Dear Sketchpad is all about developing a friendly relationship with your sketchpad: from developing a personal style to imprint on it, to customising it to make it your own. We will review some of the basics of sketching and drawing, as well as some creative uses of a sketchpad that are possible. At the end, I bet, your sketchpad will be unique.

    To review the basics of drawing and composition applied to creating compositions on a sketchpad, aiming at the development of a personal creative style.

  To acquire some basic collaging skills.

To become familiar with stationery customisation.

1

Why to use a sketchpad? From recreational to profesional uses. From A sketchpad to My sketchpad. Review of remarkable examples.

2

All the surfaces of a sketchpad:
where to apply creative composition on a sketchpad. Some how-tos and other tips. From collage to doodling. Decorations and ideas.

Customisation & personal style. Creating cohesion throughout pages.

3

Drawing 101: basic tips and tricks on how to draw human-like figures, rotated figures, creatures, flat decorations.

4

Sketching 101: sketching and drafting. basics on how to draw perspectives. Basics on character design

5

Collaging 101:collecting the material; designing the layout. Covers and other material.

6

Still a sketchpad:
some other practical uses of a sketchpad.

Practical exercise:

creating a customised sketchpad with some drafts in it.

#hours:

4 hours

Materials:

sketchpad & painting/drawing tools (provided by workshop). Participants are invited to bring their own material if they want to, but it is not necessary.

Target:

16-100+ (anyone who likes/enjoys/dreams of using a sketchpad is welcome)
Structure:

1 hours- theory, discussion, case studies.
3 hours- practical exercise

Prices:

65 € / person; 135 € / 3 people.