Sketch by Sketch: connecting with the world through drawing
With Emma FitzGerald
May 16 - 21, 2025
Learn to sketch without fear of making mistakes!
Join celebrated author/illustrator, Emma FitzGerald as she leads participants through a series of exercises that build confidence and improves observation skills, while allowing for the happy accidents that make a drawing that speaks from the heart. Using pen and watercolour paint, and working both together and independently the goal is for students to leave feeling inspired to continue building their sketching practice.
Program Highlights
- Outdoor sketching
- Sharing and discussion with other participants
- Insight into Emma’s professional processes
Learning Objectives
- Draw quickly and with confidence using pen
- Improve observation skills
- Use colour in a playful manner to help your drawings tell a story
Participants will use pen and watercolour, not digital colour as used in this image. All experience levels welcome – including beginners.
Testimonial
“Emma has a wonderful and easy approach, and her genuine enthusiasm creates the perfect atmosphere for creatives of all stripes. With my sketchbook fuller and my confidence boosted, I was so thankful to have had the opportunity to learn from such a talented artist.” –Michelle Gourley-Giles, 2023
Daily Schedule
A detailed schedule will be emailed to you about 30 days prior to your program. Click here to view a sample program schedule.
Presenter
Emma FitzGerald was born to Irish parents in Lesotho, a small mountainous country in Southern African, and did most of her growing up in Vancouver, BC. She trained as an artist at the University of British Columbia, and received her Masters in Architecture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. She has…
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