Introduce Yourself
Where do you live and what do you?
Have you done much sketching before or are you just starting?
What are your other creative pursuits?
Please include a link to your Flickr account, blog, Facebook page, Instagram, Tumblr etc.
So I’ll go first…
I’m Liz (I think you all know that!)
I live in Sydney, Australia. I’m an architect by profession and worked 20 years on a range of residential and commercial developments, specialising in media projects. I’ve always drawn as part of my work but in 2007 discovered watercolour and started my first daily sketchbook. I haven’t stopped sketching since!
I’m very interested in architectural history and theory and drinking tea out of fancy china teacups… but I’m guessing you all know that too!
You can find me on: Facebook, Flickr, Google+, Instagram and Twitter using the buttons under ‘Connect on Social Media’ in the footer of this website.
Now it’s your turn…
Hi Everyone! I’m Michelle and I live in Madera, CA–which is smack dab in the middle of California and the Central Valley. I’m left brained by day–I run the Medical and Regulatory Division for the largest workers’ comp insurance carrier in the state. By night, my right brain prevails. I was creative as a kid–but for whatever reasons, abandoned most creative pursuits as an adult. About a year ago, the need to create took hold again with a vengeance. I’ve done a little sketching, some watercolor, a bit of art journaling, and most recently, learned all about using watersoluble pencils in Dion Dior’s wonderful class. I’m really looking forward to learning all I can about sketching, and seeing all the wonderful work we create.
Hi! I”m Lin Frye … I’m retired (YEAH!!) and before that taught horticulture and ran a small arboretum. I’ve been painting watercolors for nine years and kept a ton of journals, but my sketching skills have been neglected are in great need of work! I teach watercolors at my senior center (only community center in my small rural community). I really want to improve my sketches — especially in the area of people and buildings! I have a flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/linfrye and facebook http://www.facebook.com/lin.frye.56 and a blog http://viewfromtheoak.blogspot.com. I’m excited to be here and continue sketching and journal keeping!!
Forgot to say — I live in a small community outside of Raleigh, North Carolina .. Lin
Hi Lyn!!! Yay! Kate here!
Hi Lin, It’s Jules from the FB AJW group here. Lovely to see you !
Hi Lin! This is Pat Catucci from Sketchbook Skool, EcoGeek’s Journal from Flickr, etc. Nice to see you here!
Hi Lin, good to see you here.
Hello, I’m Kathy and I live in Idaho’s Treasure Valley. I began keeping a sketchbook only 8 months ago when I started Sketchbook School. I am recently retired and excited to take this foundations course. I am hoping to improve my sketching ability and to explore urban sketching. I love to draw people and buildings and am looking forward to learning new things and improving my beginning skills. I also love biking, cooking and landscaping.
Hi Kathy D. I live in Boise. We should meet for sketching. I also bicycle.
Hi Kimberly,
I’m Theresa. Found you as I was scrolling through the introductions. I also live in Boise. Another friend from Meridian and I are taking the class. So there are at least 4 of us in the Boise area. Look forward to meeting and sketching together.
Hi Kimberly. I’m Theresa and I also live in Boise. I know that there are 4 of us taking the class from the Boise area. Hopefully, we can meet and sketch together. This may be a duplicate message. Trying to get the flow of this method.
Hi Kathy D,
I’m Theresa. Found you as I was scrolling through the introductions. I also live in Boise. Another friend from Meridian and I are taking the class. So there are at least 4 of us in the Boise area. Look forward to meeting and sketching together.
I am Winna or E J Mordasky…I live in Stafford Springs Ct. USA…Mother of 5, close to 80 years on this earth, been an artist always, taught mostly acrylic painting for over 30 years and retired at 70…now my life is my sketchbooks and what a blessing that is..I have a flickr site and am on facebook…I am happy to see the Captain is in this class, too….
Hello, Flickr friend! I’m glad to see you are a classmate here!
RJ (artstudio309 at flickr)
Hi Winna, I am always glad to see you!
Hello everyone, my name is Kay and I live in Sydney, Australia. I have been fortunate to join in one of Liz’s classes in person. She is so enthusiastic about teaching and I am sure that we will all enjoy the class. I am a recent convert to sketchbooks, mainly trying to use them as a way to document my ideas for textile art, but also places I have visited. I am a teacher by trade, a quilter by passion. I, too, was a Sketchbook Skool student and I am SO happy that Liz is now doing her own online classes.