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What will you learn from the Workshops?
Learn sketching, drawing, and painting from 50+ favourite instructors, artists, architects, and designers in a variety of styles, techniques, and mediums!
Instructors You'll Learn From
Some of the drawing techniques & apps you'll learn from the Workshops...
Pen & Pencil Drawing
Color Markers
Watercolor Painting
Morpholio Trace
Procreate
and more!
Workshops Schedule
After unlocking in the first three days, all workshops remain available to watch for FREE until the end of Sunday, November 2nd, 2025!
- David Drazil | Draw-along: Concrete Box House in Perspective (30:57)
- Aimian Mao l Drawing Rocks and Plants with Markers (34:37)
- Albert Kiefer l Color Your Sketch Alive! (35:40)
- Mallery Marsh | Countryside Sketching Made Simple (41:13)
- Alex Hillkurtz l Crunchy, Smooth, Contrast, Color: Add Visual Variety to Your Paintings (29:39)
- Shari Blaukopf | Sketching the Red Shed in Ink and Watercolour (48:08)
- Andrea Deng | Drawing A Japanese Temple with a Fountain Pen (51:12)
- Gasper Habjanic (Linescapes) | Sketching People in Motion (37:26)
- Paul Wang | Supercharge Your Creative Muscles! (26:29)
- Katie Woodward l Letting Loose With Watercolor (27:30)
- Simone Ridyard | Capturing Lisbon: One-Point Perspective Meets Loose Watercolour (28:32)
- Wayne Visbeen | PART 1: Sketching A Functional Floorplan (30:22)
- Shannin Williams l Color Made Simple: Using the Copic App to Select Colors (18:32)
- Salmaan Mohamed l The Art of Architectural Composition in Pen & Ink (30:39)
- Harrison How | Backcountry Cabin Sketching (27:13)
- Reham Ali | Sketching Perspective Without Perspective (28:00)
- Vanidas Mangathil | Urban Sketching: Simplify, Paint, Add Life! (25:15)
- JJ Zanetta | Compositional Forces (28:24)
- Darman Angir | Watercoloring A Sketch - Wet On Wet Underwash (32:35)
- Preeti Dubey | Color Pencil Techniques For Realistic Parthenon Drawing (25:51)
- Darya Mitta l "Amsterdam House" – A Watercolour Sketching Journey (19:56)
- Nur Ornek | Choosing The Right Point of View For A Perspective Drawing (16:35)
- Mitch Leeuwe | How To Draw A Building (22:06)
- Emily Mills l Keeping a Travel Sketchbook (29:55)
- Eleanor Doughty | Drawing with Calligraphy Pens (featuring the Pilot Parallel Pen) (19:44)
- Daria Bogdanova l How To Draw "Little People" with Pen & Colored Pencils (29:58)
- Kate Andryukhina | Drawing a Coffee Table with Different Textures in Procreate (35:09)
- Pradnyaa Desai l Interior Design Sketching with Markers (21:02)
- Matthew North | Attack of the Doors! How To Correct A Bad Floorplan (30:25)
- Erman Ozdemir | Sketching Architecture: Turning Plans into Axonometric Perspectives (30:56)
- John Wood | Procreate Planting Photomontage for Garden Designers (33:25)
- Noor M | Create A Travel Zine! (28:20)
- Wayne Visbeen | PART 2: 3 Elevations, 1 Floorplan (33:40)
- Pedro Augspach | Sketching as Design Thinking (17:07)
- Rushikesh Gawade | How To Put Ideas On Paper, Sketch Better For Design (16:20)
- Saleh Alenzawe l My 6 Sketching Methods For Creating New Concept (21:07)
- Alan Ramiro l Sketch Faster, See Clearer: Profile and Shadows First (38:18)
- Matt Gibbons | Mastering Urban Light in Watercolor (30:39)
- Julia Henze l Loose but Intentional: Overcoming the Fear of Getting It Wrong (32:51)
- Pedro Alves | Let's Paint Glória Funicular! (28:43)
- Susan Chiang | From Wash to Detail: Landscape in Watercolor + Dry Media (16:37)
- James Akers l Color First, Detail Later: Capturing the Light Before It's Gone (29:17)
- Joey Swerdlin (Morpholio) l 5 Hidden Tools in Morpholio Trace You HAVE TO Try (19:18)
- Roberto Bernal l Perspective As You've Never Seen It (25:18)
- Patty Edge | Line · Wash · Repeat: Sketching Confidently in Watercolour (17:04)
- Martin Lachmair | Stay Motivated - A Suggestion For Daily Drawing (26:55)
- Olga Sorokina l Drawing Paris: Sketch of Arc de Triomphe in Two-Point Perspective (28:23)
- Michael Lungren | How To Draw A Napkin Sketch In 5 Easy Steps (10:13)
- Henry Gao l iPad For Landscape Designer Masterclass (32:10)
- Chris Simmons | Drawing a Gothic Schoolhouse in Black Ink (21:04)
- Yann Leroy | A Medieval Clock Tower in Amboise (26:09)
- Steven De Groot | How To Create Interesting Sketches (20:54)
- Inhong Park | The Rule of Thirds for Sketchers (33:10)
- Stephen Travers | Four Techniques to Create Depth in Your Drawings (18:55)
MEET YOUR HOST
David Drazil
Architect | Content Creator | Speaker | Author
David Drazil is an architect who loves to sketch. He's the founder of the SketchLikeAnArchitect.com and a teacher with more than 15,000 online students in his courses.
David is also an author of 3 books on architectural sketching. He is focused on helping architects & designers to improve their clarity of visual communication through his educational resources on both analog & digital sketching and drawing.
Connect with David and follow his work on his popular channels on Instagram (200k+) and Youtube.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Sketching Retreat 2025?
Sketching Retreat 2025 is a free 6-day online event, featuring over 50 pre-recorded video workshops by different instructors on both traditional and digital architectural sketching & drawing techniques.
When is it?
The free event takes places between October 28 and November 2, 2025.
How do I join?
Simple - click on any button on this page and sign up for free with your name and email address. That's it!
Is it for me if I don’t have an iPad?
Absolutely! We have a mixture of workshops teaching you both traditional and digital sketching & drawing techniques. Even you don’t have iPad or other tablet, you’ll find plenty of traditional workshops here.
Is the event really for free?
Yes, it is - for a limited time - between October 28- Nov 2, 2025!
For how long will the workshops be available for free?
All the workshops will be unlocked during the first 3 days (October 28-30, cca 15 workshops per day).
You’ll be able to watch ALL the workshops until the end of Sunday, November 2, 2025!
Can I get longer access to everything?
Absolutely! While the whole event is free between October 28 and November 2, you can get immediate and indefinite (life-time) access to everything with the All-access-pass (aka VIP ticket).
What is an All-Access-Pass?
All-Access-Pass is an optional VIP paid ticket to the event granting you:
- Immediate (right now) & indefinite (for life-time) access to ALL 50+ WORKSHOPS
- BONUSES incl. additional trainings and resources from instructors worth over $200 USD for FREE
- Exclusive discounts from instructors
Plus, by purchasing this VIP ticket, you are saying ‘thank you’ and directly supporting not only the event but also all the instructors (as we have a profit-sharing model).
The price increases on October 28 - once the event starts - from $37 USD to $87 USD.
How/Where can I watch the Workshops?
You can watch all the workshops in one place - HERE (within Sketch Like an Architect online school hosted on Teachable).
You don’t need any extra apps, just your internet browser (we recommned watching on PC/Desktop or iPad and using Google Chrome or Safari for the best experience).
