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!
My name is Marj and I live in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. I’m a writer and desktop publisher whose only art classes were in junior high and high school. However, since I read “Rendering in Pencil” by Arthur Guptill over 20 years ago I’ve been entranced with drawing. A member of the Colored Pencil Society of America since 1995, I attained my signature status in 2005 (which I achieved with abstracts, not my drawing skills :-).
Like so many, I came to sketching after reading “The Art of Urban Sketching” in 2012. I’ve been sketching ever since, but unfortunately I too often allow work stress and pressure to keep me away from my sketchbook.
I was thrilled to get the notice about SkNF because I want to learn more about sketching faster and better, and I need the accountability of learning with a group. My goal: to transform my intense, ongoing interest (with spotty execution) into an enriching life-long discipline.
My Flickr account: https://www.flickr.com/photos/marjimarks
Hi All,
My name is Sue and I live in Southwestern Ontario. Although I’ve been working in watercolours for a few years now, my drawing skills needed some help and so I signed up for Sketchbook Skool and a whole new world opened up for me. My inner critic has been if not completely silenced at least muffled. I’ve sketched in public on a few occasions, limited by mobility issues rather than fear. I’ve even opened up my art blog, something I never thought I’d have the courage or desire to do. I’m looking forward to spending the early winter sharing and learning with you.
http://nukiart-watercolours.blogspot.ca
Hi! I’m Debbe and live in the midwest of the US. I began sketching last spring. I have not drawn, sketched or painted before then. I kept a sketchbook journal on my vacation this summer and absolutely loved that! Looking forward to knowing how to show what I see, feel and imagine.
Hi everyone! My name is Christine and I currently live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I retired a few years ago to follow my passion and have been writing novels ever since. I’ve always done some kind of art in one form or another, mostly oil paintings and self-taught, and look forward to this course to help me be more involved in documenting with art on a more daily basis. In a few months, my husband will retire and we will travel full-time. This is the perfect medium to keep track of our travels. Looking this course!
http://www.christinejfraser.com
Hi everyone,
I am Lotte, living in Denmark with short days and winter coming.
I began sketching in April after moving, and love it, love to try and capture my day and the world around me