WELCOME to the expressive sketchbooks course

 

OVERVIEW

A huge and very warm welcome to this online course about developing an expressive mixed media sketchbook. It contains 7 modules, 22 lessons and more than three hours of bite size videos. It is a mix of practical exercises, thinking exercises and encouragement. I am so thrilled to share my enthusiasm for sketchbooks with you. My greatest hope is that this course will help you develop your sketchbook skills, give you some interesting things to think about and lead to you making lots of art and having lots of fun.

INSTANT ACCESS

You have access to all of the lessons right now and will for the next twelve months. This means you can binge watch, work through them at your own pace or come back and re-watch any or all of them at a time and pace which suits you.

SIGNING-IN

You can log in to this course content at any time by visiting my website and using the SIGN IN tab in the header navigation.

NAVIGATION

There is a navigation sidebar on the right of every page which allows you to access any lesson. If you want to just follow along in order you can use the navigation boxes at the bottom of each lesson which will take you forwards and backwards.

MATERIALS

I have tried to use a limited number of materials in my demonstrations which I will explain and share as I go along. I encourage you to use what you have or use the kinds of art material that inspire you, please don’t feel you have to buy lots of new art supplies. You will however need:

  • A sketchbook

  • Loose white copier or cartridge paper

  • A pencil and some black pens

  • Scissors and some glue

  • Some ink or paint of your choice

personal support

This course is self paced and is priced in a way that reflects the fact that I am not able to offer you one-to-one feedback, but if you have a question do feel free to email me and I will try and answer.

PASSworDs

If you forget your password it is super easy for you to create a new one, on the sign in page just hit Forgotten Password. I don’t have access to your passwords.

CHECKLIST

I’ve put together a handy Checklist for you to download, incase you would like to print out a copy of the course overview and record your progress.

VIDEOS

The black bar along the bottom of the videos contains a few features which may be helpful. There is a volume control, and the gear icon allows you to adjust the speed of the videos if you’d like to play them slower or faster than recorded. The ‘four arrow’ icon allows you to make the videos full screen.