W10
Sketching Stories One Panel at a Time
This workshop will explore storytelling using compositions of sequential panels. You will learn how to break down everyday moments into compelling visual narratives. Through timed, monochromatic sketches, you’ll practice capturing the world around you quickly. We’ll explore techniques for adding text, captions and even word balloons to enhance storytelling and capture the feeling a location and/or activity exudes. In addition, we will discuss strategies for sketching people in action and telling engaging stories effectively through layout and composition.
Supplies
- Sketchbook
- Pen of choice
- Water brush
- Watercolor for quick wash (QoR Paynes Gray recommended)
- Paper towel
Christina Wald
Christina Wald is a designer, illustrator and educator passionate about travel and storytelling. She is the author of “Sketching Here & Everywhere: My Sketching Obsession,” a combination of personal anecdotes and tips from years of teaching. In 2023, she published a travelogue about her artist residency at Château d’Orquevaux, followed by a second in Romania in 2025. She is currently working on one about her experience traveling in Argentina last fall. Wald founded the Cincinnati chapter of Urban Sketchers in 2017 and has taught illustration and narrative storytelling at Northern Kentucky University and the Art Academy for more than a decade.
Instagram @christinawald.art