Sketchbook Habit Course 1

(Online delivery)
3 x 1.5 hour sessions on Wed Jan 28, 4 and 11 Feb 2026, 6:00-7:30pm

FOR INDIVIDUALS

The 3 x 1.5 hour sessions in this short course are designed to give you three different experiences of sketching; the first to help you choose what to focus on when you draw, the second for improving observational skills, and the third for rapid generation of visual ideas.

Sketchbooks are the birthplace of a drawing habit. If you have promised yourself more time to focus on sketching and personal self-development, then join us; doing it is easier with a nudge and, ideally, others to do it with.

The course progresses on a gentle gradient and is for all levels of ability.

Session 1 : Rapid Sketch Practice - Wed. Jan. 28

The session will equip you with a selective approach to how and what you sketch, so a photographic likeness is not your only option / goal in every sketch you undertake.

The session will be made up of rapid sketches (each between 3-15 minutes long) so we can adopt a technique that is appropriate for the focus of our sketches, which will be alternately tone, line, and texture.

Session 2 : Colour Pencil Portrait - Wed. Feb. 4

We will make a trial portrait, in four stages, working from the general to specific volumes in the face, using cool and warm colour. We will then work from a colour photograph of a head and apply the method to study colour temperature and tone to make a convincing 3d sketch.

Session 3 : An Introduction to Sketchnoting - Wed. Feb. 11

We will practice fundamental diagramming skills as a means of communicating relationships between time, space, people and objects. A warm-up exercise will help you practice thinking up objects, signs and symbols for representing situations or a concept, then you will go on to translate a familiar scenario into a visual form without the use of words.

Materials

• Thin pen (0.1) Thick pen (0.6) Recommend Staedtler pigment liner or Unipin fine line

• HB or 2B Pencil

• Set of 8 - 12 Coloured pencils

• A4 or A3 Sketchbook

Minimum tech. equipment

• Good Wi-Fi connection

• Phone scanner e.g. Adobe Scan, PhotoScan by Google

Class times
All classes take place on Zoom from 6:00 - 7:30 pm

All course material will be available online 24/7 for 12 weeks, so you will not be inconvenienced should you be late or unavoidably miss a class. There are also bonus exercises you can complete after the live courses have been completed.

How and when to book
We will be taking bookings and enrolling between Wed. 10 Dec. - 26 Jan. Attendees will not be allowed a refund once booked.

Price
Earlybird up until Jan 14 2026: £35

Regular cost: £42
Final booking date Jan 26

If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact us at info@drawingatwork.co.uk

To purchase access:

Tutor
Trevor Flynn is Director of Drawing At Work. Founder of the Drawing Gym, he is a visiting lecturer at the Design Museum, The Architectural Association, Bath University and the Institution of Structural Engineers in London. He has illustrated cookbooks, travel and Sunday colour magazines and the Richard Curtis book about the making of the Notting Hill film.

SKETCHBOOK HABIT

(Online and in-person delivery)
5 x 2 hour sessions

UP TO 14 PEOPLE

The Sketchbook Habit course treats the sketchbook as a tool to develop visual research and generate ideas.
 You will be shown how to draw a portrait with coloured pencils, be taken on a type safari to explore expressive letter forms, draw a live clothed model with 3 changes of outfit - (gym, beach, evening).
 You will also practice some Sketch-noting, where we will explain complex ideas in simple diagrams, and each week we will study some aspect of historical and contemporary sketchbooks from a range of design and art disciplines. You will complete the course with a sketchbook full of images and ideas and an appetite to keep sketching.

Tutor
Trevor Flynn
 is Director of Drawing At Work, founder of The Drawing Gym and Sketchmob, Drawing and Visual Communication module leader for the Foundation course at the Architectural Association, drawing tutor at UCL, Bath and Loughborough Architecture schools. Former Food and travel illustrator for the Sunday Telegraph colour magazine, and illustrator of the Notting Hill film screenplay.