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The Sketch masterclass

Sketch With Confidence. COMMUNICATE YouR Design Ideas Clearly

A self-paced, perspective-based sketching course for established interior designers, built around hand sketching, real client work, and the way you actually think.

You've built a successful design career through skill, strategy, and the kind of expertise most clients never see. You make high-level decisions all day long, and you're good at it.

But when it comes to sketching the ideas in your head, the quick, simple kind of sketching that would make your design conversations easier… it still feels out of reach.

Not because you're not creative. Not because you're not capable. But because no one ever taught sketching in a way that feels simple, doable, or built for the pace of your design life.

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Clarity In Perspective

Confident Quick Sketching

Communicate With Confidence

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When You Can’t Sketch, Everything Feels HardeR…

Ideas stay trapped in your mind. Client conversations take longer than they should. You find yourself describing concepts instead of showing them.

Deeper than that, sketching is the part of design that brings you back to your creativity. It's supposed to feel natural, expressive, and simple. Not intimidating.

Without the ability to sketch, everything depends on tech. Renderings, software, and other people's timelines stand between you and your own ideas.

When you can sketch, the entire design process feels lighter.

this is what sketching for interior design looks like…

Clarity In Perspective

Perspective finally feels simple and usable, not like a math problem you have to solve every time.

Confident Quick Sketching

You sketch fast, clearly, and without hesitation. The first mark on the paper stops being intimidating.

Communicate With Confidence

Your sketches make every client conversation, concept presentation, and design meeting easier.

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Most designers think they “should already know” how to sketch

Maybe you went to design school. Maybe you've been practicing for years. Maybe you've quietly avoided sketching in front of clients for longer than you'd like to admit.

None of that means you missed your chance. It means you were never taught a method built for the way your work actually moves.

I understand.

  • With 17 years of interior design experience, I’ve used sketching in my own workflow to present ideas faster than relying solely on the computer.

  • With three professional degrees - a Bachelor's in Interior Design, a Master's in Interior Design, and a Bachelor's in Art - plus over a decade of teaching designers privately, I know how to break this skill down using the 80/20 rule, so you learn only what you actually need.

Introducing

the sketch masterclass

A self-paced, perspective-first sketching course that teaches you the exact skills you need to sketch confidently, quickly, clearly, and in a way that supports your design process…by hand, on paper, the way real interior designers work.

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What You’ll Learn Inside the Masterclass

  • Stop guessing where sketching fits in your design process. You'll learn the difference between sketching and drawing (most designers confuse them, which is why neither one sticks), how sketching saves you hours by letting you work ideas out on paper before you perfect them, and exactly where it belongs in your real workflow.

    By the end of this module, sketching stops feeling like an extra task, and starts feeling like the time-saver it was meant to be.

  • The 7 pillars that make your lines look like a designer sketched them, not a student.

    By the end of this module, your hand stops apologizing on the page, and you'll actually want to show clients what you've sketched.

  • Build a box. Carve a chair out of it. Then a sofa. Then a whole room.

    You'll learn one-point and two-point perspective the simple way, so you can sketch any room your client describes, in 3D, without the math.

  • The heart of the course. Using a scaling tool no one else in the industry teaches, you'll move from 2D floor plans to 3D sketches, to scale, directly on paper.

    The result: pro-level sketches that let you space-plan in 3D, and a way to sell preliminary design ideas before you commission a single rendering.

  • The moment everything becomes real. You'll set up perspective on the spot, sketch rooms and furniture in front of clients, and present design ideas in real time, just you, a pen, a piece of paper, and the idea in your head.

    The sketch in the room. The "yes" from the client. Earned.

Investment

THE SKETCH MASTERCLASS : 5 modules, ongoing community support, feedback on your sketching work.

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The Sketch Masterclass is not a passive experience. Results come from consistent practice and active participation. Students who show up, complete the work, and stay committed will see improvement. Those who do not may not experience the same results. All sales are final, no refunds.

  • "I signed up for the Masterclass and am loving everything about it.

    “Shannin, you are such a good teacher! I took sketching with my interior decorating certificate and could never understand perspective. With this class, I am finally seeing it.

    JUANITA L., INTERIOR DESIGNER

  • "I'm gaining more and more confidence as I go along."

    “Shannin, I'm really excited about this one. I was a little apprehensive going to this exercise thinking that I was probably going to have to sketch it a few times before I got it right (thinking about all the mistakes I could possibly make). To my surprise, I got it the first try! I also want to say that you are a great teacher! Thank you!”

    TERICA J., INTERIOR DESIGNER

  • "I worked on this last night and enjoyed myself so much I stayed up much too late."

    “Note: I'm happy I signed up for your course. It's getting me back into sketching I was a little rusty but I'm starting to warm up. I had so much fun setting up rooms I ended up filling one with furniture because I couldn't stop, lol.”

    MARIA F, INTERIOR DESIGNER

STEPS TO GET STARTED


Enroll in the Course

Get immediate access to every lesson and the private community.

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Learn Perspective the Simple Way

Follow on-demand, step-by-step lessons created specifically for established interior designers.

NO. 2

Sketch Your Ideas Confidently

Use your new perspective skills anywhere, on site, in meetings, during concept development, or whenever inspiration appears.

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Got questions?

FAQ’s

  • No. This course is designed for interior designers who want to learn how to sketch for their design process, even if they’ve never sketched before.

  • Yes. You can learn on your own schedule from anywhere

  • Yes. You’ll join a private community where you can ask questions, share your sketches, and get feedback whenever you need it.

  • Paper, a simple sketchbook, and a pen. A full supply list is included inside your student dashboard once you enroll.

  • Yes. The course is created specifically for practicing interior designers, and the language, examples, and process are all based on real interior design work. If you’re not in the industry, parts of the course may feel unfamiliar or out of context.

  • On-demand. You'll work through the modules at your own pace, with access to ongoing community feedback whenever you need it.

  • Yes. The course is designed for designers who don't have hours to practice. Each module is built around the 80/20 rule, only the skills you'll actually use, nothing extra. You can move through it at the pace your life allows.

  • All sales are final. Please review the course details and the disclaimer above before enrolling.

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At The Bertrand Williams School of Design Visualization, I help established designers reconnect with the creative part of their work.

The Sketch Masterclass is your first step into a sketching practice that feels intuitive, expressive, and true to the designer you’ve become.

About Shannin

we help established interior designers step out of digital overwhelm and, sketch their ideas with clarity, creativity, and confidence again.