your personal taste and style.

Draw cartoons characters without distractions

You stop and start because the courses all have different starting points, different styles

Draw cartoons characters without distractions
Their size and complexity is like a row of tasty dishes lined up in front of you, but you only get halfway through one before another catches your eye and you hop over to test it out. It’s endlessly frustrating because you’re investing precious time, but you can’t really see your skills going anywhere.

As a beginner you need to build skill quickly so that you don’t get distracted and bounce again

You need simple instructions that help you master drawing techniques so that you can focus on the fun stuff — looking to your favourite cartoon characters for inspiration and moving towards having your very own cartooning style.
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Finding the right teacher can feel priceless. If you want someone who still remembers the frustrations of being a beginner cartoonist (and how to solve them), you’re in the right place.

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Finding the right teacher can feel priceless. If you want someone who still remembers the frustrations of being a beginner cartoonist (and how to solve them), you’re in the right place.
I started cartooning aged 39, through a whimsical desire to embrace a more creative, ‘riskier’ approach to life. I was lucky to find a great mentor straight off the bat but I know most people don’t have the same luck.

If you’ve been bouncing all around the internet but not seeing your cartooning skills increase tangibly, your search will end here.

This will be the website where you find cartooning lessons in bite-sized chunks that you can both understand, and execute the same day.

Join me on a light-hearted, sometimes whacky journey through Cartoonland because on this site you will find lessons to grow your technical cartooning skills and ways to work with your own inspirations, alongside plentiful pointers to keep up your creative productivity.

Develop your own unique style
Right from the beginning cartooning is as individual as handwriting, and over time that becomes more pronounced — your personal influences conspire to create your own unique cartooning style.

But what about developing your own unique style?

It’s not that one cartooning style is good and another is bad… but you have your favourites and you just don’t want your work to look like anyone else’s. Happily, cartooning is as individual as handwriting. The way you hold your pencil, the pressure you apply to the page — within a short time, your own style becomes distinct. Before you know it, people will be saying “I can see your own style shining through here”.

And in case you’re in any doubt, here are a couple out of many testimonials from budding cartoonists like you. This will calm your fears that you’re about to try the ‘wrong’ learning material, again.

Roland Kopp-Wichmann
Germany

First when I looked at her website before booking the course I was a bit disappointed because her style was not mine and I had the fear that she could influence us to draw in her style. But that didn't turn out that way. She accepted every style and gave individual advice.

Develop your own unique style
Right from the beginning cartooning is as individual as handwriting, and over time that becomes more pronounced — your personal influences conspire to create your own unique cartooning style.

I never thought, I could draw cartoons or I could have my own ideas

Sylvia Wonisch
Austria

Before I started I was of the opinion, that at the most I can copy some easy drawings in acrylic if the process is shown step by step. I never thought, I could draw cartoons or I could have my own ideas.

Therefore I would say: don’t worry if you think you are not good at drawing. If you are interested in it, that’s enough. Trust the process. Make mistakes and learn from them. I never would have thought, that mistakes are that important.

I nearly forgot to mention that I started using my own cartoons much earlier than I ever thought for my blog.

Alison’s teaching methods and feedback loops are outstanding

Hetal Shah
U.K.

I can’t describe Alison as a teacher because a great teacher cannot be described in words. Their mentoring has to be experienced. Alison’s teaching methods and feedback loops are outstanding. She’s very precise to point out where and how you can improve, but you don’t feel judged. She is highly encouraging and adept at advancing you from one stage to the next.

Alison is flat-out amazing as a teacher

Jessica Hausmann
U.S.A.

Alison is flat-out amazing as a teacher. I would describe her as exceptionally focused, insightful, committed, informed, and articulate. She helped me to connect with my vision, take chances, and grow as an artist. To say that I feel lucky to be her student is an understatement.

Alison has the balance spot-on when it comes to creating a course

Michelle Knight
U.K.

Alison has the balance spot-on when it comes to creating a course. The instructions are specific enough that you're in no doubt what you need to do, but with enough leeway to allow you to interpret the assignment in your own way.

It’s extraordinary how quick she sees what you need.

Pauline Le Rutte
The Netherlands

Alison is a fantastic teacher. She gives you the exact feedback you need. It's extraordinary how quick she sees what you need. Not only technically but also mentally. When there is something people struggle with, she creates an insightful video which helps you go on. She's a great and skillfull mentor!

To anyone who thinks he or she can't draw I would say that they just forgot how to draw. That I experienced in a group of about 20 people (on the Da Vinci course), everyone made huge steps. Drawing is a skill that can be (re)learned without any doubt.

That course is great if you want to illustrate your own ebooks and blog articles. If you want to help your customers 'see' what you mean instead of only saying or writing it. It's also great for people who want to experience the feeling they used to have while drawing as a child. It's kind of meditative. A wonderful break in the day.

Alison is not only an excellent teacher but a great coach.

Gay Merrill
Canada

Alison is not only an excellent teacher but a great coach. She creates video, provides examples and has a wealth of cartooning knowledge and techniques to share. She is super positive and approachable.

Drawing is not a magical gift only some people possess. Drawing is a skill anyone can learn. You only become good through practice and consistent effort. But like any course or new endeavour, you have to make time to do the work.

I was afraid I had no imagination

Vicky Fraser
U.K.

I really struggled with creating my own characters. I was afraid I had no imagination, and that I would end up being totally derivative and just copying forever.

But the turning point came for me when I started illustrating my daily emails and that was a game changer. It meant I never ran out of ideas and I developed deeper, more interesting characters.

Everyone learns at a different pace, and some are better at some things than others — but everyone alongside me has learned to draw good cartoons in their own style.

Learn to draw cartoons in tiny doable steps
Forget about the outcome and focus on the process… build your cartooning skills ‘brick-by-brick’ in tiny do-able steps.

What makes my materials different?

Learn to draw cartoons in tiny doable steps
Forget about the outcome and focus on the process… build your cartooning skills ‘brick-by-brick’ in tiny do-able steps.
Most cartooning courses move fast and focus on concepts not concrete examples, so you are left wondering how to implement the learning.. My short videos focus on tiny, do-able steps so that you can try them straight away and build tiny skills that improve your own cartoons immediately.

But you’ll discover the joy of tiny, do-able steps for yourself in the Stickmen to Cartoons course below.

Where to start your Journey

Stickmen to Cartoons mini course
Start with the Stickmen to Cartoons course. It’s 3 videos that you can watch in a total of 18 minutes. But it will show you how to draw stick figures the right way to form the basis of future lively cartoon characters.

You’ll see that cartooning is definitely a learnable skill if you apply the right principles. And that short lessons with practical steps can move you forward. Most importantly, you’ll learn to view making mistakes not as a problem, but as a way to unlock imagination and possibility.

Watch them and draw along with the practical examples to get the most out of them. When you subscribe, you get my newsletter as well as this tiny but empowering course.

Stickmen to Cartoons mini course

Do you have your drawing materials handy?

Because I suggest you check out the materials already available on this site. Settle in, you deserve some creative time.

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