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Real Drawing Skills. No experience required.
Real Drawing Skills.
No experience required.
Real Drawing Skills. No experience required.
Print-ready Field Kits guide kids from first line to finished sketch in 30-minutes—using only pencils and paper.
Print-ready Field Kits guide students from first line to finished sketch in 30-minutes—using only pencils and paper.
Print-ready Field Kits guide kids from first line to finished sketch in 30-minutes—using only pencils and paper.
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Structured enough to teach,
easy enough for kids to work through on their own.
Each Field Kit gives you SIX weeks of flexible units—3-4 lessons per unit at approximately 30 min. per lesson.
Low cost, screen-free, and easy to use with just a pencil and paper.
Structured enough to teach,
easy enough for kids to work through on their own.
Each Field Kit gives you SIX weeks of flexible units—3-4 lessons per unit at approximately 30 min. per lesson.
Low cost, screen-free, and easy to use with just a pencil and paper.
Structured enough to teach, clear enough for kids to work through on their own.
Each Field Kit gives you 12 weeks of flexible lessons—enough for three 30‑45 minute sessions per week with almost no preparation.
Low cost, screen-free, and easy to use with just a pencil and paper.
Matt Tolbert, Founder
Matt Tolbert
Founder
I created Torch & Trowel to give parents a clear, low-stress path to real drawing development. Each screen-free Field Kit is simple, structured, and printer-ready—guiding kids toward focus, confidence, and lasting skill with nothing more than pencil and paper. It’s the resource I wished for when I first began teaching.
I created Torch & Trowel to give parents a clear, low-stress path to real drawing development. Each screen-free Field Kit is simple, structured, and printer-ready—guiding kids toward focus, confidence, and lasting skill with nothing more than pencil and paper. It’s the resource I wished for when I first began teaching.
I created Torch & Trowel to give parents a clear, low-stress path to real drawing development. Each screen-free Field Kit is simple, structured, and printer-ready—guiding kids toward focus, confidence, and lasting skill with nothing more than pencil and paper. It’s the resource I wished for when I first began teaching.
Homeschool
Parent
High School Art
Teacher (15 years)
University Adjunct
Instructor (9 years)
MFA in
Illustration