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August 22, 2018
New Kourse News Watercolor Rules! and how to break them
Intimidated by watercolor? Don’t be! Our in-depth new kourse, Watercolor Rules! — and how to break them will teach you all the basics and then take you way beyond. We’ve assembled the best watercolor artists we could find to take you step-by-step through the techniques, tools and tips they use in their sketchbooks. In nearly 100 video lessons, …
Read more »June 6, 2018
SketchKon: Mark your calendar, grab your sketchbook, and get ready!
We are overjoyed to announce the very first SketchKon in Pasadena from November 2-4, 2018. It’s a brand new event — but we have been thinking about it and working on it for ages! The students of Sketchbook Skool and members of the Artists Network have been a huge, lively community for a long time. We’ve gotten to know each other, to share our art …
Read more »May 29, 2018
New Kourse News: The Whimsical Sketchbook
Get ready to spend 5 weeks with 5 incredibly inspiring teachers who make beautiful, emotionally charged, funny, and inspiring art. In The Whimsical Sketchbook, we’ll create characters, work in mixed media, use everything from gouache, markers, ink, crayons, collage, iPads, colored pencils, watercolors, and pastels, and we’ll learn the importance …
Read more »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 …
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