I'm busy packing and preparing for my third year of teaching in Sicily, which will take place again in October 2025. If you'd like to join me, all the details are in this post!
Samantha I want to do your retreat! I’m thinking I will either do one of your skill share classes or upgrade here to get to know you as a teacher first. Do you do virtual drawing meet ups as or only local in NYC for subscribers? Also which one of the black wings do you recommend for sketching? I first started urban sketching during the pandemic and fell in love and haven’t picked it back up. You’re inspiring me to restart. Grateful to be a Substack writer in community with you. ❤️
OK thanks for all the advice! Do you do the meet ups monthly? I’m also craving another skill share class so I’ll decide! So glad I found you. I think through sarah Fay’s group. Can’t remember!!
Yes totally up to you! If you already have a Skillshare membership then those classes are available anytime you’re ready. I host the meetups roughly every 2-3weeks. They are sometimes just a casual time together chatting and drawing either from my reference based on a theme, or sometimes people do their own thing. Others are more organized and led as a teaching class. The next one we have a guest joining, Helen Stark, who will lead us through some exercises. There are also some special posts and prompts for paid group, too :) anything you choose is obviously great by me! And I’m glad you found me, too!
Hi Tanmeet, I hope you can join next year in Sicily! I think the best thing to do is join some of my meetups through the subscription here because that way you will really get to know me. The Skillshare classes are great, but I am much more natural live. :)
I always recommend the Balanced graphite (Blackwing Pearl) and provide one for each of my in-person workshop attendees!
Samantha I want to do your retreat! I’m thinking I will either do one of your skill share classes or upgrade here to get to know you as a teacher first. Do you do virtual drawing meet ups as or only local in NYC for subscribers? Also which one of the black wings do you recommend for sketching? I first started urban sketching during the pandemic and fell in love and haven’t picked it back up. You’re inspiring me to restart. Grateful to be a Substack writer in community with you. ❤️
OK thanks for all the advice! Do you do the meet ups monthly? I’m also craving another skill share class so I’ll decide! So glad I found you. I think through sarah Fay’s group. Can’t remember!!
Yes totally up to you! If you already have a Skillshare membership then those classes are available anytime you’re ready. I host the meetups roughly every 2-3weeks. They are sometimes just a casual time together chatting and drawing either from my reference based on a theme, or sometimes people do their own thing. Others are more organized and led as a teaching class. The next one we have a guest joining, Helen Stark, who will lead us through some exercises. There are also some special posts and prompts for paid group, too :) anything you choose is obviously great by me! And I’m glad you found me, too!
Hi Tanmeet, I hope you can join next year in Sicily! I think the best thing to do is join some of my meetups through the subscription here because that way you will really get to know me. The Skillshare classes are great, but I am much more natural live. :)
I always recommend the Balanced graphite (Blackwing Pearl) and provide one for each of my in-person workshop attendees!
Blackwing sells a sample pack of four different pencils so you can try them all.
Ooh thanks!
Your "sentimental Brooklyn drawings" are wonderful.
You’re drawing is beautiful, maybe write about inspiration and process behind your drawings?
Sam, reading your words about your boys. Oh I felt that in my mom bones.
Gorgeous place, that photo with Felice is my favourite ❤️