Join Nate & Salli for an awesome hour of drawing and chatting with Koosje Koene! You probably watch her series Draw Tip Tuesday or maybe you own her book Life Is Better When You Draw It or maybe you’ve taken one of her workshops. Now, you can Draw Along with Koosje!

An hour spent drawing along with Margo Tantau, the voice behind the Windowsill Chats podcast? Yes, please! 60 glorious minutes—chock full of creative chit-chat and illustration inspiration.

Draw Along with the super talented mother/daughter duo of Lori Siebert and Kenzie Kae! While drawing from their inspiration, we chat about how they work as a team and all of the fun Instagram challenges they host, including a new one which we announce in this meet-up.

As the founder of Art Brand Alliance, Betsy Cordes is an advocate and guide for entrepreneurial visual artists. Do you want to Draw Along with Betsy? We sure do—join us!

It’s a two-fer!! Illustrator Cornelia Duemling brings her experience as a food stylist to the table to help us apply an aesthetic appreciation to a recipe illustration!

Come draw along inside the amazing world of art and wonder that surrounds Sarah Hand. Sarah’s free-flowing, fun-loving style is the perfect setting for this Draw Along event!

Are you ready to draw along with Sarah?

Superstar illustrator, writer and teacher Tom Froese gathered a very special collection of his favorite objects for us to draw using a two-step illustration process of observation, then ideation.

Spend an hour drawing along with Mike Lowery as we all illustrate our dream vacation. Watch Mike draw, see his creativity unfold, hear him speak about his process. It is a beautiful hour well spent!

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Illustration agent Jennifer Nelson selects an array of on-trend objects to use as inspiration for an hour's worth of group drawing, and chatting about the licensing business!

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How do you stay motivated to create art everyday? A few years ago Salli Swindell set off on a journey to stay colorfully creative everyday. Today, this mantra embodies her daily illustration practice. Salli shares her process for creating art and gives you some tips for becoming your best creative self.

Are you ready to get colorfully creative with Salli?

Surface designer Elizabeth Silver shows us ways to recycle existing work and build a bank of images that are in tune with the season and market-ready. Do you have some favorite illustrations that deserves more attention?

Are you ready to learn how to re-purpose your illustrations with Elizabeth?

Come draw along visual artist / cat lover Terry Runyan. While felines are the focus, the conversation goes beyond cat chat and into confidence building and taming your inner critic.

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Draw along with illustrator / storyteller / toy creator / book maker Suzy Ultman. Grab your paper, cardstock, scissors, favorite pens, and pencils for this “cut-and-draw” play date.

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Come draw along with Dr. Elly Barnett (aka @historyeats). Elly, a Bristol-based food historian and author, picked a food-themed 17th-century Flemish masterpiece to inspire an hour's worth of group drawing—and talking about the history of food in art!

Are you ready to draw along with Elly?

Come draw along with Dinara Mirtalipova (aka @mirdinara). Dinara, a Uzbekistan-born self-taught illustrator, picked an array of mementos that we use as inspiration for an hour's worth of group drawing—and chatting!

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Come draw along with Jennifer Orkin Lewis. Jennifer, a very accomplished painter and illustrator, picked an array of objects that we use as inspiration for an hour's worth of group drawing—and chatting!

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Watch the very first version of this open forum in which participants join in—or simply listen in—on a free-flowing conversation about creativity, illustration, life, cats, coffee, aches, pains, special projects, techniques, and more, while we all draw a still life.

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Nate & Salli have designed thousands of greeting cards for many companies. In this 1-hour video, they team up with two creative directors from Design House Greetings to share industry insights.

Are you ready to enter the world of greeting cards?

An illustrated map can tell a story, a personal history, or be a unique lens through which one can experience a special place. This 9-step guide by mapmaker Nate Padavick shows you the way to create your own map illustration

Are you ready to make a map?

In this hour-long video Salli Swindell forgets about fonts and helps you with hand-lettering. Expressive hand-drawn type can add a whole new layer of fun and style to your illustrations.

Are you ready to level-up your lettering?

This fast-paced brainstorm technique expands your thinking to produce multiple ideas based on one theme. It’s a concept-driven exercise that adds another abstract process to your creative tool belt!

Are you ready to turn one shape into many forms?

During this 1-hour video, we set aside our drawing tablets and put on our thinking caps. We discuss personal projects. What are they? Why start them? How to begin? Where will they take you?

Are you ready to think about personal projects?

“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.” We use this quote by Picasso as a launching point for a 1-hour abstract drawing exercise.

Are you ready for an abstraction distraction?

You are only 9 steps away from creating a font of your very own handwriting. It adds a very personal touch to your illustrations and it’s actually super easy!

Are you ready to turn your handwriting into a font?

Put your illustration skills to work to support an independent local business you love! Your illustrations can make a difference in the world—that’s what this creative exercise is all about.

Are you ready to draw attention to a local business?

Are you in a color rut? Door you need a little color inspiration? This 10-step exercise by Salli is a fun and easy way to create some new and magical color combos. The results are always a surprise!

Are you ready to pick a palette?

The hidden agenda behind this exercise—not to take the fun out it—is to strengthen your conceptual thinking and editorial illustration skills. This prompt will help you look at an object or concept from many different angles—literally and figuratively.

Are you ready to caffeinate?

As kids we were always told "eat your broccoli." Were you ever told to draw your broccoli? We weren't fans of eating it as kids but now it's one of our fave veggies and it's one of Salli's favorite things to draw!

Are you ready to draw some broccoli?

Have you always wanted to be a greeting card illustrator? Or, maybe you just need a refresher course on the industry? Whether you are a freelancer looking to break into this business or simply want to create your own cards to sell or give to friends and family, we have 15 valuable tips to offer you.

Are you ready to learn a thing or two about greeting cards?

In this 2-minute video Salli Swindell presents an illustration and design concept based on stacks and piles, with a theme of holiday goodness.

Are you ready to illustrate your stack of faves?

Illustration allows one to interpret reality in so many ways and scale is key principle. It makes a composition dynamic. This 6-step exercise will help you create an illustration with a focus on scale.

Are you ready to play with scale?

This is a method for creating an illustration that is jam-packed with drawings and meaning. While Nate & Salli use this method in their daily drawing practice, this 8-step guide is centered around a theme: thankfulness.

Are you ready to get cozy with your illustration?

The winter holidays are a great time to send greeting cards to friends and family, especially when you create your own cards. Award-winning greeting card designer Salli Swindell lays out the process in 10 steps!

Are you ready to make your own holiday card?

We’ll be the first to say that we love color—all the colors! Sometimes you need to use every color, but not always. When we began challenging ourselves to use limited color palettes, we started seeing new styles emerge!

Are you ready to consider color?

Doodle Theory, created by Nate Padavick, is a prompt-based drawing technique that uses abstract squiggles to open up the creative corners of your brain. No rules and no wrong answers! It’s like giving your subconscious a pen and paper.

Are you ready to test Nate’s doodle theory?

We all have our favorite things to draw. Often, it’s because they are easy for us to draw. It’s good to push our limits, learn new things, and challenge ourselves.

Are you ready to draw something for the first time?

This 9-step guide by Salli Swindell will help you develop your own lettering style. The more you practice, the more comfortable you will feel—and soon your own signature style will emerge!

Are you ready to draw some fun letters?

You know the saying about learning to ride a bicycle: once you learn, you never forget, right? Well, the same can be said for learning to draw a bicycle! In this 10-step guide, Nate Padavick shows you how easy it is to draw a bicycle.

Are you ready to take off the training wheels?