Gettin’ Sketchy Live is an original live broadcast. The goal is produce a sketch within 45 minutes while providing art instruction and entertainment. In this season, Matt and Ashley choose their own subjects and materials. Each episode is a new adventure with different subjects and drawing media.

Episode 1: Architecture

In this live drawing lesson, we look at drawing architecture with charcoal on white paper. Ashley will have 45 minutes to create a drawing from start to finish. Vine and compressed charcoal are applied to white drawing paper and manipulated with blending stumps and erasers.

Episode 2: Lighthouse

In this live drawing lesson, Matt will have 45 minutes to draw a landscape that features a lighthouse in the sand dunes at the beach with pastels and pastel pencils on PastelMat paper. Watch, learn, and draw alongside as pastels are layered to build up color, resulting in a painterly, colorful drawing.

Episode 3: Legozilla

In this live drawing lesson, Ashley will have 45 minutes to draw a Lego man toy with oil pastels on black paper. Sakura oil pastels are applied to black Colorline paper to complete the drawing. Watch, learn and draw alongside as this interesting subject is captured with oil pastels.

Episode 4: Bear

In this live drawing lesson, Matt will have 45 minutes to create a drawing of a bear with pen and ink. Watch and learn live as this drawing develops. Use technical drawing pens on white pen and ink paper to complete the drawing. Use hatching and cross hatching to add texture and value to the drawing.

Episode 5: Toothbrush

In this live drawing lesson, Ashley will have 45 minutes to create a drawing of a still life subject (toothbrush and tooth paste) with graphite pencils. Watch and learn live as this drawing develops. Use graphite pencils and graphite powder along with erasers to complete the drawing on white drawing paper.

Episode 6: Cardinal

In this live drawing lesson, Matt will have 45 minutes to create a drawing of a bird, a red Cardinal, with colored pencils and PanPastels. Watch and learn live as this drawing develops. Use colored pencils to complete the drawing on toned Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper.

Episode 7: Cat

In this live drawing lesson, Ashley will have 45 minutes to create a drawing of a cat with pastels on black pastel paper. Watch and learn live as this drawing develops. Use pastels on black Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper to complete the drawing.

Episode 8: Dog

In this live drawing lesson, Matt will have 45 minutes to create a drawing of a dog with graphite pencils on white drawing paper. Watch and learn live as this drawing develops.

Episode 9: Hawk

In this live drawing lesson, Ashley will have 45 minutes to create a drawing of a hawk in flight on tan Mi-Teintes pastel paper paper with Sepia conté . Learn how to draw a hawk in flight. Watch and learn live as this drawing develops.

Episode 10: Urban Sketching

In this live drawing lesson, Matt will have 45 minutes to create a drawing/painting of an urban landscape with pen and ink with watercolor. In this lesson, we’ll apply the watercolor washes first followed by the pen and ink. This approach will result in a looser, more expressive image. We’ll work on cold pressed watercolor paper to complete the image. Watch and learn live as this drawing develops.

Episode 11: Season 12 Review and Critique

In this live drawing critique, we look back on the drawings we created during Season 12 of Gettin’ Sketchy and quickly critique each piece. We choose our favorite drawings and encourage you to choose your favorites as well. Join the chat and join in the discussion as we look back on what we created.