Altered Book Workshop - Create Your Own Unique Sketchbook with Gesso and Collage: November 13th, 7pm - 9pm
Altered Book Workshop
Create Your Own Unique Sketchbook with Gesso and Collage
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll transform a plain book into a one-of-a-kind sketchbook using gesso, collage, and mixed-media techniques. We’ll explore layering, texture, and composition to give each page a unique character and creative potential.
You’ll learn how to prepare surfaces with gesso, incorporate a variety of papers and materials to create interesting surfaces in your sketchbook that you can use for painting, still life or landscape sketching.
This is a playful, exploratory session—perfect for anyone looking to add depth and originality to their creative practice. All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring along any special papers, old prints, or scraps you’d like to include in your altered book.
Whether you’re a complete beginner or just getting back into art making, you’re very welcome.
About your tutor:
Susan Mitchell is a nature-inspired illustrator passionate about bringing stories to life through books, cards, and giftware. She loves working with watercolour and painted paper collage, but drawing has always been at the heart of her practice.
When not working on illustration projects, she runs various creative workshops for adults and children around Edinburgh.
Who it's for: Beginners, 14+
What to bring: Just yourself and your enthusiasm – we will provide everything else!
What’s included: All art materials, plenty of tea and coffee, and a friendly, supportive space to learn and create.