Seaside Sketchbook Club Sessions
- Ages 17+
Want to start drawing by the seaside? Enjoy 2 fun studio sessions for sketchbook prep & development + 2 outdoor artist-led drawing sessions.
Date and time
Location
St George's Centre
Reforne Easton DT5 2AN United KingdomRefund Policy
About this event
2 x 3hr studio sessions based at the spacious and lovely Peter Trim Hall on Portland
2 x 2.5hr outdoor sessions, one at Greenhill and one on Weymouth Harbourside, please see dates and venues below.
Tickets / £85 for all 4 Sessions
10% student discount SEASIDESTUDENT10 ID required at session 1
Drawing or sketching outdoors by the seaside here in Weymouth & Portland is great fun and relaxing, but it can be daunting at first. These relaxed Seaside Sketchbook Club sessions in a small group will help you get started with a regular sketchbook habit if you are a beginner, or perhaps suggest new approaches in your existing creative practice. We will also cover strategies & kit needed for drawing outside confidently.
Sat 13th September 10.00am - 1pm
Session 1 / Studio @St Georges Centre: Sketchbook Prep - explore various techniques to quickly prep those scary white sketchbook pages! We will also look at a basic artist book format and create a recycled sketchbook. Materials included. Tea, coffee and cake provided for this session.
Sat 20th September 10.00am - 12.30pm
Session 2 / Greenhill Gardens & Beach - create several short sketches and drawings, recording colour, pattern, seascapes and people watching. Bring your sketchbooks and starter kit, plus any additional materials desired. Dress for adverse weather and bring something to sit on, if needed. Enjoy a coffee and share work together at the end of the session.
Sat 27th September 10.00am - 12.30pm
Session 3 / Weymouth Harbourside - explore panoramic formats and dynamic sketching over the session, to include boats & buildings. Bring your sketchbooks and starter kit, plus any additional materials desired. Dress for adverse weather and bring something to sit on, if needed. Enjoy a coffee and share work together at the end of the session.
Sat 11th October 10.00am - 1pm
Session 4 / Studio @St Georges Centre: Image-making - a session to look over the sketchbook work created and an introduction to trace monotype and basic paper stencil screenprinting techniques, or the opportunity to prep more sketchbook pages. Inks, paper, screens and etching press included. Tea, coffee and cake provided for this session.
Frequently asked questions
There’s free on-street parking on Reforne, and a dedicated free car-park up by St George’s Church, 4 min walk away. There is a private courtyard for drop-offs or disabled parking: please contact me for access.
No - sketchbooks can be all about recording colour, light, ideas, pattern, collage, using different mediums, mark-making and collecting printed paper and textures - successful image making doesn’t require that you are a good ‘drawer’!
You are welcome to bring things you are comfortable working with, but we will provide a basic A5/sketchbook and a few drawing / mark-making tools, plus all paper, collage materials and inks for the studio sessions. Low-cost reusing and recyling material is a key part of successful sketchbooking.
Tea, coffee and cake will be provided FOC at the two studio sessions. At Greenhill, we will meet at one of the cafes, weather permitting. On the harbourside, we will meet at Sticks & Bones in Brewer’s Quay (TBC) where food and drink will be available to buy. Please bring water if required.
The St George’s Centre has toilet provision. Free public toilets are available by the Jurassic Rocks Cafe at Greenhill. The public toilets in Cove Street are 50p to access. Facilities also available at Sticks & Bones.
Refunds will be issued if the sessions are cancelled.
If the weather forecast is extremely adverse for an outdoor session, then alternative dates will be offered. However, cold, light rain and wind will mean adequate warm & waterproof clothing to be worn - we will find protected areas or make use of inside spaces to sketchbook from.
Organized by
Dorset-based artist, designer and keen sketchbooker whose vibrant, graphic and contemporary art is inspired by seaside & garden. Facilitating fun and inspiring workshops to share creative approaches to sketchbooks, image-making and print.