Online School of Sketching by Olga Sorokina

Good morning is a slow morning. ☕️❤️

Especially on a Friday. The kind of morning where there is nowhere to rush. Where you can linger over your coffee a little longer, listen to beautiful music, and imagine yourself in Paris. Wandering through museums. Attending the opera, the ballet, or the theatre.

Enjoying delicious food!

And remembering that life is not only about getting things done, but also about experiencing beauty and just being.

(Perhaps this is why my inner yoga teacher has been asking for a little more space lately)

Most of you know me as an artist and sketching teacher.

But there is also another side of me. The one that loves yoga, meditation, nature and slow living.

Inspired by this feeling, I just recorded a new meditation for my second Instagram page dedicated to yoga and meditation:

☀️ Slow Morning Meditation for Women

A gentle 8-minute practice to start your day with more calm, presence, self-love, and intention.

🌙 And last week, I shared an Evening Meditation for Men as well.

So if your nervous system could use a little more softness, come join me there Olga Sorokina

Olga x

The way I use digital sketching as an interior designer has quietly transformed the way I work.

From client presentations to theatre sketches in Norway, everything now lives in one place… my iPad.

No scanning.
No Photoshop.
Just a direct line between thought and visual expression.

Recently, I’ve shared a few behind-the-scenes projects and blog articles with my Newsletter (link in bio to join) including real client sketches and studio work.

For those who’ve been asking how I developed this workflow: gain some insights in my Instagram Broadcast channel, I’ve shared some inspiration there.

Olga x

Let me take you to Pris today.
premiered a new video on my YouTube channel ✏️🇫🇷

“From Paris with a Sketchbook | Drawing the Arc de Triomphe”

We are almost at 30,000 subscribers on my YouTube, and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate this milestone than sharing more moments like this with you.

Perspective. Architecture. The Artist’s Eye.

This is not just a perspective drawing class.

It is a little time capsule.

I recorded this live sketching session in Paris while studying at the Sorbonne Summer School.

My days were filled with lectures on architectural history, museums, long walks through the city, sketchbooks, Parisian brasseries, beautiful conversations, and the kind of inspiration that only Paris seems to carry.

If you’ve ever dreamed of sketching in Paris, wandering through historic streets, visiting museums, and experiencing the city through the eyes of an artist, I hope this video brings you a little closer to that feeling.

Please find your sketchbook and a pencil, and let’s draw Paris together 🇫🇷✏️

https://youtu.be/t_CVFv8Z55U?si=a4TDw1fnLafOAa0o

YouTube: schoolofsketching
Olga x

The winter bird has arrived in New Zealand🩵

One of the biggest mistakes I see in sketching has nothing to do with perspective, markers, or technique.

It’s the constant question:

“Am I doing this right?”

The truth is, I don’t teach you to draw like me. My book and my courses give you the skeleton. The rest is yours:

Your rhythm.
Your lines.
Your energy.
Your visual voice.

A sketch always reveals the state of the person who created it. You can see when someone is tense. You can see when someone is afraid of making a mistake. And you can see when someone is enjoying the process.

Try this:

Take a marker and draw a line with the broad nib. Not accurately. Not perfectly. Draw it with pleasure.

Then take the fine nib.

Can you draw a line sensually? Can you draw a playful line? A confident line? A dynamic line? A sad line? A passionate line?

Try different versions.

Give your line a personality.

Your line is never just a line. It carries the energy of the hand that created it. Sketching is a little like dancing. The goal is not to move exactly like your teacher. The goal is to discover how YOU move.

Every time you catch yourself asking, “Am I doing this right?”, remember:

Most of the time, it’s simply the fear of making a mistake speaking. And mistakes are not the enemy of good sketching.

Fear is.

The most beautiful sketches often appear the moment we loosen our grip on control and allow ourselves to enjoy the process.

As always, happy sketching!
Olga x