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Add some drama to your travel sketches! Sky & Clouds in Your Travel Sketches is this Saturday. Sketch on location with David Chamness (). We loved this workshop when we offered it two years ago and we know you will too.

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Sky & Clouds in Your Travel Sketches with David Chamness
Saturday, August 8 | 9am-12:30pm | $140

We had a great time sketching with Tina Koyama (Tina Koyama) for her workshop, “Keeping a Daily Sketch Journal”! Look at how fun and colorful the bright paper of UGLYBOOKS make everyone’s sketches. Thanks for teaching with us!

Want to get outside and sketch this summer with an instructor? Try Sky & Clouds in Your Travel Sketches with David Chamness this Saturday, 8/8. These gorgeous PNW skies are so fun to paint and add drama and movement to your sketches. David Chamness

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We love you too Tina! Look at all that crazy good energy radiating out of those artists sketchbooks!! (Gotta love Ugly Books too. It’s a thing!)

I hope my students had as much fun as I did during my Sketch Journaling workshop at @artspotedmonds this morning! First we worked together at the Veterans Plaza to practice the basic principles. Then everyone went out to explore the Edmonds Summer Market and document their experiences. Finally, we met back up to share our sketches and takeaways. Hey, @uglybooksofficial ....check out our colorful throwdown! 😉 Many thanks to ArtSpot for enabling me to offer this process workshop that I'm so passionate about. And thanks especially to my hard-working students who impressed me with their enthusiasm and willingness to try things that may have been outside their comfort zone. #uskseattle #urbansketchers

We love our Edmonds Sketchers!

August Edmonds Sketchers. We meet every month, First Saturday at ARTspot! Free lesson at noon, then we walk to locations around downtown or to the waterfront. No registration required. All are welcome. BYOAS = Bring Your Own Art Supplies 🖌️✍️✏️ #artspotedmonds #edmondssketchers #downtownedmonds #edmondscommons

Yay! Thank you to everyone who attended our July Super Basic Drawing class. It was an absolute joy to teach and I was so impressed with the drawings students created, especially for those who were picking up a pencil for the first time! It is so fun to see what students chose as their favorite drawing they made at the end of the class.

We’ll be offering this 3 week course again starting August 18th! There’s 3 spots left. If you are thinking about dipping your toes into making art, Super Basic Drawing is the perfect place to start!

Gorgeous notebook restock from Denik Notebooks & Sketchbooks! Which one will you write your summer stories in??

https://artspotedmonds.com/upcomingevents/2026/10/10/drawing-workshop-super-basic-drawing-series-of-three-saturdays

Drawing Workshop: Super Basic Drawing (Series of Three Saturdays) — ARTspot Edmonds Super Basic Drawing is a beginner friendly intro class focused on the fundamentals of drawing. Learn how simple shapes, shading, and observation come together to build strong drawings in a relaxed, supportive environment. Perfect for first time artists, skill refreshers, and curious creatives of all

Thank you to Jonathan Tune ( ) for a fantastic sketching workshop this past Sunday. We loved the quick, loose approach to sketching without getting to caught up on the details! Everyone had fun.

Our next sketching workshop with Tina Koyama is full, but go save your spot in Sky & Clouds in Your Travel Sketches with David Chamness () or Spiral of Attention with Nishant Jain ()! Both instructors are amazing teachers and artists.

Just 1 spot left in Nishant Jain's Sunday workshop. 🧑‍🎨 Draw the Tiny People of Your World with Nishant Jain
Sunday, August 16 | 10am-1:30pm | $140
Learn simple techniques for adding people to your sketches to create scale, movement, and storytelling.

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https://artspotedmonds.com/workshops/jain081626

Drawing people from observation can be difficult and intimidating. People in public spaces move frequently or change postures. They can abruptly leave the scene and be replaced by other people. Sometimes there are only a few seconds to draw someone. Is that enough time?

It is important to draw people from real life because observation is an important first step to understanding. How do people around us live? What do they do? How do they interact with their world? When drawing our urban environment, it is important to draw people because the environment only exists in the context of human presence. Can you effectively draw a cafe without anyone making or drinking coffee? Is it a bus-stop if no one is waiting for a bus?

This workshop will show you how even a few seconds are sufficient to draw the people of our world. Participants will learn to construct the human figure out of simple lines and shapes. They will learn to move with speed and ignore their fears and hesitations. In exercises, participants will learn to use their instincts and curiosity to make simple but expressive drawings of the people of their world.

We will walk a few blocks away from ARTspot and draw on location from the sidewalk