Chicago Sketch Seminar – July 9-10, 2016

(Chicago, IL) Urban Sketchers Chicago will be hosting the 2016 Chicago Sketch Seminar weekend in Chicago on July 9-10, 2016. Everyone with an interest in drawing is welcome to register. Registration will open on May 1, 2016.

We will be sketching at various picturesque sites throughout
downtown Chicago. Qualified instructors will be teaching 16 workshops on the
following topics:

·     
To Capture: Urban
Dwellers; Chicago’s Rhythm and Energy; The Poetry of Speed Sketching; Flora and
Fauna in Urban Sketching, and Sketches That Tell Stories

·     
Pick Up Tips
& Tricks: Master Perspective, Proportion, Value; Pen & Ink
Technique; Beginner’s Guide to Using Markers; Watercolor Sketching; Sketching
with Colored Pencils; Using Oils on Location; Sketching Like an Architect; Creating a Rich Drawing, and Rapid Sketch with Watercolor and Velasquez Palette

·     
Fun
workshops: Coptic Bookbinding; Art Materials lecture; and an Architectural
Sketching Tour of Chicago

We are excited to announce that the home location for the
Sketch Seminar will be The American Academy of Art, 332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60604 http://www.aaart.edu

Details and registration information will be available on 2016 Chicago Seminar blog: https://chicagosketchseminar2016.wordpress.com

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Video highlights:
2015 Chicago Sketch Seminar

https://vimeo.com/156179807

And stills:

Keelan Kaiser teaching Sketching with Velázquez Palette workshop

Wes Douglas teaching Sketching with Markers workshop

Barbara Weeks teaching Beginning Urban Sketching at Chicago Seminar 2015