Local Lines: A Sketchbook Project

Thu Nov 13 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm UTC-05:00

100 St. André Way, Notre Dame, IN, United States, Indiana 46556 | Notre Dame

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Publisher/HostRaclin Murphy Museum of Art
Local Lines: A Sketchbook Project
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Join us for an evening of sketching, community, and inspiration centered around themes found in the exhibition Homecoming: Walter Osborne’s Portraits of Dublin, 1880–1900.
This month’s session will focus on still lifes and will be led by local artist Rebecca Walton. Come ready to share a sketch (sketches should be no larger than 9” x 12”) of your own, created in response to this prompt:
Choose an object from your home that you use regularly and that adds beauty, comfort, or meaning to your daily life—an everyday heirloom. Find a quiet moment to spend time with the object. Observe it closely, paying special attention to signs of wear or use, unique textures or marks, and subtle details in shape, color, or material.
Using any drawing medium you like, sketch the object by itself. Your drawing can be precise or expressive—let the object's story guide your hand.
During the program, we’ll share sketches, discuss artistic choices and techniques, find inspiration in each other’s and Osborne’s work, and take on a new sketching challenge inspired by this month’s theme. Local Lines is open to artists aged 15 and up.
This program is part of The Big Draw, the world's largest celebration of drawing that takes place across the globe every year during October. It is for anyone who loves to draw, as well as those who think they can't. The festival promotes drawing as a universal language that has the power to change lives and unite people of any age, background, race, or religion from around the globe.
Parking is available in the Visitor Lot immediately north of the Sculpture Park for a fee during the week (before 4:30 p.m.). Free two-hour parking is available in the Eddy Street Commons Parking Garage or along Angela Blvd. After 4:30 p.m. and on weekends, parking is free and available in any non-gated campus lot. If traveling via South Bend Transpo, take the No.7 bus and use the Eddy St. Commons stop.
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