Drop in and Draw your Books
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2 hour Video Workshop
Unlimited access to this recording of a previous live Zoom class.
The Art of the Drawn Journal
Focus on your passions, sketch, add text and you've begun your own visual diary!
Materials and Instructions
Includes a printable materials list, tips, tricks and inspiration for all experience levels
A good place to start a sketching habit!
Includes Step-By-Step Instructions and Tips & Tricks
Join me for this gentle drawing workshop where stories unfold not just in words, but in the strokes and scribbles of your own pencil!
During this class we will be looking a loads of ways to draw from the books you enjoy...think covers, stacks and shelfies! Why not add notes, quotes, lists and reviews to your bibliophilic sketchbook pages (great for filling in the gaps!).
The emphasis in this workshop will be on drawing rather than painting but please feel free to add a lick of paint to your sketch, I usually do!
If you have a bit more drawing experience, you might find yourself freeing up and making lots of interesting and experimental decisions when it comes to materials and techniques during this class!
Fun, Friendly and Welcoming!
The aim of 'drop in and draw' is to provide an opportunity to practice some techniques at home which you can then use whilst sketching in 'the wild'!
With regular drawing practice, you will grow in confidence and ability really quickly and your sketchbook will fill up in record quick time!
All experience levels are welcome xx
Nicki
That was a brilliant class, Lucia, thank you! The drop in and draw thing really works! It's so relaxing and nice to feel I actually improve on my drawings too! Thanks again for leading such a fun workshop!
Bee
My very first blind contouring sketch was absolutely hilarious - it made me roar with laughter, which was great therapy! It’s the first time I’ve tried to draw for 35 or more years, when I desperately wanted to do an art course at college but my parents wanted me to do a two-year secretarial course...
I loved every second of this class... so interesting and absorbing! Thank you x
Lucia Leyfield
Lucia is an artist, letterer and teacher who loves creating illustrated journals and artist books. She has become known for a unique and creative approach to her work which has been described as 'quietly joyful...a nostalgic, moving and profound ...a treasure chest of creativity and inspiration'
Her journals and sketchbooks, which record life as it happens, conversations, inspirations and experiments, have become works of art in their own right. Many of Lucia's sketchbooks are handmade with a range of papers and combine traditional and experimental hand lettering with watercolour, collage and mixed media sketches.
She is inspired by a diverse range of things: the old, rusty and wonky, worn architectural patinas, ancient diagrams, aged buildings, old books and ephemera, explorers' sketchbooks and vintage field guides.
