Sketch Walk

Start Date

09/10/2025

End Date

09/10/2025

Description

Step into the story of landscape architecture through the language of sketching at the 8th Annual Sketch Walk, held at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park—named the Best Sculpture Park in the United States in both 2023 and 2024 by USA Today readers. Led by the ever-inspiring Jack Goodnoe, this beloved field session invites students and seasoned professionals alike to slow down, observe, and capture the essence of place with pen and paper. In a world of digital tools and fast-paced deadlines, sketching remains one of the most powerful ways to think, communicate, and connect—a landscape architect’s first and truest language. Let your hand translate what words can’t. You’ll leave with more than just drawings—you’ll leave with your story.

Location

Grand Rapids, MI

Distance Learning

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Development Trends
Healthcare & Therapeutic Design
Horticulture / Plants
Parks & Recreation
Site Planning

Health, Safety and Welfare

Hours

3.0

Learning Outcomes

• Understand and appreciate the power of sketching as a discovery tool and as a communication tool for landscape architects.
• Learn how to “see” the environment as line, masses, and dark and light; as the means of creating effective and interesting images.
• Cultivate the skill of quickly exploring and generating ideas with hand graphics for themselves and for conveying ideas to others.
• Compose a page and images in ways that are strong and interesting.
• Understand perspective and how to achieve it.
• Have fun creating images without fear of not being good enough. Cultivate a style that is expressive first and perfect last.

Instructors

Jack Goodnoe, ASLA

Course Codes

Provider

Michigan Chapter-American Society of Landscape Architects

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