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7 Days of Sketchbook Warm-Ups

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  • 11 Lessons

This practical short course will guide you through 7 days of creativity-boosting warm-up exercises for your sketchbook. These are accessible and approachable ways to get 'in the zone' and re-discover your love of sketching. All you need is just 10 minutes a day and a few simple tools and materials such as a sketchbook, pen and pencil. The perfect way to fill your sketchbook!
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Get your sketchbooks out, grab those pencils and let's get sketching

A week of fun warm-up exercises to help you re-discover your love of sketching

Fill your sketchbooks in just 10 minutes per day

This practical video course is suitable for beginners, those returning to art after a break or anyone wanting some quick techniques to fill their sketchbook pages.
 
The course will guide you through seven quick and easy creativity-boosting warm-up exercises for your sketchbook.

All you need is just 10 minutes a day and a few simple tools and materials such as a sketchbook, pencil and a few pens.

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Let me show you what we will get up to in this course…

Don’t just take my word for it

Here’s what my current students are saying…

“I never thought that doing this sort of activity would make me feel so happy, develop my skills and fuel my ideas - but it has done all those things. I am a different and happier person.”

Sketching Student

Sept 2021

“Susan is incredibly supportive and good at building confidence.”

Jane Butler, Inspire Member

Sept 2021

“Susan's tutorials - they are easy to follow and always encouraging.”

Anne Jordan, Inspire Member

Oct 2021

The most popular exercises to 'get in the zone'

Gain access to seven of the most popular sketchbook warm-up exercises shared with my Inspire Sketching Membership over the past two years.

Each month 'Inspired Ones' gain access to new tutorials and themes to work from. The monthly sketchbook warm-ups have been some of the most loved and valued tutorials.

The seven tutorials selected here all use just pencil and pen as the materials. 

This course will help to get you 'In the zone' before tackling any longer or more complex studies. 


Find out more about Inspire

Re-discover your love for those sketchbook pages

Remove fear of the blank page with these easy to approach exercises

Hi, I'm Susan

Artist, author and online educator. 

I teach aspiring sketchbook artists just like you, how to live more creatively, re-discover your inner artist, build confidence in drawing, fill sketchbooks and make art you can be proud of.

I’ve worked as a successful professional artist for over 15 years, authored 6 art books including Sketchbook Challenge: 100 Prompts for Daily Drawing, spoken at TedX Woking, been featured on HobbyMaker TV, created over 35 online courses, and taught 1000’s of aspiring artists sketching and drawing techniques. 

Are you ready to join me?

What is a sketchbook 'warm-up?'

A sketchbook warm-up is a simple exercise that you do in your sketchbook that serves as a way of warming up, getting in the creative zone and preparing you for longer or more detailed sketches and drawings.

These are usually quick to start and enable you to get used to your materials. If you were a pianist, it would be practising your scales before playing the full concert.

Using a sketchbook warm-up exercise every time you open your sketchbook is a great habit to get into, for helping you get in the zone quickly and make art you can be proud of. 

How does the course work?

Each day you will be sent a NEW video tutorial explaining a simple sketchbook exercise.

Login to the course portal, watch the daily video when it is released and then it's your turn to sketch. Each exercise will take just 5-10 minutes to complete.

By the end of the week you will have learned seven new techniques, filled seven sketchbook pages and had a lot of fun along the way...
Let's sketch

Play with your materials

Sketch without fear

Join me for this short week-long course (just 10 mins per day) of simple sketching exercises

What’s Inside the Course

Seven days of sketching tutorials that explore different skills and ways to tap into your creative side of the brain.

Each day has a different sketching tutorial for you to explore. 

Mark-Making and Materials Explorations

Day 1 and 2 provide an exploration of expressive mark-making and quick gestures in our sketchbooks. Using pencil on day 1 and pen (with a paint option) on day 2, these two exercises help you to loosen up and play with your materials. 

Tap into the Left-Brain

The exercise for day four taps into the two different sides of the brain with a fun mirroring exercise. This also helps you to let go of perfection, yet focus on the present moment. 

Fun Creativity Boosters

Two of the exercises are fun creative challenges. These ask you to think quickly on a set theme, explore simple doodling and find ways to come up with new ideas. These help you to tap into your creative brain. 

Simple Line Drawings

On days 3 and 6 we explore some representational sketching from a reference. A combination of blind contour drawing and quick line drawings of flower shapes. These exercises will help you to investigate line quality and different ways of drawing. 

Frequently asked questions

You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers.

Do I get access to all 7 tutorials straight away?

As soon as you login you gain access to the introductory videos and the Day 1 tutorial. Then each day for the next 6 days another warm-up exercise will be shared with you. Once you have them all they are yours to dip back into whenever you need them!

What tools and materials do I need for the course?

You need a sketchbook, pencil, rubber, selection of pens and some form of compute/tablet/phone for playing the videos. 

Each tutorial will provide you with a list of materials needed for the exercise. 

I am a beginner to sketching - is this course ok for me?

Absolutely. In fact this course will be perfect as all these tutorials are short, simple and extremely accessible even if you have limited experience with drawing and sketching. 

What happens if I miss a day?

Oh no worries at all. The tutorials are released into your course portal at a rate of one per day, but you can take as long as you need to give them a try. The tutorials do not disappear after the 7 days either, so you can take as long as you need to work through them. 

  • £25

7 Days of Sketchbook Warm-Ups

  • Course
  • 11 Lessons

This practical short course will guide you through 7 days of creativity-boosting warm-up exercises for your sketchbook. These are accessible and approachable ways to get 'in the zone' and re-discover your love of sketching. All you need is just 10 minutes a day and a few simple tools and materials such as a sketchbook, pen and pencil. The perfect way to fill your sketchbook!
Buy now