Drawing Attention January 2020
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January 1, 2020
Sketchbook Archive
USK Workshop: Wearing Colored Lenses
Ever thought of using colored paper to make your sketches pop? Learn how to use colored paper to create unique
January 2, 2020
in a few strokes: a huge and centenary beech.
[by Javier de Blas in Asturias, Spain] In this A6 sketchbook, the immensity of Tineo carbayon (kind of beech) is
January 7, 2020
Train ride
[by teo cheng huat in beijing, China] Took a train from Beijing to Hangzhou due to heavy fog. Took 5
January 10, 2020
Drawing What’s Not There
[By Fred Lynch in Providence, Rhode Island] It’s not easy to draw what isn’t there anymore. That’s what tracing your
January 10, 2020
First Sketch of the Year…Six Years Later
by Shiho Nakaza in Santa Monica, California USA When I was accepted as correspondent for Urban Sketchers, I decided to
January 3, 2015
some sketches around Seoul City Hall
By Lee Yong-hwan in Seoul, Korea Seoul City Hall and Seoul Metropolitan Library Seoul City Hall Seosomun Building (Jeong-dong Observatory
January 3, 2015
5 metres sketchbook x 13 sketchers, drawing together in Liège
by Simo Capecchi in Liège, Belgium I’ll start the new year recalling a recent experience that our urban sketchers network allowed
January 3, 2015
Pura Vida! Sketchcrawl in Costa Rica
by Shari Blaukopf in Quepos, Costa Rica I just returned from an amazing two weeks sketching around Quepos and Manuel
January 4, 2015
WWOOF in action!
I’m travelling with wwoof, an international association where you travel, work and learn like volunteer in organic farm, ecovillage, and
January 4, 2015
My 100th post and Happy New Year
My 100th post at USk on this new year day! Here is the view of the beautiful city of Seoul,
January 1, 2010
noughties or nice
Happy New Year! It’s funny though – okay, the date changes (as it does every day) but really the only
January 1, 2010
The Inside Scoop
Two sketchbooks separated by 3142 miles. That’s the idea fellow urban sketcher correspondent Thomas Thorspecken proposed me a few weeks
January 1, 2010
Priming the pump for 2010
It’s a custom in some parts to spend the first day of the new year doing things you’d like to
January 1, 2010
Happy New Year from Australia!
Happy New Year everyone! Hope 2010 is a good year with lots of sketching! I have just got back from
January 2, 2010
Correspondents
Since Nov. 1st, 2008 • Alessandro Andreuccetti — Florence, Italy • Álvaro Carnicero — Córdoba, Spain • Amanda Kavanagh —
October 7, 2008
Meet the correspondents: SAN FRANCISCO > Samantha Zaza
Samantha contributes from Istanbul since December of 2008. Beginning in July 2015, Samantha contributes from Rabat, Morocco. “San Francisco is
October 10, 2008
Meet the correspondents: LISBON > Pedro Cabral
“Making a pocket sketch obliges me to choose a motif, opt for a point of view, and decide to spend
October 11, 2008
Meet the correspondents: EDINBURGH > Stuart Kerr
“Drawing in Scotland can be cold. Apart from that, it’s a great way to really get to know a city
October 12, 2008
Meet the correspondents: NEW YORK > Tommy Kane
“When it comes to sketching, New York city is both a blessing and a curse. The blessing comes from the
October 13, 2008
