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January 23, 2018
New Kourse News: Learn to Illustrate Like The Pros in Illustration Nation
Have you ever had a great idea for an illustration but weren’t quite sure where to begin to get it from being just an idea to a finished piece? Maybe you’ve always wanted to illustrate a book, design your own fabric, poster, mugs, or maybe it’s all of the above. That’s why we created Illustration Nation, to help you take your ideas from concept …
Read more »December 21, 2017
Fakulty Chat: Danny and Veronica on A Drawing A Day
Everybody loves a good art challenge. And we have one with benefits that could last far beyond a month. The challenge? Get into the habit of being creative every day! The question: Why? Because thousands of Sketchbook Skool students and our teachers tell us that drawing makes them happy. They say drawing gets them through challenges, makes them …
Read more »October 31, 2017
New Kourse News: Let’s Make Greeting Cards
Announcing (ta-daaaa!) our new kourse, Let’s Make Greeting Cards! Salli Swindell, an award-winning greeting card designer (and sister of Nate Padavick, the teacher from Let’s Make A Map), will teach you everything you need to know to create beautiful cards your family and friends will want to keep forever. There’s more to the klass, too. Salli is …
Read more »September 18, 2017
Skool News: Imagining Starts Today!
Our new kourse Imagining just started, and we’re jumping for joy as much as the Sketchbook Skool Community! Students all over the world started taking the first klass with Sketchbook Skool co-founder Koosje Koene this morning, beginning the first day of a five-day challenge that will set their imaginations free. Are you one of them? Imagining …
Read more »September 6, 2017
New Kourse News! Get Ready for Imagining
Great news: Our new kourse is here! Get ready for Imagining. How’s your imagination? Could you imagine doing more with it? Transforming your drawings, your sketchbook, maybe even your life? Doing things you never dreamed you could? Imagining is a five-week program of step-by-step exercises and projects that will strengthen your creative muscles. …
Read more »June 28, 2017
Creative Lettering Turn Your Handwriting into Artwork
Lettering is a form of art. We all have our favorite fonts, but imagine creating your own unique hand-drawn letters. Turning words into pictures. Making your favorite quotes into beautiful artwork. This is what Sketchbook Skool instructor Andrea Joseph teaches in her 30-day workshop, Creative Lettering. Look carefully at the image above; it’s not …
Read more »May 31, 2017
New Kourse News! Let’s Make A Map
Exciting news: We have a new kourse! Get ready for Let’s Make A Map, starting June 12! Maps are helpful, but they’re beautiful, too. They’re an art form unto themselves. And in Let’s Make A Map, you’ll learn how maps can have a zillion uses, letting you tell your story in rich, exciting ways. You can make a map of the best vacation you ever had— …
Read more »March 31, 2017
Restart Your Drawing Habit: 30 Sketch Prompts for April
How do you learn to relax, find joy in each day, and become more creative? A Drawing A Day. In January 2017, we launched the Sketchbook Skool A Drawing A Day challenge, a month-long challenge to draw something every day. To make it easier, we came up with a list of daily drawing prompts. That way we’d never run out of ideas for sketches. People …
Read more »March 3, 2017
6 Reasons to Believe You Can Be an Artist
You want to be an artist, but maybe you don’t quite see yourself as an artist just yet. Here are 6 reasons to believe it. Sketchbook Skool’s Seeing kourse has changed lives. It’s made thousands of people open their eyes and really see the world around them for the first time—and then know exactly how to draw it. Using everything from neuroscience …
Read more »February 6, 2017
Community Klasses Start Today!
Happy first day of klass, Sketchbook Skolars! Sketchbook Skool’s community klass, Polishing, begins today. A community klass is one we all do together as a group, and the first one is Sketchbook Skool co-founder Danny Gregory’s klass on telling your life story—as a graphic novel. Here’s a sneak preview of this innovative klass. Graphic novels are …
Read more »February 3, 2017
Get Your Free Ebook!
Exciting news: We’re celebrating the launch of our next community kourse, Polishing, with a gift for you—a free ebook! Create With Love: Ideas to Share Your Love Creatively was written and illustrated by Nelleke Verhoeff, one of the teachers in Polishing, exclusively for Sketchbook Skool. In this sweet book, you’ll find lots of great ideas for …
Read more »January 30, 2017
SBSADrawingADay Challenge Prompts for February
Have you been taking part in the Sketchbook Skool #sbsadrawingaday Challenge? We started on January 1, and since then Sketchbook Skool students have been keeping up a New Year’s Resolution to draw every day. Here’s the list of prompts for February. Let’s keep going! The #sbsadrawingaday Challenge started with our newest kourse, A Drawing A Day …
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