Ready to go?

by Roger Klaassen

Two days to go till the 13th Urban Sketchers International Symposium in Poznań. Many of us are already in the city on our way to Poznań. On the Facebook-group ‘USK Symposium Hub‘ I have followed some of your preparations – visit that page for some extra vibes.

I asked some of my dutch fellow urban sketchers if I could share some of their preparation images.

This is the backpack of Ellen Schoumacher – organiser of Urban Sketchers Eindhoven (a group in the process to become an official chapter). Obviously, she collects buttons. I am sure she will have some buttons to share or barter with you.

Natasha Maurits made these wonderful business cards – I don’t think you can collect them all. It is always a good idea to have things to give away or barter: cards, stickers, stamps, etc.

I am sure these stickers will also find many new owners. They are made by Ruud Otten – founder of Urban Sketchers Netherlands and chairman of the local project team that organised the 10th Symposium, in Amsterdam in 2019. I hope he made enough of them!

Raul Budusan isn’t dutch, but everyone is welcome at the Sketch Days of Urban Sketchers Netherlands. Raul has participated many times and gave a workshop during our last Sketch Day in June. I have seen that many of you sketchers have been preparing special sketchbooks for the Symposium, but I think it is fair to say that Raul beats us all with the cover design of his sketchbook. He has also drawn his schedule for this week – I suppose most of us have been working on similar time schedules.

I mean, I had to puzzle on a time schedule. As a correspondent, I will be in a luxury position to have access to all and everything during the Symposium. The USK Symposium organisation and the three correspondents have made a schedule to attend all worskhops. I made further, rather detailed plans to cover as many as possible of the activities in my daily reports.
When you see me, don’t hesitate to ask me for one of my cards… they all have to go before the end of the Symposium. Looking forward to meet you all!

Ready to go? I think so!