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    • amberwingart
      amberwingart last edited by amberwingart

      Hey everyone,

      I posted this as a comment on a thread, but I wanted to see if the general population here would be interested in something like this...

      In addition to whatever is decided for the monthly challenge/3rd Thursdays here in the forum, would anyone be interested in having a weekly sketch session of our own here in the forum? Every Friday or Saturday (whatever is best for everyone), whoever wants to take part could post some prompts in that week's thread and then we could all spend an hour or two sketching it/them out and then posting them. Then those who want feedback could get it from the others (and even from those not participating).

      I try to sketch every night, but I especially love sketching late into the night on Fridays and saturdays. Having others sketching and/or giving feedback would definitely keep me inspired to sketch more & would give us something fun to look forward to each week.

      Would anyone be interested?

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      • Eric Castleman
        Eric Castleman last edited by

        Yes, anything that keeps me on my toes I am all for. However, do you think we might be jumping the gun a bit, seeing that we really have little information about what SVS has planned? I guess we could do this until things are a bit more fleshed out, or maybe this will become something on its own, so in that sense, I think we should go ahead and try something like you are suggesting.

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        • smceccarelli
          smceccarelli Pro SVS OG last edited by

          Definitely good idea! I would gladly participate.

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          • amberwingart
            amberwingart last edited by amberwingart

            This would be less formal than the 3rd Thursday, @Eric-Castleman - it'd just be a no-pressure, informal sketch jam session for anyone who wants to spend their Friday or Saturday night virtually sketching alongside other artists online and getting feedback from each other. The purpose is really to get us sketching more & to keep us warmed up.

            If people are interested in doing it, we could even keep it going when whatever the SVS teachers are planning is up and running.

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            Website: http://www.amberwingart.com
            SVS Sketchbook: http://forum.svslearn.com/topic/915/savina-s-sketchbook-updated-2-13-16

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            • Eric Castleman
              Eric Castleman last edited by

              Count me in.

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              • amberwingart
                amberwingart @Eric Castleman last edited by

                @Eric-Castleman @smceccarelli Awesome! I'll double check with Lee and Jake to be sure it's okay, but I imagine they'll be fine with it.

                @Lee-White @Jake-Parker Is it okay if we do this here on the forums?

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                • smceccarelli
                  smceccarelli Pro SVS OG last edited by

                  Just one question on time. Would that be a limited time-slot? I am on CEST time, so many hours away from anyone in the US. If the time-slot is 24 hours or more, I am sure to have overlaps, if it is less, there may be little or no overlap with my daytime or working hours...:-)

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                  • Lee White
                    Lee White SVS Team SVS Instructor Pro SVS OG @amberwingart last edited by

                    @amberwingart Thanks for asking. It is more than ok if you guys do this. We encourage it! Anything that makes you feel good about making art is going to be ok with us. : )

                    SVS Faculty Instructor
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                    • amberwingart
                      amberwingart @Lee White last edited by

                      @Lee-White Awesome - thank you! 🙂

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                      • amberwingart
                        amberwingart @smceccarelli last edited by amberwingart

                        @smceccarelli That's a good point - we have a lot of non-U.S. members, I think. So we can make it a 24 hour thing, where those on U.S. time/British time/compatible time zones can sketch live together and everyone on CEST who wants to take part can hop on and sketch together when they're able to - and we can all give feedback. Would that work?

                        Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/amberwingart
                        Instagram: @savinafranciscoart
                        YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/amberwingart
                        Website: http://www.amberwingart.com
                        SVS Sketchbook: http://forum.svslearn.com/topic/915/savina-s-sketchbook-updated-2-13-16

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                        • Eric Castleman
                          Eric Castleman last edited by

                          When can we start?

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                          • amberwingart
                            amberwingart @Eric Castleman last edited by

                            @Eric-Castleman How about this Friday? We could start at, say 9:00pm ET, 6:00pm PT? That way it's not too late for back easters and the West coasters can jump in whenever...What do you think - a different time?

                            Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/amberwingart
                            Instagram: @savinafranciscoart
                            YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/amberwingart
                            Website: http://www.amberwingart.com
                            SVS Sketchbook: http://forum.svslearn.com/topic/915/savina-s-sketchbook-updated-2-13-16

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                            • Eric Castleman
                              Eric Castleman @amberwingart last edited by

                              @amberwingart I think that time is great.

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                              • smceccarelli
                                smceccarelli Pro SVS OG last edited by

                                No studio time at all in that 24h slot....:-(( But if I can still post sketches, I would gladly use it as a bouncing board and motivation to sketch more (and less rough...) during the week!

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                                • amberwingart
                                  amberwingart @smceccarelli last edited by amberwingart

                                  @smceccarelli Darn! 😞 Well, you can definitely go off of the prompts posted and get feedback...And why don't we have more than one session - one for the U.S./British, etc. time zones and one for the CEST time zones? That way any of SVS's central European members can have the experience of painting/drawing together also...What do you think?

                                  What country are you in, btw?

                                  Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/amberwingart
                                  Instagram: @savinafranciscoart
                                  YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/amberwingart
                                  Website: http://www.amberwingart.com
                                  SVS Sketchbook: http://forum.svslearn.com/topic/915/savina-s-sketchbook-updated-2-13-16

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                                  • smceccarelli
                                    smceccarelli Pro SVS OG @amberwingart last edited by

                                    @amberwingart I am in Switzerland, but you should not worry about me. Following the prompt in my own time is probably what works best for me. I sketch on the run most of the time anyhow. With job and kids you are not really flexible with time 😉

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