2025 Sketch Seminar

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Friday, July 11, 2025

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm  Check-in and Registration at Palette & Chisel, 1012 N. Dearborn Chicago, IL 60610

3:00 pm – 5:30 pm  Opening Sketch Meetup: at the Lakefront Park overlooking The Drake (hotel), 100 E Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60611. We will leave Palette & Chisel at 3:00 and walk 10 minutes together to the Lakefront Park. If you arrive after 3:00, please join us at the Lakefront Park (look for the white gazebo).

5:45 pm – 6:00 pm  Newcomer orientation meeting. Meet inside Palette & Chisel

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm  Gather for Opening Reception, Raffle & Art Show at Palette & Chisel

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Saturday, July 12, 2025

8:00 am – 9:00 am  Stretching for Sketching (Optional) with Nancy Trock. Meet in the courtyard of Palette & Chisel

8:30 am – 10:00 am  Late check-in 

9:00 am – 9:10 am  Opening remarks

9:10 am – 9:20 am  Gathering for workshops

9:20 am  Workshop groups depart Palette & Chisel for locations

9:30 am – 12:30 pm  Morning session:

• WS01 – Boxing It Out: Perspective & Proportional Urban Sketching – Richard Kasemsarn
• WS03 – One Scene, Three Takes – Jenny Jing Zhang
• WS05 – Printmaking on the Go: Wild Textures Tamed with Stencils – Nina Khashchina
• WS07 – Capturing Chicago’s Rythym & Energy – Lisa Flahive
• WS09 – Building a Spiral of Attention: Following Curiosity Across the Page – Nishant Jain
• WS11 – Ink and Watercolor on Toned Paper – John Hancock
• WS13 – Good Bones – Stephanie Bower
  
• Sketch Walk (Optional) – Meet directly across the street from Palette & Chisel at 9:30 am

12:45 pm – 2:00 pm  Lunch and Lunch Lecture with Emily White

2:10 pm – 2:20 pm  Gathering for workshops

2:20 pm Workshop groups depart Palette & Chisel for locations

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm  Afternoon session:

• WS02 – Sketching on the Dark Side(s) – David Roberts
• WS04 - High Contrast Speed Sketching – Joel Berman
• WS06 – Urban Impressions with Ink and Watercolor on Rice Paper – Kar Keat Chong
• WS08 – Sketching as You Travel – Liz Knight
• WS10 - Urban Sketching with Gouache – Don Yang
• WS12 – Capture the Essence – Urban Sketching Details – Mark Jones
• WS14 – Wash it Away: Wabi-Sabi Sketching in Watersoluble Media – Eleanor Doughty
  
• Sketch Walk (Optional) – Meet directly across the street from Palette & Chisel at 2:30 pm

6:00 pm  Seminar group photo at Washington Square Fountain, 901 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60610

6:30 pm  Drink & Draw – Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, 1120 N State St, Chicago, IL 60610

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Sunday, July 13, 2025

9:00 am  General remarks

9:10 am – 9:20 am  Gathering for workshops

9:20 am  Workshop groups depart Palette & Chisel for locations

9:30 am – 12:30 pm  Morning workshops:8:00 am – 9:00 am  Stretching for Sketching (Optional) with Nancy Trock. Meet in the courtyard of Palette & Chisel

9:30 am – 12:30 pm  Morning session:

• WS02 – Sketching on the Dark Side(s) – David Roberts
• WS04 - High Contrast Speed Sketching – Joel Berman
• WS06 – Urban Impressions with Ink and Watercolor on Rice Paper – Kar Keat Chong
• WS08 – Sketching as You Travel – Liz Knight
• WS10 - Urban Sketching with Gouache – Don Yang
• WS12 – Capture the Essence – Urban Sketching Details – Mark Jones
• WS14 – Wash it Away: Wabi-Sabi Sketching in Watersoluble Media – Eleanor Doughty
  
• Sketch Walk (Optional) – Meet directly across the street from Palette & Chisel at 9:30 am

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm  Lunch

12:45 pm – 2:00 pm  Lecture (feel free to bring your lunch)

2:10 pm – 2:20 pm  Gathering for workshops

2:20 pm Workshop groups depart Palette & Chisel for locations

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm  Afternoon session:

• WS01 – Boxing It Out: Perspective & Proportional Urban Sketching – Richard Kasemsarn
• WS03 – One Scene, Three Takes – Jenny Jing Zhang
• WS05 – Printmaking on the Go: Wild Textures Tamed with Stencils – Nina Khashchina
• WS07 – Capturing Chicago’s Rythym & Energy – Lisa Flahive
• WS09 – Building a Spiral of Attention: Following Curiosity Across the Page – Nishant Jain
• WS11 – Ink and Watercolor on Toned Paper – John Hancock
• WS13 – Good Bones – Stephanie Bower
  
• Sketch Walk (Optional) – Meet directly across the street from Palette & Chisel at 2:30 pm

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm  Closing reception at Palette & Chisel