Sketch Week 2026 with Susan Yeates | Inspired by the Sketch-a-Day Card Deck!

Join artist and author Susan Yeates for Sketch Week 2026!

Introducing Sketch Week 2026, a free daily sketching experience for beginners and curious dabblers who want to explore their creativity for creative wellness and joy. Each day Susan will release a new prompt, accompanied by a short video tutorial and inspired by the brand-new Sketch-A-Day Card Deck by Susan Yeates, published by Search Press!

It couldn't be simpler. Just a daily sketching prompt, a sketchbook, and ten minutes that belong to you.

The event runs from Monday 28th September to Sunday 4th October 2026 and is absolutely FREE. Simply sign up to receive each day's prompt straight to your inbox or follow along on Bookmarked!

What's included?

This FREE week-long sketching course includes 7 days of sketching video tutorials with Susan. Each tutorial built around a prompt from the Sketch-A-Day Card Deck.

Seven short video tutorials - one each day
60 min live Zoom sketching session (Tuesday 29th September) witha Q&A and giveaways

This week is for you if:

You have always been drawn to making things but life keeps getting in the way
You do not think of yourself as artistic, and that thought has stopped you before
You like the idea of a sketchbook but have never quite known where to begin
You want something that feels genuinely yours: a few quiet minutes that belong to you

You don't need any experience or expensive materials and there's no pressure to produce anything impressive. Just show up and get creative!

Sketch-a-Day Card Deck

365 inspiring prompts for a year of creativity! This stylish and inspiring card deck is packed with creative inspiration for absolutely everybody.

From the creator of the popular annual online Sketchbook Challenge, Susan Yeates (@susanyeatesartist), this is the perfect gift for anyone looking to carve out small amounts of creative time per day; it includes 52 cards and a complete creative guidebook!

Each of the 52 beautiful cards has its own theme, illustrated in a mix of pen or pencil sketches, coloured illustrations, paintings and even collage. The postcard-format cards (10 x 15cm) are tactile and inspiring: simply shuffle them and pick your prompt at random, or work through them one by one.