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 Jennifer, I really enjoyed looking at your creative experiments! What a treat 🙂
very kind of you to say, Debby
Welcome!
Hi – Jennifer here – I am a late starter in this course but hoping to catch up over the Christmas holidays. During the week I am a legal secretary, film goer, theatre attendee etc but on the weekend I turn into an enthusiastic “art-er” (and sometime workshop participant) since I discovered drawing almost 4 years ago. My holidays these days are with like minded people and so far have taken painting excursions to Outback Queensland and Spain/Portugal. I am honoured to be involved with Sydney Sketch Club and have met many clever and inspirational local artists at the meetups. A few of my creative experiments are at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenn-creative
Hi, I’m Maryam. I live near Melbourne. I just started painting and I love watercolor. I also would love to improve my drawing skills and have a sketch book with myself during our trips. I’m 30 and studied physics.
Hi, I’m Debby and I’m a bit of a late-comer…
I live in Canada. In Edmonton, AB in the winter and in Fraser Lake, BC in the summer.
I’ve been sketching for almost a year and I’m hooked, although, I am still not in the habit of carrying around my sketchbook.
I have a flickr account that I just opened and don’t know how to use yet
and a blog, ditto, still learning –
https://debbysparrow.wordpress.com
Hello Liz, hello everybody
I saw last week in FB that you where doing an online course and on Friday I enrolled… so I’m a bit in a harry… I have to catch up 4 courses !
I’m a Swiss German who grew up in Bogota, met in England & married a french guy and living near Paris since 20 years.
I’m a freelance graphic designer and since last 402 days I do a drawing per day! I’m now a blogger since 1 year : http://lesimages2renata.com.
I’m (sorry, me again ^-^) very happy to start this online course!!!
I love your shelfs Liz!…plenty of sketchbooks…
Hasta la vista, Renata
BLOG – http://lesimages2renata.com
https://www.facebook.com/lesimages2renata
https://twitter.com/RenataLahalle1
Hi, I’m Rebecca, I live in Brazil. I attended your class on the 2014 USk symposium (i’m the girl who borrowed your scarf!) and I’m excited about learning more. I’m on the last semester of a degree in teaching Visual Arts and I draw and paint with watercolor, mostly on pocket sized sketchbooks. You can see some of my work here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/skywilling_
Hi everyone! I’m a late arrival to course and enjoyed reading all the introductions. I have no drawing or art experience, and am so glad to be here and share this course with all of you.
I`m Tula, I live in Paris France, I’m brazilian. I was always interested in arts, I did graphic designer school in Brazil. I draw every day, some time just fice minutes,some times more…Very excited for Liz’s lessons.
I write monthy in USK Paris – here my last post – http://paris.urbansketchers.org/2014/11/des-couleurs-partout.html
My FB – https://www.facebook.com/tula.draw
Instagram – http://instagram.com/tuladraw/
Flirck – https://www.flickr.com/photos/tulamoraes
Hi I’m Peter, living in Melbourne, Australia. I have heard good things about the course and jumped on board. I’ve been a keen observer of the Urban Sketchers website and it’s time to try my hand at it, particularly for recording my travels.
And did someone mention coffee?
Hi Peter,
There are several of us from Melbourne. I live just outside the Metro area. If you scroll through you will find us. I love coffee.
Sandi
Hi I’m Stephanie. I live in Sydney Australia. Now I’ve retired I have resumed drawing and watercolour classes and discovered sketching as a perfect travel companion and memory keeper. I want to draw more freely and frequently and not be so concerned with accuracy thus exploring colours and different materials. I have already met Liz at Sydney Urban Sketching outings and really enjoyed her stimulating ideas and group interaction. My passion is for good coffee but I can appreciate the “tea culture” too!
Hi I’m Shaun. I also live in Sydney and have had an avid interest in arts and crafts all my life. I studied art at school and painted on an off through the years but recently found the set up and mess impractical which led me to sketching. The watercolour sketching and journal work of Liz’s on SketchingNow I am finding so inspiring. I look forward to joining the Sydney Sketch Club when I am a little more confident. I love to sew, knit, crochet, read, have an interest in history, family history, interior design. Hoping to combine these interests with sketching somehow. I taught primary school briefly many years ago but at present doing a Nursing degree. Oh yes….I love to relax with a skim piccolo in an interesting coffee shop and/or beautiful location!!!
