Class Description
Sketchbooking
with Lewis Rossignol
Rerun Session: June 16-26, 2026
with a special ZOOM session on June 27th!
6 Lessons – $49
May 30, from Carla: Every once in awhile we like to re-run our most popular classes to introduce them to new students and also give those who took them the first time around a chance to revisit the lessons and interact with the instructors again. “Sketchbooking” was Lewis’ very first class with us, and we are rerunning the class June 16-26. In addition, there will be a special Zoom session with Lewis on Saturday, June 17 at 10am-11:30am PT.
If you’ve previously taken the class, you can join again at no cost, but you need to SIGN UP HERE to get on the class email list! (Remember, there is no new video teaching… we will just be revisiting the existing Sketchbooking lessons together in real time!)
If you’re new, sign up today!
When you sign up, you will have immediate access to all the lessons, so you can take a quick peek if you like! But we will be working the lessons together also on the following schedule:
Lessons 1 & 2: Tuesday, June 16
Lesson 3: Friday, June 19
Lessons 4 & 5: Tuesday, June 23
Lesson 6: Tuesday, June 26
Zoom Session: Saturday, June 27 10-11:30am PT
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Class Description
Working in a sketchbook can be an important part of an artist’s life, beyond just “sketching” out ideas. For me it is vital for stress relief and well being… and I have a lot of fun! I hope this class will help you loosen up and discover new ways to use your sketchbook. We will remind ourselves that a sketchbook should be a personal journal, and not something that has to be a masterpiece from beginning to end. By combining collage, words, and drawing, we’ll start a sketchbook that will hopefully free you to not overthink future sketchbooks.
We’ll explore composition, shading, and different levels of completeness as not every sketch has to be fully fleshed out. We’ll bring our other passions into our sketchbooks, and explore different types of reference. But most of all we’ll have a good time pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones. Through these six lessons we will start a new sketchbook that you will be able to finish afterwards using new ideas, thoughts, and techniques.
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Class Itinerary
Lesson 1
We’ll start by looking through some books and see all kinds of ways that different artists use their sketchbooks, and then do an exercise that will take the pressure and anxiety out of drawing in a brand new sketchbook.
Lesson 2
This lesson is all about composition and finding multiple solutions to the same problem. We will focus on minimalism and empty space.
Lesson 3
In this lesson we will experiment with multiple methods of shading, as well as continuing to think about composition.
Lesson 4
Bring your favorite scientific or organic interests into the realm of your sketchbook!
Lesson 5
We’re going to start our final project in this lesson: a grid drawing. I’ll demonstrate how I start these types of drawings.
Lesson 6
This final lesson will be a demonstration of how to complete a grid drawing, focusing on mini compositions that create one larger composition.
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For a full list of the supplies you will need, see the tab titled “Supplies” located just under the video screen above.