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TOP SKETCHING TIPS
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+ WORKSHOP UPDATES & DISCOUNT CODES
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Thank you for your interest in my Sketching Workshops and also my Top Sketching Tips!
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Many of you are students of my Outdoor Sketchbooking Workshops and I hope you are still fired up with the enthusiasm of the day and enjoying your sketching?
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With every workshop I conduct, I learn a lot about what you guys want and need - which keeps me evolving the content and hopefully delivering fresh and rewarding material.
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Look out for discount codes to help you enjoy future workshops, even more! Shaun :-)
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Top Tip #2.
Use the 'pencil trick' to get that angle!
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Being able to 'see' perspective in real life, is one of the most common hurdles students encounter on workshops - the 'pencil trick' can be a big help!
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I covered an introduction to perspective in Issue #1 - and to be honest, it's more beneficial to get this on a face-to-face level - but this this 'pencil trick' is certainly helping a lot of my students. Basically, you just offer your pencil, (pen or hand) up to match the angle in question, a roof line for example, and lower it down to your sketchpad, and hold that angle in your mind's eye whilst stroking a pencil line on your paper along that plotted path.
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Give it a go! You'll find it works. And if you need help, give me a buzz/email and I'll chat you through it. You'll find this takes a lot of 'mystery guesswork' out of whether you think that line is going upwards, or downwards…
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Workshops come inside a bit more for the winter
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As much as I love sketching OUTDOORS - I know I'm very much in the minority. Which is why I have adjusted my workshops to spend more time INDOORS, under cover and in the warm. The base venues I choose are always a welcome place for spreading out and enjoying the workshop. So, do not be put off by the title of my 'Outdoor Sketching Workshops'! Having said that, I will always take the opportunity for us to pop outside and sketch from life - when the weather is being kind.
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NEW! 3 part workshop series
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I am building up a waiting list of students ready to participate in a series of three, 3 hour sketching workshops. These will take place at a relaxed, local venue and we'll focus on a different key subject each week – getting you ready to hit the street and enjoy the world of Urban Sketching. £25pp per workshop £75 total. (basic materials included).
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FREE sketchbooks & pens!
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As a subscriber to my Newsletter, I would like to offer you guys a FREE sketchbook & pen IF you book one of my various workshops before 31st December this year. Bookings for 2026 workshops will be eligible, just book it before the end of this year - subject to space availability - first come, first served! Please use voucher code: FS&P311225 when booking.
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Do keep checking, as more new year workshops will be scheduled soon.
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Bournemouth & Poole Urban Sketchers
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Don't forget, look out for your nearest Urban Sketchers meetings. The Bournemouth & Poole chapter is the nearest for most of my students. We meet at 11:00am on the last Sunday (normally) of the month - and sketch for two hours before reconvening for a 'throwdown' of all our sketches, a monthly team photo for the Facebook page and then a social coffee catch up. Everyone is welcome to join, or just come along and try it out - we're an all-abilities group and very friendly. Visit the Facebook page and check the 'Events' tab.
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