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…
Hello all, I’m Diane, and I’m from Healdsburg, California which is in the beautiful wine country, about an hour north of San Francisco. I’ve admired and followed Liz for a number of years, and am so excited to be part of this group! I’m a lawyer by profession, working distantly for a firm on the opposite side of the country doing the written side of legal work. I live with my teenaged daughter, a dog and a cat.
I sketch regularly with an Urban Sketchers group in my area (Urban Sketchers – North Bay) and have really enjoyed the Sketchbook Skool classes. I love seeing different styles and approaches to sketching, and I’m finding my way into my own style, I guess. I try a little of everything and see how it goes! I blog about my creative pursuits at http://www.goingtopieces.blogspot.com , and you can see my sketches on my flickr page, too. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dphock/
So glad to be in this class!
Diane
Hi, I’m Julie, a Brit, living with my husband in Javea, Spain. I started watercolour painting 2 years ago and love it, but my drawing lets me down and is inhibiting my progress. Liz writes an inspiring blog and I look forward to learning from her wealth of experience. Already the first exercise has made me focus on the equipment I use, and forced sketching into my day.
Hi All,
My name is Cecilia, I am from Hungary, live in a tiny village near Budapest. I am an illustrator, graphic designer.
You find my blog here: http://www.felleg.blogspot.com or facebook/fellegajto – although I am quite a hectic blogger.
I am glad to see so many passionate sketchers-to-be… My aim with this course is to improve my sketching, develop my own style and establish a routine of daily sketching… And also because Liz is a very inspiring person for me…
Is there anyone here from nearby Budapest?
Cecilia
Hi everyone! My name is Rebekah and i’m a stay at home mom from the U.S. in the state of California. I have loved art since a child and am so excited to learn more!! Watercolor is my favorite media with mixed media being my second. I love to quilt, knit and crochet. You can find me at BekahJan.com where there is also a link to my social media sites.
Welcome to the class. Its fun to meet you here.
Hi, my name is Claire McFeely. I’m in San Jose, California which is in the bay area near San Francisco. I’ve been working for 36+years as a software designer, but as I approached mid-life and my 3 sons were getting older, I started craving doing something more creative and more with my hands. A few years ago I started watercolor journaling and fell in love with doing casual pages for myself (no place on the walls at home to hang stuff and I prefer being more private) which mix text and image. I am most passionate when my subject touches my family or friends – times spent together, memory pages of sentimental items, etc.
I also love to walk, cook (for fun), sew, garden, listen to music, ….
A few years ago I started a blog, http://www.clairessketchbook.blogspot.com
I haven’t been active on it much this year, but I hope to start reposting to it and connecting with other artists. Stop by and take a look.
Hi Claire! I live in Concord just north of you! So neat to have a classmate from the Bay Area! 🙂
Nice to hear from another one near by in California! 😉
You might want to come sketch with EastBay Sketchers some time. The group is on Facebook.
I live in Concord, CA, too.