Join Dorset urban sketcher, Shaun Forward, for relaxed sketching sessions INDOORS this autumn and winter with Sketch Club.
These cosy two-hour, coached sessions will take place in the comfort of the Kings Head Hotel in Wimborne, Dorset – with occasional outdoor sketching – as and when weather permits.
The buzz when you achieve a '10 minute challenge' sketch!
Why are we going indoors?
If you love sketching all year round – but don’t like get cold and wet – then Sketch Club is for you! From 17/11/26 to 23/03/27, I will be offering an indoor sketching club to learn and improve core drawing skills and explore materials – all in a warm, dry and safe place, with up to 12 like-minded and friendly people.
The venue:
Our venue will be a secluded and dedicated area within the historic Kings Head Hotel, in Wimborne Square, Dorset, BH21 1JG.
The format:
• Two hour sessions, fortnightly on Tuesdays from 17th November to 23rd March, between 11:00am – 13:00pm
• £20 per person per session
• Basic materials such as pencils, pens, paper and some other materials will be available
• Guided sessions will follow a loose curriculum and also be directed by participant needs and desires
• The first hour: Enjoy a coached agenda on a specific core topics and skills
• The second hour: SketchJAM – putting our new skills into practice on either still life subjects, or outdoors if suitable weather
• Tea, coffee, soft & alcoholic drinks and bar meals readily available to buy from the nearby bar, throughout and/or afterwards
• Opportunity to stay on and socialise briefly afterwards and possibly do lunch or sketch some more!
• All students will benefit from a 10% discount at Overbury’s Fine Art shop in Westbourne Arcade, perfect for pro advice on kit
• Free on-site car parking at hotel
• Several bus stops immediately adjacent to hotel
Booking:
The fortnightly sessions are available to book via the shop here and you can book just one, or a block, or all sessions – as you wish. ‘Booking as you go’ on a fortnightly basis is perfectly fine.
Subject matter:
This will vary by session and be somewhat dynamically governed by the needs of attendees, and I am anticipating a curriculum along these lines: demonstration and practice of many key drawing techniques, discovering how to simplify subjects, grasping perspective, sketching still life objects at our table, the exploration of different media, life drawing of a clothed model (ie: one of us taking turns to model), discussing and examining the styles of popular sketchers and emulating them! Plus other topics which might be driven by yourselves, along the way…
Core topics and skills:
Each session will focus on at least one of the following core topics. Practicing the topic during our first hour. and then entering into a SketchJAM for the second hour, as we put our new skills to the test on a range of subject matter – inside and hopefully outside.
• The 5, 10 & 15 minute sketch challenge
• Getting fast ’n’ loose
• Going slow ’n’ tight
• Watercolour handling
• Pencil grade exploration
• Pastels & pastel pemcils
• Rendering in pen & ink
• Learning to ‘see’ and simplifying content
• Building tones with any media
• Using minimal colours – less is more
• Choosing and using only 3 materials
• Grasping perspective
• The 12 line skeleton start up
• Still life subjects
• Life models
• Urban sketching
Join waiting list
If the session(s) you are interested is fully booked, please email me using the button below to join the waiting list and I will notify you if a cancellation arises or if extra sessions get added. No obligation.
Official Student Membership
All Sketch Club and Outdoor Sketching Workshop students are now eligible for my ‘Official Student Membership’. This entitles students to various and exclusive privileges, such as Workshop discount codes, being among the first to be offered special opportunities and an especially arranged 10% student discount on purchases at Overbury’s Fine Arts Supplies, in Westbourne Arcade. Simply save the card to your device and show it in store.
New students from mid September 2026 will receive the download link as the foot of their booking order confirmation. Previous students can request this link by contacting me.
