My slides for the Sketchnoting workshop delivered for Bulgaria Wed Summit 2016

1. SKETCHNOT
ING TASTEREverything you wanted to know
about Sketchnoting but didn’t dare
to ask

3. EXERCISE 1: I KNOW
WHAT YOU DID LAST
FRIDAYFind a partner
One person holds the pen, the other speaks
In 2 minutes, explain to the penholder, what
you did last Friday
The penholder has to draw a sequence of
images from that
Swap roles

4. What is
Sketchnoting?Graphic recording
Visual Scribing
Visual Note-taking
It’s a visual map
Drawing comics whilst listening to a talk
TAKING NOTES VISUALLY

7. DRAWING
Episode 1

8. Why should I
draw?

9. “If you take out drawing from
humanity, we would stand naked in

10. How to draw
Drawing is learning how to
see

11. “It took me 4 years to draw like
Raffaello and a lifetime to draw like a
child”

13. RULES:
composition

14. composition

15. SOME
DRAWING
TRICKSHow to Draw a Face
How to Draw a Stickman

16. recap
• Everyone can draw
• Drawing is a great communication tool
• Sketchnoting is not art, but uses some artistic
conventions
• It’s OK to draw like a 4 year old!
• You don’t need to be Picasso to Sketchnote

17. VISUAL
COMMUNICATI
EPISODE 2

18. Exercise 2:
CRAZY 2Draw 4 things in 2 minutes
1.PIG
2.HOUSE
3.EATING
4.HAPPINESS

19. Sketchnoting = drawings
+ symbols + words
Eva-Lotte Lahm

20. Symbols
When communicating visually, we rely on
conventions in order to express our ideas

21. words

22. Words + Pictures

23. layout

24. layout

25. Chris Spalton

26. recap
• Drawing for Sketchnoting has the purpose
to communicate, not to be art
• When communicating visually, we rely on
conventions that everyone understands
• Learn Typography
• Words and Pictures: Together, we’re
stronger!

28. Exercise 3:
sketchnoteSketchnoting a 2 minutes story:
- The first time, just listen and note the main
points
- The second time, sketch the main ideas of
the story.
*Remember, you have to be quick, not pretty 

29. Recap
What is Sketchnoting?
What can we learn from drawing?
Principles of Visual Communication
Short exercise

30. References
Sketchnoters: Chris Spalton, Eva Lotte Lamm, Michael Rohde
Michael Rohde, “Sketchnoting handbook”
www.sketchnotearmy.com
Scott McCloud, “Understanding comics”
Betty Edwards, “Drawing with the right side of the brain”
John Berger, “On Seeing”

31. Thanks!
www.auroramelchor.co
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@roarsdraws
Sketchnoter and Trainer