Makayla Lewis (short bio)

Kingston University London, United Kingdom

Miriam Sturdee (short bio)

Lancaster University, United Kingdom

Objectives:

Sketching is a practice as old as our ancestors. From cave painting to picture-books, we have explored the world with our visual senses. Now as technology develops, we are discovering ways in which the traditional visual arts can co-exist alongside the complexity of computing. Within Human Computer Interaction (HCI), this co-existence can be embodied in ideation, design spaces, storytelling and impact and much more. To learn to sketch gives a researcher or industry practitioner a toolkit of skills, images and creativity that can support and influence insightful work. We learn to sketch much as we learn to speak, so this is a skill that can be learned at any stage in life. The purpose of this tutorial is to take the learner from basic, hands-on sketching to practical research contexts over the course of a half-day, with opportunities for practice, feedback and creative thinking.

Content and benefits:

Attendees will leave with the confidence to begin to employ sketching in their own HCI environment.

Target Audience:

The content of this tutorial is suitable to individuals from industry and academia that have an interest in learning and or improving their visual thinking and sketching skills, and to apply these skills to HCI and their day-to-day working practices.

Attendees are not required to have a background in sketching, graphic design, or illustration. Beginners are encouraged to attend.

Additional Platform to be used:

Miro or Mural

List of materials or devices required by the participants:

Printer Paper

Fineliner

Colour Marker (1 pastel tone and one light grey)