# AQUARELLE

> AQUARELLE is an AI Skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor that renders a watercolour field-journal style motion video.

Source: https://sketchry.app/skills/aquarelle/

Watercolour field-journal motion video

AQUARELLE is an AI Skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor that renders a watercolour field-journal style motion video with an original score synthesised in code. A film that looks like a field journal painting itself: cotton paper as the white, every shape a translucent brush stroke with pooled edges and dry-brush tracks, no vector outlines, indigo, sage and ochre with one vermilion accent, handwritten notes on pen leaders and mist-erase or brush-edge transitions, rendered as an MP4, a poster and a contact sheet.

### What's included

- An MP4 motion video, a poster, a contact sheet and an .srt
- 9 original recipes: paint-ahead world, freeze to specimen, translucent cutaway, painted force arrows and more
- Palette and brush rules, score and foley guidance, the full workflow and a QA checklist

### Perfect for

- Product and mechanism explainers with a hand-made look
- Teachers and science communicators
- Small brands and studios that want calm, crafted shorts

### What you need

- Your topic and the points to make
- Video length and aspect ratio
- Claude Code, Codex or Cursor

## FAQ

### How do I use this Skill?

Paste it into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor and give it the one message and the brand name. The AI installs GSAP and the render tools, writes a storyboard and renders the MP4, a poster and a contact sheet frame by frame in your project folder. [How Skills work](https://sketchry.app/blog/what-is-a-skill/#use)

### How is the watercolour look made?

The white is a warm cotton paper generated in code, every shape is a translucent brush stroke with pooled edges and dry-brush tracks, and there are no vector outlines. Handwritten notes reach their subject on pen leaders, and transitions are mist erases and brush-edge wipes.

### Can the fonts be used commercially?

Yes. The Skill only uses open fonts licensed for commercial use (Noto Sans TC, Inter and others under the SIL Open Font License). Check the license before switching fonts.

### Does Sketchry receive my content?

No. The Skill runs inside your own AI tool, and the video is rendered on your own machine.

### How much does it cost?

All 81 Skills, future releases included: US$6 a month, US$29 for six months or US$99 once for Lifetime. Prices include tax.

Last updated: 2026-10-20