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The Sketchbook Society

Welcome to the Sketchbook Society! We continue our creative focus with a quiet, seasonal class that invites us to slow down and notice what often goes unseen. In Winter Findings, Kristy Kensinger guides us through a gentle sketchbook practice of observation, restraint, and reflection, reminding us that winter is not an absence of creativity, but a place where ideas settle and deepen.

Whether you’re in a literal or creative winter, this intimate, sketchbook-centered class offers space to listen, gather, and let the work unfold naturally. Enjoy!

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SUBSTRATES

Mixed Media Art Journal (Ranger Dylusions Creative Journal)
Mixed Media OR Watercolor Paper (Arches Hot Press or Cold Press Watercolor Block or Canson Mixed Media Paper)

PAINTING MATERIALS

Clear Gesso
Liquetex Acrylic Ink Set (Muted Colors)
Watercolors (I will be using my Ocean Paper watercolor set)
Palette (LadyMade Pottery Ceramic Palette or Disposable Palettes)
Golden High Flow Acrylics (Colors Used: Turquoise, Sap Green Hue, Quinacridone Nickel, Permanent Violet Dark, Sepia, Burnt Sienna, Carbon Black, Ultramarine Blue, Payne’s Grey) or add water to your heavier acrylics to make them more fluid
Black Ink (Speedball India Ink or Peg & Awl Ink)
Variety of Paintbrushes (Golden's Set, Necessities Watercolor Set, Royal & Landnickel Essential Set)

DRAWING TOOLS

F aber-Castell Pencils
Stabilo Pencils: in Black or Burnt Sienna

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