SKETCHBOOK ADVENTURES ONLINE WORKSHOP
If you’ve ever looked at a drawing, painting or collage and felt inspired but also thought “I don’t have time to create OR I wouldn’t know where to start OR I don’t have the skills to do that, then this workshop is for you.
Build your creative skills and confidence as you explore
your life through making art.
You don’t have to be an “artist” or know how to paint or draw to fill your sketchbook pages with interesting, personal and well-designed work. And you don’t need a huge chunk of time to uncover your artistic genius and create works of art. The exercises and prompts in this online workshop will take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes to complete. Plus, you’ll work at your own pace throughout this written course to create art that is not only beautiful but also reflects the personal expressions of your unique experiences.
Find and explore inspiration from your life and use it to fill your sketchbook with drawings, collages and paintings while you uncover your talent and build your creative confidence.
In this self-paced written workshop, join Dear Handmade Life CEO and Creative Director, Nicole Stevenson, to build your creative confidence and your artistic skills. Discover your hidden creativity and build your artistic skills through seven chapters featuring examples, videos, stories, exercises and lessons in techniques like drawing, hand lettering, mixed media collage and more.
sketchbook adventures teaches you how to...
- Build your drawing, watercolor, hand lettering, collage, image transfers, stamping and mixed media skills
- Explore and record your life and experiences
- Understand basic artistic composition, including balance, color, shape, pattern and theme
- Find inspiration in the everyday
- Source and build your tools and supplies on a budget
- Increase your creative confidence
- Make time for creativity
chapter overview
CHAPTER 1:
SUPPLIES
You'll learn about the essential supplies you need and how to fill your art supply bin on a budget. We'll also go over supplies that you likely already have that can be used to create artwork in your sketchbook.
CHAPTER 2:
the element of design
We'll build a basic knowledge of the elements of design including color, composition, shape and theme. You'll learn why some colors look great together and others don't, as well as explore the benefits of using a color wheel.
CHAPTER 3:
watercolor techniques
Through tips, a video and exercises, you'll master nine of my favorite versatile watercolor techniques including flat wash, graded wash, brushstrokes, color fill, salt, wet in wet, dry brush, splatters and resist.
CHAPTER 4:
handlettering techniques
In this chapter we'll explore fonts, define and come to understand terms like serif, sans serif, script, and more. You'll also practice your hand lettering and develop your own unique style through five exercises.
CHAPTER 5:
Stamping and Image Transfer Techniques
We’ll go over stamping techniques including using pre-made stamps, carving your own stamp and creating patterns with them. You’ll learn how to make two of the most versatile and budget-friendly image transfer using shipping tape and blender pen.
CHAPTER 6:
Mixed Media Collage
We’ll go over stamping techniques including using pre-made stamps, carving your own stamp and creating patterns with them. You’ll learn how to make two of the most versatile and budget-friendly image transfer using shipping tape and blender pen.
CHAPTER 7:
Drawing
I'll take the intimidation out of drawing by showing you techniques like using guides, carbon paper, tracing, blind contours and freehand drawing. You'll learn about perspective, scale and proportion, which will give you a base of skills to build on as you work on exercises exploring drawing while looking at a live subject, from a photograph or using your imagination or memory.
CHAPTER 8:
introduction to the prompts
I'll explain how to use the 31 prompts in the rest of the workshop to create unique pages in your sketchbook that are a true expression of you. Each prompt gives you a goal for the page, examples of the pages I created using the prompts and information to help you get inspired.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
“I can’t recall a time in my life when I wasn’t making something.”
Nicole Stevenson is a multi-passionate creative, middle-aged first-time mama, impostor syndrome warrior, cheeseburger, cake and Korean BBQ connoisseur, confessional journaler, second-hand shop scavenger, deep dive conversationalist and the CEO and Creative Director at Dear Handmade Life.
