Thank you to the 183 people who took in the Sketching in Nature webinar!

I sincerely appreciate all the emails and positive comments from the Chat, some of which I’ve posted below. Hopefully, there’ll be another opportunity for another talk.

Thanks also to CWF and all the important work they do on behalf of Canadian Wildlife.

Below are some pages from my sketchbook that were featured in the webinar.

Happy Nature Sketching!

Alan

“I really enjoyed this seminar on zoom. It was just an hour, and showed such enthusiasm for sketching it was very uplifting! It’s made me promise myself to draw a little something every day! I always loved drawing as a teenager now I’m 71. I’ve been attending watercolour classes for years but my heart is with drawing. I felt so good after watching this! Thank you”

“Thank you so much for sponsoring this webinar. I thoroughly enjoyed the presenter and his practical approach to sketching. i have attended art classes for years and this was one of the best.”

“I appreciated the info session you presented as well as the response to my inquiry as to recommended pencil sharper. I've ordered a KUM. I've got a collection of a variety of recommended sharpeners. But I've yet to find the perfect one for graphite and coloured pencil. Here's hoping!”

“Hi Alan. Loved your webinar yesterday. You're a great artist and teacher. Have been trying to get back into drawing. Your webinar came at the right time. Got out the pencil crayons and and did a Mourning Cloak that I saw on a walk yesterday. (It was from a photo of the butterfly, but that's Ok) :) Thanks again and hope you do another one, or come to Manitoba and teach a workshop sometime.”

Comments from the Live Chat

·        ohhhhh good idea!

·        Neat diy!

·        Great eco pencil extender

·        Very cool. Great idea! Ty

·        Love the uses for the razor handle & the humour.

·        Love your eco-friendly options.

·        Oooo I have quite a number of the Venus ones.

·        This has been great ! Thank you for the great tips

·        This was inspiring-thank you!

·        I love this - its like a song high to low notes

·        thank you.   Great information.  You are an amazing artists and teacher.

·        This was very helpful and inspiring. I'll get out and sketch!

·        This has been asesome - thank you!

·        A fascinating and inspiring talk, Alan. Thank you.

·        Thanks Alan, time to get out there and start drawing

·        Very inspiring with great tips that I will certainly try!! Thank you!

·        Yes super helpful, loved it!

·        Very enjoyable art webinar. Very inspiring. Thanks for all the info on materials and technique.

·        Can't wait to treat myself to some art supplies!!

·        Thank you Alan, great advice! This was wonderful

·        Thank you. I like how you modelled how to teach beginners eg tracing, basic shapes.

·        What a great presentation! Thank you CWF and Alan!

·        Thank you Alan, loved this!

·        I could listen to Alan talk all day. Great presentation!

·        AMAZING, Sarah and Alan. What a delight and an inspiration! I am so exited to get started!! THANK YOU!!

·        Thank you! Very helpful suggestions!

·        Great presentation. Thanks Alan.

·        Thanks Alan! Great presentation!!

·        Very good, thank you

·        thank you! that was fantastic, and I tried drawing along with all your examples!!

·        Looking forward to sketching geese on and near our pond. Thanks for all the helpful tips. Johanna from Carp.

·        Thank you so much, Alan, that is some inspiring work!

·        Thank you, Alan.  I especially loved the idea of sketching every day, even if only for 5 minutes a day.

·        Thank you for inspiring me!

·        Thank you so much, this was very motivating!

·        Thank you! Awesome presentation!

·        Wonderful presentation, Alan.

·        great presentation; thank you Alan!!

·        Thanks for the presentation and sharing your great tips, that I will use in the future.

·        Staples sometimes has the same art supplies for a lot less than the art store. I learned the hard way.

·        Thank you! You are a great communicator.

·        Thank you, it was a great presentation, you gave me the confidence to begin drawing in nature

·        thanks it was very inspiring and encouraging and informative- just like an intro should be

·        Thanks from Tsawwassen, BC - Great instruction

·        Something that helped me on my art journey (and life) was discovering the meaning of: wabi-sabi (Japanese concept).

·        This has been wonderful and so inspiring, thank you!Love the DYI tips too!

·        Thankyou! This was really fun and inspiring!

·        Wonderful presentation...thanks!

·        Thank you for very helpful tips. And great examples!

·        thanks so much!  lovely pictures and good tips

·        Thanks Alan - you are SO encouraging and such a supportive teacher!

·        Thank you for saying you don't always want to sell your art. The joy is in the doing and enjoying learning something new each time.

·        Thank you. Good introduction to sketching.

·        Thank you, Alan. You make this activity so seemingly easy. A great thing for keeping the brain active! I appreciate your open sharing of information. I think I’ll start with a leaf (versus the moving subjects)!

·        thank you for this talk, very inspiring.

·        Oh my! What an excellent presentation! If it wasn’t dark outside right now, I would head out immediately to try sketching. I’m so motivated! Thank you Alan!

·        Thank you , Mr. Li  . Your presentation was exceptional..to the point yet encouraging for us newbies to sketching….. I had been so intimidated  because of lack of confidence and previous poor experiences in school ( as you had mentioned at the end of your lecture …..)  you have inspired me to try again

·        This was great fun!  I’m inspired.  Thank you Alan!

·        Alan rocks! 

·        Thank-you so much it was fabulous!

·        Thank you, that was lovely!

·        Thank you very much for this presentation. Alan is a great teacher.

·        Thank you very much

·        Thank you! Awesome teacher!

·        Thank you, I really enjoyed the session.

·        Thank you for the wonderful presentation

·        Thank you.

·        Great presentation!

·        Lovely - thanks so much!

·        Mercibeaucoup !!!

·        Used to sketch a lot. Thank you for the inspiration to pick it up again.

·        Thankyou so much !

·        thank you that was great.