Expanding the Sketchbook
Ten-week workshop starting on Tuesday December 29, 2026
from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT
(no zoom the week of 1/26/2027)
This workshop offers a challenging, yet fun, creative workout each week, with a prompt that will have you bubbling beyond the confines of your comfort zone, for a truly expansive experience. The Sketchbook becomes a state of mind or a practice, rather than a stack of pages bound at one edge.
Each week you will make ten exploratory studies in response to the prompt as you what-if your way through multiple possibilities, using paint, collage, drawing, and more. Experimentation and curiosity are key to gaining freedom and fluidity in your art, and the sketchbook is your playground and laboratory. Don’t Make Art In Your Sketchbook! Make marks, pose visual questions, try variations on your theme, and experiment. You will find the more you let go and play, the more ideas you will discover.
This workshop is open to artists of all levels, though it’s best if you have some experience with your materials.
Tuesday December 29, 2026 - Intro, Cluster info, and Prompt 1 given at zoom
Tuesday January 5, 2027 - Prompt 1 Zoom
Tuesday January 12, 2027 - Prompt 2 Zoom
Tuesday January 19, 2027 - Prompt 3 Zoom
Tuesday January 26, 202 - No Zoom this week
Tuesday February 2, 2027 - Prompt 4 Zoom
Tuesday February 9, 2027 - Prompt 5 Zoom
Tuesday February 16, 2027 - Prompt 6 Zoom
Tuesday February 23, 2027 - Prompt 7 Zoom
Tuesday March 2, 2027 - Prompt 8 Zoom
Tuesday March 9, 2027 - Prompt 9 Zoom
Tuesday March 16, 2027 - Prompt 10 Zoom
10 Prompts, 11 Zooms and a private Cluster group for this workshops so we can share our work.
You must read: About Online Workshops before purchasing.
Important information for all online workshops
Please read the class descriptions carefully, and e-mail me with any questions you have. Once you buy it, it’s yours - there are no refunds. If something dire comes up such that you won’t be able to participate, you will still have all the pdf files and access to the videos to work from when you are able.