Hi, I’m Nancy from The Woodlands, Texas. I just “retired” from 15 years of teaching Art History and am excited about getting back to drawing.
Hola, I’m anne or Anni and I live in Mexico near Puerto Vallarta . I have a great group if friends with whom I get together twice a week. Tuesday’s for beading and Fridays for art. Mostly watercolours but sketching is a high priority and we love to head out for plein aire, at least in the winter and spring.
I just got home from a two week trip to the Copper Canyon so have a bit of catching up to do. I think I’ve finally figured out how to introduce myself but am still out of my depth when it comes to Flickr.
Welcome, Anne.
It’s easy to get caught up in the social sharing. Put the art first and enjoy the lessons.
We had 10 people for Thanksgiving and many trips to the airport so I am quite behind with the lessons. Two kid’s birthdays in the next five days too. After sharing this, will stick to drawing in little minutes and worry about sharing when I can …
Hi,
My name is Rohit Kulkarni. I am from Bangalore, India.
I was always interested in arts. I had done a bit of sketching in the past. But things went very bookish when I sketched/drew as a student for knitwear design. Later I found the site wetcanvas and participated in their wde. It was fun. I have on and off sketched after that but never to my potential.
Joining this course, I am hopeful that some of Liz’s energy dusts on to me 😀
Some of my work can be found on http://www.rohitkulkarnis.blogspot.com
Hi everyone! My name’s Yasra and I am an art and architecture writer with a special interest in the history and theory of art/ criticism and architecture. I enjoy sketching, reading, cooking and writing. I live between Dubai and India. I have been sketching for a while but not as consistently as I’d like. Hopefully, that should change 🙂
Welcome Maria. Wish we lived closer. I think it would be fun to do a cycling trip that included stops to sketch AND drink coffee!! I live in Northern California.
hi, i am maria regina. i live in singapore.
i love sketching as a daily journal and an attempt to observe more by drawing.
i am a broadcast designer and i am a percussionist playing brazilian samba, arabic and indian music. i love traveling, bookbiniding, cylcing and a bit addicted to coffee 🙂 i love drawing people and used to be so scared of buildlings. hopefully i get better with architecture…
my flickr site:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dreamtaym/
Hello Snowdrop and welcome to the course!
I think I have recently met your friend Dawn via this course and blog. It is good to know there are several of us in this locality. I am sure you will enjoy Sketch now and believe me, speaking as one who started at the beginning, I am still in dire need of repeating exercises! Thank goodness it is not a race and we all will travel at our own speed, enjoying the journey!
Ironically, re lesson 3 looking at postboxes, we have an Irish one in our garage, made by my husband for our son’s recent wedding to a lovely girl from County Mayo. Telling you this as if a green one appears as a local sketch, you Norfolk people will understand why!
Hello mickied!
Yes I think Dawn did mention having met up with a fellow course member. My real name is Julie by the way, but I do quite like being called Snowdrop! Thanks for the encouragement re catching up … I will try to not be agitated about catching up and enjoy the journey! The three lessons so far look brilliant. It’s amazing how many people are on this course! I will try and spot the green postbox on Flickr!
Hi, my name is Julie and, like Liz, I also live in Sydney. Have been learning watercolour for a few years in a loose style, so sketching is a new venture for me. I’ve just registered for the course, so have a bit of catching up to do!
Hi my name is Jessica and I live in the bushclad hills above Perth in Western Australia with my husband and cat, near my 2 adult children. I am 63 and in Jan this year stopped working as a psychologist and stopped everything else in my life to deal with breast cancer. Post surgery, post 4 months of heavy chemo, now 3wkly infusions of humanised mouse antibody, still badly fatigued but needing to get back into meditative activities that feel worthwhile and get me back in touch with the non-cancer-based world. I have done bursts of art study and work in the past: photography, printmaking, ceramics, and love drawing when I stop being rusty but am very shy while my hand-eye coordination is as badly out as it is now. I am not quite sure how to catch up: two lessons a week? just do what I can and trail behind? So glad to be joining you.
