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Inspire June 21 - May 22

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Inspire is a celebration of all things creative and inspirational. It is a sketching membership group with Susan Yeates, designed especially for creative souls that crave ideas and plenty of arty things to do on a monthly basis. Each month Susan provides you with NEW art tutorials, themes, projects, challenges, book reviews, materials recommendations and more.

Contents

Introduction Section

Start your inspirational journey here...
Welcome to Inspire
How ‘Inspire’ Works
Introducing Susan
Why I Created Inspire
Video: Tea With Susan
Join the Facebook Community
Get the Most Out of Your Membership

January 2022

Welcome to Jan 2022
Jan 2022 - Challenge Time
Jan 2022 - Layout and Composition
Video: Intro to The Rule of Thirds & The Golden Section
Jan 2022 - Material of the Month
Jan 2022 - Tutorials With Susan
Exercise: Using the Rule of Thirds
Tutorial: Junk Journal Part 1 (making the pages)
Tutorial: Junk Journal Part 2 (binding the pages)
Tutorial: Junk Journal Part 3 (the cover)
Jan 2022 - Book Review

December 2021

Welcome to December 2021
Dec 2021 - Tutorials With Susan
Tutorial: Left and Right Hand Studies
Exercise: Draw a Reflection
Exercise: Repeat a Tutorial
Dec 2021 - Tea with Susan
Dec 2021 - Book Review
Dec 2021 - Project - The Inspire Art Exchange!
Dec 2021 - End of Year Reflection
Dec 2021 - Studio Update

November 2021

Welcome to November 2021
Nov 2021 - Tutorials with Kolbie
Tutorial 1: Watercolour Experiments
Tutorial 2: Gradients and Glazing
Tutorial 3: Watercolour Sunset
Nov 2021 - Project or Challenge
Video: Timelapse of my Postcards
Video: Timelapse of my Postcards 2
Nov 2021 - Book Review(s)
Nov 2021 - Tea with Susan
Nov 2021 - Behind the Scenes Videos
Video: Behind the Scenes of my NEW Greetings Card
Interview with Kolbie Blume

October 2021

Welcome to October 2021
Oct 2021 - New Member Welcome Video
Oct 2021 - Introducing our Guest Artist - Gina Vide
Oct 2021 - Tutorials with Gina
Warm Up 2: Watercolour
Tutorial 1: Oak Leaf Wreath
Tutorial 2: Autumn Foliage Painting in Watercolour
Tutorial 3: Autumn Foliage in Monotone
Oct 2021 - Project or Challenge
Oct 2021 - Behind the Scenes of 'Sketchbook Challenge' the book
Oct 2021 - Tea with Susan
Oct 2021 - Book Review

September 2021

Welcome to September 2021
Sept 2021 - About Tone and Form
Sept 2021 - Annual Member Survey
Sept 2021 - Tutorials with Susan
Tutorial 1: 9 Tonal Values
Tutorial 2: Tones Applied to Shapes
Tutorial 3: White on White
Sept 2021 - Studio Update
Sept 2021 - Book review
Sept 2021 - Project or Challenge
Sept 2021 - Tea With Susan

August 2021

Welcome to August 2021
Aug 2021 - Artist Feature - Shona Cammack
Aug 2021 - Tutorials with Susan
2. Warm Up Tutorial: Leaf Printing / Rubbing
Exercise 3: Collect Some Small Items
Exercise 4: Find a Tree!
Exercise 5: The 5-5-5 Exercise (Sketching a Journey)
Aug 2021 - Book Review
Aug 2021 - Inspire Me
Aug 2021 - Tea with Susan
Aug 2021 - Project / Challenge
Timelapse of my Landscape Study

July 2021

Welcome to July 2021
July 2021 - Notes from the Studio
Garden Mural!
July 2021 - Welcome to Our Theme
July 2021 - Tutorials with Susan
Tutorial 1: Expressive Pencil Marks
Tutorial 2: Artist Research (Part 1)
Tutorial 3: Artist Research (Part 2)
Tutorial 4: Favourite Object - Four Ways
Tutorial 5: Favourite Colour / Wrong Colour
Timelapse of the whole process...
July 2021 - Project / Challenge
July 2021 - Book Review
July 2021 - Tea With Susan

June 2021

Welcome to June 2021
Video: NEW MEMBERS Welcome Video
June 2021 - Notes from the Studio
June 2021 - Introduction to Our Theme
June 2021 - Artist Interview
June 2021 - Tutorials
Exercise: Find a Photo!
Video 2: Make a Viewfinder
Video 3: Continuous Line Views
Video 4: Bonus Sketch
Video 5: Finding Tones in Graphite
Video 6: Finding Tones Using Charcoal
Video 7: Finding Tones in Pastel
Video 8: Overview Final Images
June 2021 - Book Review
June 2021 - Project / Challenge
June 2021 - Inspire Me
June 2021 - Tea with Susan