🌿 ONLINE SKETCHING COURSE 🌿
Tiny Moments
A mindful sketching journey in grids and thumbnails
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MINDFUL CREATIVITY COURSE
Capture the beauty of small, everyday experiences - one sketch at a time.
Tiny Moments is a 7-module online course designed to help busy people reclaim creative “me-time” through mindful sketching.
Using grids and thumbnail sketches, you'll explore small, everyday moments with a playful, low-pressure approach.
Through short, guided exercises and creative prompts using a variety of materials, this course encourages observation, self-expression, and creativity - even in the shortest windows of time.
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Here's what you'll enjoy in the course
🎨 Mindful creativity: learn to sketch in small windows of time
📝 Sketching in grids and thumbnails: simple sketching tutorials to reduce overwhelm
✏️ Use simple materials: use what you have and create with ease
🤝 Daily life as inspiration: you don't need to be perfect, you just need to notice
✨ Me-time that feels nourishing not demanding: take a creative pause within your day
Whether you’re a complete beginner or a seasoned sketcher, this gentle and encouraging course will guide you into a regular sketchbook practice - tiny moments of quiet creativity.
Get ready to capture the beauty of everyday moments in your sketchbook with ease and gentleness...
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What Happens in Tiny Moments?
Tiny Moments is a mindful sketching course designed to help you slow down, notice more, and fill your sketchbook with small, meaningful sketches. Across 7 inspiring modules, you’ll explore grids, thumbnails, creative play, and simple techniques for capturing everyday life, nature, and landscapes - all in bite-sized lessons that fit into your day. With videos, audio guides, and a final sketchbook project, you’ll build a creative habit that feels achievable and deeply rewarding.
Module 1: Welcome and Introduction
Start gently with grids, learn why working small works, what materials you need for the course and discover how to notice the tiny moments all around you.
Module 2: Warm-Up Sketches and Doodles
This module works through easy, playful exercises to loosen up your hand and creative brain - no stress, just fun.
Module 3: Materials and Creative Play
Explore your materials in your sketchbook and learn how to experiment playfully in short pockets of time.
Module 4: Observing Everyday Life
Train your eye to see the ordinary items within your home with new appreciation. Simple drawing exercises for everyday creativity.
Module 5: Plants and Nature
Draw leaves, flowers, plants and natural details with approachable techniques that fit your schedule. Experiment with pencil, paint and other materials to explore nature.
Module 6: Tiny Landscapes
Capture glimpses of your surroundings in small thumbnail sketches that tell a story, from the view outside your window to scenes discovered on your travels. You’ll learn how to simplify shapes and suggest depth using tone.
Module 7: Tiny Sketchbook Project
Bring it all together in a personal project designed to celebrate your unique creative journey. Learn how to make your own small concertina sketchbook.
Bonus Material
There are lots of lovely extra goodies when you join the course today including audio recordings to inspire creativity, a handy recommended reading list and bonus tutorials.
"Susan has such a gentle, encouraging way of teaching that takes the pressure out of drawing and brings the enjoyment back in. I'm finding myself wanting to reach for my sketchbook again, and that may be my favourite thing about this course.”
Amy Murray, 2026
SKETCHING IN SMALL POCKETS OF TIME
Why Tiny Moments?
Life is busy. Your days are full of responsibilities, family, and tasks that often leave little room for you.
But creativity isn’t just for artists with hours to spare - it’s a way to reconnect, recharge, and rediscover joy in the small, everyday moments.
Tiny Moments is a mindful, 7-module online course designed specifically for busy people who want to:
- Capture the beauty in everyday life - even if you only have 5 minutes
- Build a creative habit without pressure or perfectionism
- Use simple, accessible tools like grids and thumbnails to sketch with confidence
- Cultivate mindfulness and presence through art
- Experience the soothing power of tiny sketches that add up to a creative practice
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£75
Instant access
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7 comprehensive sketching modules
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Over 35 video lessons
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Work through at your own pace
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Yours to revisit whenever you like
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Includes three bonus lessons
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Supportive community to share your work
Ready to explore Tiny Moments?
Whether you have two minutes or twenty, Tiny Moments will help you make time for creativity without pressure or overwhelm.
By the end of the course, you’ll have a sketchbook full of small, meaningful drawings - and a simple, joyful habit you can return to again and again.
Let this be your space to pause, play, and reconnect with yourself, one tiny sketch at a time.
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A Little Something Extra...
Additional lessons included in your course at no extra cost
Bonus 1: Susan’s Sketching and Creativity Reading List
A curated collection of Susan's favourite books on sketching, drawing and creativity, gathered from her own bookshelves and shared as inspiration to dip into alongside the course.
Bonus 2: A Behind-the-Scenes Studio Tour with Susan
Peek behind the scenes into Susan's creative space, where she works, what she keeps to hand, and how her studio reflects the way she thinks about sketching and creativity.
Bonus 3: Extra Tutorial - Fish Illustrations in Pen
Gain access to this bonus 35 minute illustration tutorial where Susan takes you through her full process for sketching these little fish designs in pen and ink.
Who is this course for?
- You’re someone juggling work, family, and life’s demands, craving a little me-time to nurture your creativity.
- You want an art practice that feels joyful, manageable, and pressure-free.