Hi Jessica,
So glad you’re healthy enough to take on the class. What a rough year.
Enjoy the process and don’t worry about catching up. Just jump in and swim 🙂
Michelle
Welcome!!!
Hi, I’m Julie. I am glad to see I am not the only late starter. So Trisha and Carla, I will be doing assignments late too.
I live in a village called Mulbarton just south of Norwich. I see from other comments that there are others nearby.
I sketch very occasionally maybe on holiday. I studied art at school and later on did some watercolour courses but that was years ago. Really want to rediscover my creative side and make sketching a natural and fun habit; I am apt to being a perfectionist and being negative and self-critical, aptitudes I want to eliminate.
I was introduced to Liz quite recently by a friend Dawn, also on the course. I find her work and attitude inspiring and encouraging.
Now just have to catch up 3 weeks!
Yay Dawn! good job getting Julie here too.
Welcome Trisha. I am a late starter as well – there are few of us laggers. We can support each other since our assignments may lag the others. 🙂
Hello, I’m Trisha. I’m late in starting, but I hope to catch up gradually. I’m a very new beginner .. have played around with “How to draw” books recently, but without the support/commitment to a group I find the blank page beats me. I like what you say about making friends with your inner critic, Liz, and hope I can do that.
I live in South Australia, am 63 and am a librarian. I like the outdoors and hope to have more time to be in it. My time is limited, and I hope to make some work that pleases me, but also to learn to SEE more and BE more in the moment.
I hope to go to Spain in late 2015, and want to develop the ability to do some useful sketching while I’m there. I’m excited about developing a new part of myself.
Welcome Trisha. I am a late starter as well – there are few of us laggers. We can support each other since our assignments may lag the others. 🙂
Me too!
Hi, I’am Christien and I live in a little village in the neighbourhood of Antwerp in Belgium. My job is a businessdeveloper for an ict-business integrator. I followed a drawing education in the academy for arts but that is another way of drawing which I really love. 2 years ago I got in touch with the Urban Sketchers Belgium and I fell in love with sketching, sketchbooks, sketchcrawls and many many drawing tools:-). Unfortunately I have not so much time but now it is a challenge to sit atb my desk every night and make somen ”awesome” art:-)
Hi, my name is Agata, I’m from Poland and live in Warsaw. I’m forty something 😉 Last year I read Danny Gregory’s “The Creative Licence” and – out of the blue;) – started to sketch the world around me. I drew a lot when I was a child, but stopped in my early twenties. I started to read books about art and blogs of great sketchers. My life seems to be the same, but on the other hand it changed so much…
I never met like-minded person in the real life yet, but – frankly speaking – it doesn’t matter: now I have a lot of sketch friends all around the world 🙂 Since Spring I have taken few online classes (SBS 1 and 2, Strathmore, Craftsy) but SketchingNow seems to be something special, because I’m a HUGE fan of our Liz:)
My blog: http://drawing-actually.blogspot.com/
Hi! I am Susana, I am from Argentina and I am living in Beijing. I have been sketching for a while but not systematically. I need to put things in order if I want to see something starting to grow in my sketching. As I travel a lot I have good opportunities for sketching. I need to find my own way. I think I have arrived to the right place for learning how to. I am very happy for participating. I like also to work with watercolor, oil painting.
Hi, My name is Jennifer and I live in Austin, TX.
I am a teacher and a photographer. I love art and sketching and want to improve my skills. I’m excited about taking this class!
Well, my intro was marked as spam by sketchingnow.com. Huh? Was it something I said? It’s because I’m a very late student, right? Duly noted.
Well, I’ll try again tonight: I’m D’Ann from Idaho. I am semiretired from teaching, and I love having the time to devote to my artsy side now! I look forward to this new class with Liz (I was introduced to her through Sketchbook Skool).