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, I am Debi from Tallahassee, Florida. I homeschool my two teens and sneak in sketching every chance I get. I love sketching old churches and nature and my pets, even people on occasion. I am very excited about this class and can’t wait until tomorrow.
I am Ricky and am excited to be here in the sketching foundations course! I live near San Jose in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. I have taken art and sketching classes off and on again for many years, starting with watercolor Fall trees when I was in Kindergarten! Now I am retired and want to sketch regularly. Planning to travel and do travel journals! I also quilt and love nature sketching. I am on Facebook.
Hello, all. I’m Susan, and I live in Colorado in the U.S. I love that there are people from all over involved in this class. I am an oral historian and have run a program in oral history for our library for nearly 18 years, but next week I am turning the management of the program over to a new person. I still will be working but less and in a more focused way with, I hope, less pressure and more time for things like drawing and travel. I never drew until middle age, and though I have been drawing and painting in watercolor for a while now, I still feel very much the beginner. Perhaps I will always be a beginner, but I do enjoy the process, so maybe that’s okay. I do have a flickr site with a variety of work–pen and ink, watercolor, mixed media, abstract pieces, and travel journal pages–at https://www.flickr.com/photos/takinganotherlook/sets/
Hi SusanB,
Happy to see another Coloradoan. I also work in a library. Thanks for sharing your Flickr link — really nice pieces.
Sharon
Hello, I’m Rachabodin and I live in Thailand. I’m interested in Photography, Art and History. I started painting in watercolour since 2010 but I am a beginner to Drawing and Sketching. I am looking forward to learning and developing more about sketching.
My flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachabodin/
My blog: http://rachabodin.com/
Hello, I’m Karen from Rochester, New York. I’m a retired elementary and special education teacher. I just started drawing this summer during a semester in Sketchbook Skool. That’s how I found Liz. I’ve worked my way through a Learn to Draw book as well, and am beginning to see some improvement. I never had any art instruction growing up, but have been a paper crafter (card maker and scrapbooker) for over 20 years, and an enthusiastic photographer for the last 15 years or so. I’m hoping to learn enough to keep not only a daily sketchbook, but also one when I’m traveling. I’m really looking forward to this course! You can find me on my blog (www.kbwalker.blogs.com), on Facebook (Karen Walker) and on Flickr (Karen1448).