A tool to help artists get started with their ideas.

A template of 15 squares with a slightly deeper bottom edge to hold into place. Fits an A4 sketchbook but you can build the squares up for larger sheets of paper.

Oak vaneered
29.5cm x 19cm

Don’t you find a big blank page can be intimidating! In the 1990s, on the train to University, I would look out of the window and capture the passing landscape in small squares. I have continued to use this technique because I have always found that, once the page is divided into smaller squares, it is much easier to get sketching!

In 2020, I used the technique for my painting, “140 Monochrome Studies of Sussex”, which was accepted into the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) 208th Exhibition at London’s Mall Galleries and went on to win the John Purcell Paper Prize. In the same year, “Studying Murmurations” won the People Choice Award for the Derwent Art Prize. It was such an exciting time! My square studies, Chapters, was also selected for the Society of Women Artists. Chapters is now available as a limited edition print.

Since talking about this technique on social media, people have always asked what I use as a template. Over time, I have hand drawn them, used rulers, used bits from the kids’ toys, and now I am delighted to introduce Sketch Squares. This tool will be a great addition to any studio, from fine artists, students, comic makers or if you’re just having a play :)

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