Sketchbook: Art Form & Legacy with Laura Hunt – G26090312
Through this workshop, I invite you to see your sketchbook not as a preparatory tool, but as a complete and meaningful body of work. Each sketchbook becomes a visual record of your experiences—unified by a personal theme, shaped by observation, reflection, and memory. Over time, this practice can transform how you build skills, capture moments, and tell your story. A sketchbook can become something deeply personal and enduring—something you create for yourself and, one day, for those who come after you.
You’ll learn an approachable, flexible method for creating sketchbooks that work for any skill level. I’ll guide you through my personal sketchbook practice, along with practical techniques that support drawing, painting, writing, and page design. I’ll share examples from my own sketchbooks and books from my personal library to show the wide range of possibilities—there is no single “right” way to do this work.
Together, we’ll explore:
Mapping your personal journey under a unifying theme
Sketching on site and working from reference photos
Combining ink and watercolor confidently
Composing dynamic, engaging pages
Using prose or poetry to add meaning, context, and voice
Designing a cover and introductory page
Considering the sketchbook as a personal legacy
You’ll leave the workshop with a completed sketchbook documenting your Ghost Ranch experience—or a strong, well-developed foundation to finish at home. More importantly, you’ll gain a repeatable sketchbook practice you can return to, applying it to any subject that matters to you.
This workshop is grounded in my 35+ year career as a graphic designer, my ongoing work as a fine artist, plus my experience leading critique groups and workshops. My goal is to offer you both structure and
Instructor
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Laura HuntLaura Hunt is a Fort Worth–based artist whose work centers on the figure, memory, and community. Her solo exhibitions include Possibilities: The Earth and the Egg at The Upstairs Gallery in 2025, My Eyes on Texas at the North Richland Hills Grand Lobby in 2024, Humans Being at Crittenden the Studio in 2023, and Our Community, Our Neighbors at the Templeton Gallery in 2022, in partnership with Tarrant County Homeless Coalition. Hunt exhibits in juried regional and national shows. Her work Closing Chapters received First Place at the Frisco Discovery Center Winter Art Show and is held in the permanent collection of Texas Wesleyan University, which has also acquired Resilience. In 2025, Hunt received the Arts Fort Worth Heart of Gold Award for Emerging Leader in the Arts. She is represented by The Upstairs Gallery and Your Private Collection Gallery, and leads workshops and critiques in North Texas.