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Why 10-minute lessons beat 2-hour classes
Short lessons sound like a shortcut. They are the opposite: you watch less and practise more.
Sep 24, 2026 · 5 min read
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Notes from our teachers on learning a skill: how to practise, what to make first, and what happens behind the camera.
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PracticeYour first project should be a little bad
Every teacher on Primer says the same thing: finish the first one, then make the second one good.Sep 17, 2026 · 4 min read
Inside PrimerWhat happens when you upload your work
A look at how our teachers mark up student projects, and why a photo of your work beats a quiz.Sep 10, 2026 · 6 min read
PracticeTwenty minutes, four days a week
The schedule that gets most students to the end of a course, and how to keep it when life gets busy.Sep 3, 2026 · 5 min read
Inside PrimerHow we film a lesson
Two cameras, one teacher, no script. Behind the scenes of a Primer lesson shoot.Aug 27, 2026 · 7 min read
StoriesFrom first lesson to first show
Emma had not painted since school. A year later two of her canvases hung in a gallery in Dublin.Aug 20, 2026 · 6 min read- Q.
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Primer · Journal
The Primerjournal.
Notes from our teachers on learning a skill: how to practise, what to make first, and what happens behind the camera.
6 notes · new every Wednesday
This weekLearning
Why 10-minute lessons beat 2-hour classes
Short lessons sound like a shortcut. They are the opposite: you watch less and practise more.
Sep 24, 2026 · 5 min read
Read the note- Practice
Your first project should be a little bad
Every teacher on Primer says the same thing: finish the first one, then make the second one good.Sep 17, 2026 · 4 min read - Inside Primer
What happens when you upload your work
A look at how our teachers mark up student projects, and why a photo of your work beats a quiz.Sep 10, 2026 · 6 min read - Practice
Twenty minutes, four days a week
The schedule that gets most students to the end of a course, and how to keep it when life gets busy.Sep 3, 2026 · 5 min read - Inside Primer
How we film a lesson
Two cameras, one teacher, no script. Behind the scenes of a Primer lesson shoot.Aug 27, 2026 · 7 min read - Stories
From first lesson to first show
Emma had not painted since school. A year later two of her canvases hung in a gallery in Dublin.Aug 20, 2026 · 6 min read
Primer · Journal
The Primerjournal.
Notes from our teachers on learning a skill: how to practise, what to make first, and what happens behind the camera.
6 notes · new every Wednesday
Start with this oneThis weekLearning
Why 10-minute lessons beat 2-hour classes
Short lessons sound like a shortcut. They are the opposite: you watch less and practise more.
Sep 24, 2026 · 5 min read
Read the note- Practice
Your first project should be a little bad
Every teacher on Primer says the same thing: finish the first one, then make the second one good.Sep 17, 2026 · 4 min read - Inside Primer
What happens when you upload your work
A look at how our teachers mark up student projects, and why a photo of your work beats a quiz.Sep 10, 2026 · 6 min read - Practice
Twenty minutes, four days a week
The schedule that gets most students to the end of a course, and how to keep it when life gets busy.Sep 3, 2026 · 5 min read - Inside Primer
How we film a lesson
Two cameras, one teacher, no script. Behind the scenes of a Primer lesson shoot.Aug 27, 2026 · 7 min read - Stories
From first lesson to first show
Emma had not painted since school. A year later two of her canvases hung in a gallery in Dublin.Aug 20, 2026 · 6 min read - Q.
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Final lesson · Start today
Your first lessonis free.
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