Travel Sketching In The Wild
Sketch Your Favourite Natural Places
Create beautiful sketchbooks of your adventures
In your backyard or the great outdoors
Yes, you can keep a travel sketchbook!
Have you ever dreamed of sketching your adventures? If you want to create art that’s full of memories when time is limited, you’ll love ‘Travel Sketching in the Wild’.
In your neighbourhood or on your next great adventure
Whether you’re drawing in your backyard or heading out hiking or sailing, ‘Travel Sketching in the Wild’ will teach you the skills you need to create beautiful sketchbooks full of your experiences in our natural world.
Who is the course for?
‘Travel Sketching In The Wild’ is for you if you’re a confident beginning or intermediate artist looking to develop a sketchbook practice, loosen up your drawing technique and take your sketching outside. Discover techniques to create a playful and beautiful record of your adventures.
From local parks and your back garden to mountains, forests and coasts, you’ll soon be using art to explore the wild and natural places you love.
The course includes downloadable videos that clearly show the techniques you’ll need to fill your own sketchbook pages. There are PDFs full of tips and examples plus demonstrations filmed on location in British Columbia and aboard my sailboat studio. View the course content over wifi or download to your laptop, tablet or phone to take with you on your adventure.
What you’ll learn
Telling Stories in Pictures
Learn to tell the story of a day using atmospheric mini landscape sketches. Discover how to choose a focus and create tiny works of art in just a few minutes. Use line, colour and value to create depth and feeling in your sketches. We’ll sketch on the move and track the changing landscape.
A Touch of Texture
Learn how to use mark making to draw complex scenes without taking all day. We’ll sketch forests and shore lines whilst we listen to the birds.
Exploring Through Art
Draw natural history without having to be a botanical illustrator. Use sketching as a tool to exercise your curiosity and learn about plants and animals.
Express Yourself
Learn how to loosen up and create energetic sketches of animals and environments. Join me at a sea lion colony and capture the vibrant colours of a beach in Spring.
Frequently Asked Questions
What skills do I need to take the course?
'Travel Sketching in the Wild' is aimed at confident beginners and intermediate artists who want to develop a quick, playful sketchbook practice and get inspiration from their travels. It will be helpful if you have a basic understanding of value, hatching, and contour drawing.
Will this course fit into my schedule?
The course is pre-recorded so you can watch it at your convenience.
What supplies will I need?
A sketchbook and a pen or pencil, plus watercolours or a few coloured pens or pencils. You'll find a downloadable supply list beneath this FAQ.
How long can I access 'Travel Sketching In The Wild' for?
You receive lifetime access to the course.
I'm planning a big adventure but I'll be off the grid. Can I learn while I'm away?
The course materials are downloadable (including the videos) so you can take them with you! Save them onto your laptop, tablet or phone and view them on-the-go.
Will "Travel Sketching In The Wild' be useful if I'm not planning a trip?
You can use the techniques from the course to help you sketch gardens, parks, and woodlands. You'll learn to see your back yard in a whole new way!
Can I share the downloads?
You're welcome to watch the course along with members of your household (because it's fun to have art buddies), but please do not share or sell the videos or PDFs.
If you are interested in taking the course along with an art group or community group, please email Andrea to discuss this. If you have friends who are interested in the course materials, please give them the link to this site. Thank you for supporting an independent artist and small business owner!
How much is the course?
The course is $70 Canadian dollars (About $60 US). The content can be watched whatever country you are in.
Are refunds available?
Unfortunately, because you receive instant access to the whole of the course and all content is downloadable, refunds are not available for this course.
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Travel Sketching In The Wild
Sketch your world
Art on the Go.
Learn techniques for keeping a sketchbook when you’re on the move. Create a satisfying sketch in just a few minutes- without boring your companions.
In your Backyard.
Practice in your garden, at the park or at the zoo. Prepare for your big adventure- or capture all the little ones!
Anytime. Anywhere.
Download the videos and PDFs to take with you on your big adventure, or stream them online at home.