Sketching Workshops
Join me sketching around Edinburgh and further afield.
Learn how to quickly capture the world around you in ink and watercolour.
2025 Workshops are coming soon but in the mean time join me on Saturday 16th November at the Arienas Open Day for a FREE 30 minute taster sketch session.
There will be lots of other artists showcasing their workshops plus gifts to buy and mince pies and mulled wine. I hope to see you there! Mark
On these 3 hour sketching tours I will guide you around my favourite sketching spots, picking out details in architecture and nature that will help share the techniques I have picked up over a decade of sketching in and around Edinburgh.
Each class will touch on details, perspectives, depth and composition, as you go from 5 minute exercises to relax the hand and work on composition, to 30 minute detailed pieces all while enjoying a walk around beautiful and historical locations.
My sketching tours are perfect for all levels, from total beginners to those more experienced who would like to learn more about my speed-sketching style. Children aged 8 and above are very welcome although children aged 8-15 must be accompanied by a ticket holding adult.
A picture mount to house your finished sketches plus all materials needed on the day are included. This is a walking and sketching tour so do check the forecast and come dressed for the Scottish weather!Â
Dates and locations available in 2025
All materials are included and each 3 hour workshop is £37 or you can bring a friend and buy 2 tickets for £65, saving £10. Each 3 hour workshopClick on the date to book a place on one of my sketching workshops.
Georgian Architecture in the New Town with Arienas Collective
Sketching at the Seaside with the Scottish Seabird Centre
Nature and Architecture at Lauriston Castle
Sketch Journalling with the Edinburgh Sketcher
Friday 29th November 12.30 - 4pm
I will show you how to capture objects quickly and have them lifting off the page with a little watercolour. We will look at how words can be decoration and add depth to our drawing. Sketching items from still life and choosing what to include and how to link them all together using colour and composition. You will start a new sketchbook and with the tips and techniques learned be able to continue illustrating at home.
This workshop will be indoors in the wonderfully cosy surroundings of Arienas Collective in the New Town of Edinburgh and run for 3 and a half hours. We will provide teas and coffees plus a little snack and all the materials you need to get started on the day plus a lovely sketching journal book which we will start together and you will take away to continue at home.Â
Time: 3.5 hours indoors
Cost: £50
Includes: All materials needed on the day plus a hard back sketchbook to take away.
Buy A Gift Voucher for one of my Workshops
You can now buy a gift voucher for a future date and also a gift package including a voucher and a sketching kit comprising of a bespoke Edinburgh Sketcher Workshop tote bag, a travel sized watercolour set, a water brush, ink fine liner pen and clip board and paper. The lucky recipient can then book the date that suits them.