USk Workshop – Capturing stories: Visual storytelling in the accordion sketchbook

USK Workshop – June 13-15, 2025

About the workshop:

The workshop will focus on visual storytelling in an accordion sketchbook. You will learn ways to find stories around you and how can you tell that story using line, color and lettering. Together we will examine the special qualities of the accordion sketchbook and how to use it to better tell our stories. You will learn about composition, storytelling techniques used in picture books and comic strips, how to use writing and signs to expand the experience and how you can use color as a storytelling and compositional device.

We will sketch in two different locations: Norsk Teknisk Museum (The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology) and Vigelandsparken (The Vigeland Park). The tech museum is an inside space filled with technology and science, machines and cars, information and discussions, cafés and people. The park is filled with fabulous sculptures and trees, bridges and lawns, dogs and people laughing. Thus we will have two very different experiences and stories to try to record in our sketchbooks!

This is an official Urban sketchers workshop, and is a collaboration with Urban Sketchers Oslo (USk Oslo).

Level: The workshop will be best for the intermediate and experienced sketcher.

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Learning goals:

• Visual storytelling: Finding stories for your sketchbook.
• Achieve a basic knowledge of a conscious sketching process
• Learn ways to compose and tell visual stories in an accordion sketchbook
• Learn to use colour and contrast to help the storytelling and to generate rhythm throughout the accordion

Timetable:

Friday:
Drink&Draw for those who can’t wait. The time and location will be announced later.

Saturday:
10:00-17:00 Workshop with an hours lunchbreak at around 13:00.
A voluntary dining out and/or drink&draw in the evening.

Sunday:
10:00-17:00 Workshop

Ticket cost NOK 2750, and that includes a ticket to a museum (to be decided) on Saturday June 14th.

Language: Unless there‘s only Norwegian participants, the workshop will be held in English

Required materials:

A list of materials will be provided to participants. Please find updated information here.

Links to the locations:

The Vigeland Park

The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology

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About the instructor

Per Ragnar Møkleby was born in 1974, and has drawn ever since. Visual storytelling is his great interest, and after studying illustration at Kingston University, London, he has made his living as an illustrator (books and editorial) and gallery artist. Over the last ten years he has developed a sketchbook addiction, and loves filling books with sketches and texts from his life. This has led him to do reportage illustrations and urban sketching related workshops. He loves exploring the accordion sketchbook format and how to use it to tell stories.

Find more about him here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prmokleby
Website: https://www.mokleby.no