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Sketchbook Composition and Layout

I’m excited to announce that I have a new online course ready for you, it’s called Sketchbook Composition and Layout.
This class is all about how to create beautiful and interesting sketchbook pages. It will introduce you to basic layout and composition principles you can use on each page and in each sketch, so that your pages will look better immediately.

Within the course, you will be introduced to the basic design principles for composition, and I share my favorite tips and strategies for each one. You will learn:

  • how to add different elements
  • where to put elements on each page
  • different compositional approaches
  • how to create variety in your sketchbook

We’ll take a look at how composition can be applied to an entire page, or a single sketch, and we’ll talk about materials and color, and how to use a sketchbook for your specific needs. This class is suited for sketchers of all levels.

I have a lot of examples and sketching demos in the class, and I’ll provide exercises that will help you build your visual language and allow you to make systematic progress.

To see what’s inside the class, you can watch the introduction video (available on the course page). I will share a few more lesson outtakes from the class in the coming days so that you can decide if this topic is interesting for you.

I hope you will join me for this class to explore basic design concepts for how to make your sketchbook pages look more beautiful.

The class is available directly from my website (with pay-what-you-want pricing) or through Skillshare.

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Tips for creating great nature journal pages 1
Tips for creating great nature journal pages 1

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