I just love maps — looking at them and making them too. I started making them as a kid, and my journals (especially the travel ones) are full of maps. They’re a great way to tell a story graphically, even the ones I made up out of my imagination. And they have so many uses, from giving directions to a house guest, to recording my personal history, to recreating memories, to recording a trip to charting the geography of a novel, to figuring out the most efficient way to tackle my list of chores.
Recently, I worked with my friend Nate Padavick, one of the world’s great map makers, on Let’s Make a Map!, a great new kourse at SketchBook Skool.
We filmed it in his gorgeous studio and all around the Mission district of San Francisco and we even used a drone (an SBS first!). Nate is a great teacher and he breaks down the process of making a map into simple fun steps, then gives oodles of inspiration. It’s a short kourse, just a week long, and it’s affordably priced ($29), and by the end, you’ll have made your first map and be eager to make loads more.
Nate is a lovely man, a great illustrator, and he knows SO much about maps. He’s also the curator of two great web site: They Draw and Travel and They Draw and Cook. You must check them out…. after you sign up for Let’s Make A Map.
Wow!! I love maps, and drawing and have always wondered how to combine the two. I am signing up!!
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You hooked me again! All signed up in preparation for vacation. Sounds like a fun klass!
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Way to go Danny…great class coming. I have been published on They Draw and Cook and wanted to try my hand at map making…even purchased Nate’s map making book…but never got started. This is a perfect kourse for summer season. So again thanks to SBS for making it happen. I’m thrilled. (& I love the price) Cheers-Darlene
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I couldn’t sign up fast enough for this klass. So excited!
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Signed up Danny. Looking forward to it.
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Reeled me in………why wouldn’t I sign up?🤗🤗
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