About This Event

This event will be bookable on Monday 3 August 2026. Spend 5 relaxed weeks finding drawing and sketching inspiration from the winter/festive season. In this course the focus will be on following a series of festive sketching projects to help fill a folding concertina sketchbook with wonderful ideas and drawings. Each week we’ll have fun as we grow our confidence and increase our skills, completing more and more sketchbook pages as we go on, and ultimately creating a wonderful seasonal keepsake and perhaps inspiration for future work. Suitable for everyone, from absolute beginner to seasoned sketchers. About the tutor: Working in a sketchbook is fundamental to tutor, Austin Orwin’s artistic practice. It offers him a space to experiment and grow, a space to work out ideas, and a space to document his day to day thoughts and existence. His enjoyment grows with every sketch he makes, and he almost never leaves home without a sketchbook in one of his pockets. See more of Austin’s sketch work on Instagram @theleicestersketcher Further information: Sketchbook and all drawing materials are included in the course fee. Participants must be aged 16+. Under 18s must be accompanied by a paying adult at all times. Please note: This 5-week course runs on Thursday afternoons, 2pm – 4:30pm, or Thursday evenings, 6pm – 8:30pm, starting on 12 November and ending on 10 December 2026. Please ensure you book the time that suits you best! If the course/workshop you’d like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list – simply contact our box office team on 0116 252 2455 / arts-centre@le.ac.uk and ask to be added to the waiting list. We’ll then contact you if a place becomes available, with absolutely no obligation to accept it if you’ve made other plans! Please ensure that you read and agree to our updated Terms & Conditions before booking as courses/workshops are non-refundable if cancelled within 21 days of the start date for any reason. We aim to make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome – just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you’d like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email arts-centre@le.ac.uk , pop in or call 0116 252 2455, open 7 days a week. We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied. Free parking for all customers is available after 5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park next door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road. The closest public car park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us (near De Montfort Hall).

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