This newsletter’s “Sketching Tips” comes in the form of this handout I made a few years ago for a workshop. It still holds and using it helps me draw freely and without fear. Here it is, hope it helps!
I thought this was timely given that this is the month of the “One Week 100 People” challenge. It’s also your last week to register for my once-a-year, 4 week long, Online People-Sketching Workshop. Details on all of that are below. But before that, an announcement about a change in how often you will receive updates from me.
I’ve been sending out this newsletter with sketching tips and workshop announcements once a month. Most of the content is visible to all subscribers, and it includes a section for paid readers at the very end. That bit remains unchanged.
In addition to this, I’ll be sending out a weekly roundup of my postings on different platforms, (blogposts, news highlights etc) so you can see it all in one place* These posting are always visible to all subscribers.
* This idea is stolen from one of my favorite substack writers Nina Khashchina.
My Sketch-Together group will be sketching 30 people in 30 minutes on March 15th. It will be a fun session for sure, and will be a great way to get to a whole lot of sketching on the last day of the One Week 100 People challenge! If you’d like to join in, sign up for an annual membership or try a one-month membership for March.
This video below is my little “test” of 10 people in 10 minutes, to see if it’s possible: simple tools you are familiar with will do the trick!
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
India 2025 Workshop JUST ANNOUNCED and only a few seats left!
My workshop, Gateway to India 2025 has just been announced to the Early Bird List. As I send this newsletter out, 8 seats are filled and only 6 seats remain. This is your chance to grab one of them. Use this link and the password India_2025 to access the site now!
Last week to sign up: ONLINE WORKSHOP
People Alive! Sketches Full of Life: March 2024
Date and Time: 4 Saturdays in March 2024: March 9, 16, 23 and 30, 8-10 am PDT
Location: Online on Zoom. Or watch the recording each week.
Spring Sketching in Mixed Media: A Celebration of Color in Santa Fe
Only 5 spots remaining in this workshop in April!
Save the Date for these Upcoming Events
Urban Sketchers Chicago Seminar
July 12-14, 2024 • Chicago
More details here: https://urbansketcherschicago.org/chicago-sketch-seminar/
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Sketcher Fest Edmonds
July 19-21, 2024 • Edmonds, Washington
See who will be there here.
Random Interesting Stuff
Here are some of my favorite mark-makers on Instagram.
rozstendahl whose work is also a case for how exciting it is to always stay experimenting.
akashbhatt72 has the most lovely daily observations of life
nurimcrystal has such a simple-looking line and yet it can say so many things
And when in doubt, I turn here and am always floored. vangoghmuseum