- You appreciate mindfulness and want to slow down, even just for a moment each day.
- You don’t need to be an expert - just curious and ready to begin.
CREATIVITY THAT FITS IN YOUR POCKET (AND YOUR DAY)
Sketching in Short Bursts
You know those days where you want to be creative, but the thought of starting a big project feels impossible? That’s exactly why Tiny Moments works.
Instead of staring at a blank page wondering what to draw, you’ll open your sketchbook to a small, inviting grid or thumbnail - a space so manageable you can fill it in just 5–15 minutes while the kettle boils or before bed.
The best bit? These quick sketches add up fast, building your confidence and turning creativity into a habit you actually look forward to.
No rules, no stress - just little pockets of joy you can fit into real life.
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"What I love about Susan's Tiny Moments course is how accessible and unintimidating the practice feels. The small grid-style format creates such a wonderful container for noticing and capturing little moments without feeling overwhelmed. I'm not much of a sketcher at all, which is part of why I've been so surprised by how much I enjoy this practice. Susan makes it feel approachable and doable, and Tiny Moments has genuinely added something new to my own art practice. It has helped me slow down, pay attention, and find creativity in the small, ordinary moments of my day.”
Margie Woods, Artist, 2026
Why this course works
Whether you have two minutes or twenty, Tiny Moments will help you make time for creativity without pressure or overwhelm. By the end of the course, you’ll have a sketchbook full of small, meaningful drawings - and a simple, joyful habit you can return to again and again. Let this be your space to pause, play, and reconnect with yourself, one tiny sketch at a time.
✨ SMALL ACHIEVABLE STEPS
Instead of overwhelming projects, you’ll work in short, focused bursts. Each sketch can take as little as 5-15 minutes - just enough to spark creativity without eating into your day. This makes it easy to start (and keep going) even when life is busy.
📐 SIMPLE STRUCTURE
Using grids and thumbnails gives you a clear, approachable framework to work in. No blank-page intimidation, no wondering where to start - just small, defined spaces that encourage experimentation, play, and gentle progress.
🌿 MEANINGFUL AND MINDFUL
This isn’t about perfection or “picture-perfect” art. Every sketch is an opportunity to pause, notice the details around you, and reconnect with yourself. By observing and drawing, you’ll naturally bring more presence and calm into your day.
⏳ DESIGNED FOR BUSY LIVES
You don’t need a studio or hours of free time - just a few moments and a simple sketching kit. Whether you’re at your kitchen table, on your lunch break, or out in nature, this course fits seamlessly into your routine, wherever you are.
Hi, I'm Susan.
Hi, I’m Susan, an artist and author. My current body of work is an expression of my love of plants, botanical knowledge and connection to nature.
My approach is warm, unhurried, and non-prescriptive: there's no right way to do this, and there's nothing you can get wrong.
I can’t wait to welcome you into this online course: Tiny Moments.
✨ When you join the course you get
- 7 inspiring modules packed with bite-sized lessons on grids, thumbnails, creative play, and mindful sketching techniques.
- Step-by-step video tutorials you can follow at your own pace. Perfect for beginners and returning sketchers alike.
- Encouraging audio guides to help you notice tiny moments, make sketching a habit, and keep your creativity flowing.
- Creative prompts and exercises designed to spark ideas and keep your sketchbook pages turning.
- A complete “Tiny Sketchbook Project” to bring together everything you’ve learned into a beautiful, personal collection of work.
- Bonus: Next Steps & Your Creative Community guidance for staying inspired and connected beyond the course.
- Ongoing access so you can revisit the lessons whenever you need a creative boost.
All of this for the price of a single workshop but with the flexibility to learn, sketch, and grow at your own pace, wherever you are.
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Small Sketches. Big Joy
Tiny Moments is open now for registrations
Reclaim creative “me-time” with simple grids, tiny sketches, and gentle habits that fit into your everyday life.
Tiny Moments gives you the tools, inspiration, and confidence to make creativity part of your everyday - no matter how busy life gets.
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Everyone’s journey is different. You can join the course as a standalone journey or it is included as part of the Inspire Membership
"Words cannot express how much I have enjoyed this and how it has made me find time each day for myself.”
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What you'll need
Don't worry about having everything before you start. The exact materials for each tutorial are listed underneath the individual lesson, and I'll always suggest alternatives where I can. I never want the wrong materials to be a barrier to sketching.
For the course as a whole, it's helpful to have:
- Sketchbooks in a couple of different sizes
- Pencils (at least one soft and one hard), a sharpener and eraser
- Watercolour paints, gouache, coloured pencils and a basic range of acrylics
- A selection of paintbrushes, a paint palette and a pot of water
- Fine liner pens or a fountain pen
- Masking tape or washi tape, scissors
Throughout the course, everyday objects will also be used as subjects - these are listed under each individual lesson.
14-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
If you aren’t completely satisfied with your course, let us know within the first 14-days for a full refund. No questions asked.
Plant trees with me!
One tree is planted for every person that joins Tiny Moments. I am donating to the climate change charity Ecologi to plant trees in a responsible way.
Hopefully together as part of the retreat we can make a difference to our planet.
Note: The donation / tree planting happens automatically on sign up.
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