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Exploring in Sketchbook with Oils (Online Demo) Winter 2026 w/ Jodi Lee
March 3 (Tuesday), 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM, Eastern Time
**Demo is live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. The recording will be available to students for 3 months after the live demo, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
PROMO:
Demo Description
Sketchbook is the perfect place to start exploring our ideas. In this demo we look at our first marks as rapid note taking. Quick, decisive and bold mark making helps us get our ideas out without much editing and second guessing. We will discuss how fast we want our image to read, if we want more or less refinement, and finishing with images that express our discoveries.
Demo Materials List
The key to a sketchbook that we can oil paint in is the weight of the paper. Look for 145lb or 200gsm and up. Cotton rag or cotton blend are both good options.
My favorite brand of sketchbook and paper line is Hahnemuhle. Their watercolor line of sketchbooks is great for working in with oils. These can be found on Amazon or Blick. The paper is 100% cotton rag and very durable.
Moleskin watercolor sketchbook line is great. The paper is ivory white and a cotton blend also found on amazon or Blick.
Strathmore watercolor sketchbook line is a perfect choice as well.
There are many brands and options out there to choose from that are quality sketchbooks. I highly recommend 165lb or 200gsm or higher weight paper when making your selection.
I personally love Blick Scholastic brushes. They are inexpensive and durable. Choose a variety of sizes and shapes, everyone has a different preference and we want ones that work for us.
A pallet knife is a perfect tool for mark making and deconstruction. Choose one or a few that look interesting, this will ultimately be a personal preference as well.
I highly recommend quick dry white by Gamblin for use in our sketchbooks. Winsor and Newton and Gamblin have a line of oils that are fast matte/quick dry. Purchase a few colors to mix in with your other oils and it will help with dry time in your sketchbooks. They have alkyd mixed in with them that help with dry time.
quick dry white
Ivory Black
Cad Yellow
Alizarin Red
Cad Red
Burnt Umber
Yellow Ochre
Ultramarine Blue
Clear Gesso is used either to prepare surface.
Sand paper
Paper Towels
Markers
Colored pencils
Reference photos
March 3 (Tuesday), 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM, Eastern Time
**Demo is live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. The recording will be available to students for 3 months after the live demo, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
PROMO:
Demo Description
Sketchbook is the perfect place to start exploring our ideas. In this demo we look at our first marks as rapid note taking. Quick, decisive and bold mark making helps us get our ideas out without much editing and second guessing. We will discuss how fast we want our image to read, if we want more or less refinement, and finishing with images that express our discoveries.
Demo Materials List
The key to a sketchbook that we can oil paint in is the weight of the paper. Look for 145lb or 200gsm and up. Cotton rag or cotton blend are both good options.
My favorite brand of sketchbook and paper line is Hahnemuhle. Their watercolor line of sketchbooks is great for working in with oils. These can be found on Amazon or Blick. The paper is 100% cotton rag and very durable.
Moleskin watercolor sketchbook line is great. The paper is ivory white and a cotton blend also found on amazon or Blick.
Strathmore watercolor sketchbook line is a perfect choice as well.
There are many brands and options out there to choose from that are quality sketchbooks. I highly recommend 165lb or 200gsm or higher weight paper when making your selection.
I personally love Blick Scholastic brushes. They are inexpensive and durable. Choose a variety of sizes and shapes, everyone has a different preference and we want ones that work for us.
A pallet knife is a perfect tool for mark making and deconstruction. Choose one or a few that look interesting, this will ultimately be a personal preference as well.
I highly recommend quick dry white by Gamblin for use in our sketchbooks. Winsor and Newton and Gamblin have a line of oils that are fast matte/quick dry. Purchase a few colors to mix in with your other oils and it will help with dry time in your sketchbooks. They have alkyd mixed in with them that help with dry time.
quick dry white
Ivory Black
Cad Yellow
Alizarin Red
Cad Red
Burnt Umber
Yellow Ochre
Ultramarine Blue
Clear Gesso is used either to prepare surface.
Sand paper
Paper Towels
Markers
Colored pencils
Reference photos