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
Small & ugly dog
by Inma Serrano, Sevilla (Spain) I often draw things that people use to describe as “ugly” or “unimportant” because I
January 4, 2015
Window View
We took a quick trip into San Francisco to celebrate our 24th anniversary. Union Square was full of life, with
January 4, 2015
Final sketches from 2014
The end of the year was quite busy so I didn’t get around to posting much. Here are some sketches
January 4, 2015
Road Trippin’ with the kids
When you’re the only adult on a road trip with 2 kids you get outvoted on the places-to-stop. You don’t
January 4, 2015
New Year’s Day, Auckland
By Murray Dewhurst in Auckland, New Zealand. Auckland is a very strange place over the Christmas break. Everyone goes to
January 5, 2015
Last Sketch of the Year in Malibu
by Suhita Shirodkar, Virginia Hein and Shiho Nakaza in Malibu, California USA Suhita was visiting Los Angeles with her kids,
January 5, 2015
Book review: The Urban Sketcher by Marc Taro Holmes
By Róisín Curé in Galway, Ireland I recently read Marc Taro Holmes’ new book, The Urban Sketcher: Techniques for Seeing
January 5, 2015
Reflections of a beginning urban sketcher……or what I wish someone had told me at the start of the year.
[Guest Post by Lucie Golton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England] As I write this I’m sat at a café in a
January 5, 2015
Watching the Watchers: “Life” Drawing in Pakistan
Guest Post by David F. Steeden, on the road to Multan, Pakistan Over the last thirty-five years I have worked
January 5, 2015
The Bicycles of Bhavnagar
Guest post by Ankur Z. Zalawadia Bhavnagar is a coastal city in the state of Gujarat in India. The city has
January 6, 2015
The Spanish seafront in winter
by René Fijten, Maastricht, the Netherlands, while visiting Spain. The advantage of spending the Christmas holidays in a beach town
January 6, 2015
Flashback to Paraty
By Gabi Campanario in Paraty, Brazil That “Five Day Art Challenge” going around on Facebook gave me the push I
January 7, 2015
#JeSuisCharlie
By Martine Kervagoret in Paris Place de la République ce soir 07/01/2015 rassemblement en hommage aux victimes de l’attentat contre
January 7, 2015
Black Cathedral
I wish I could join the crowd “place de la Répuplique” in Paris tonight, thanks Martine for being there and
January 7, 2015
After-Sketching Sketching
By Marc Taro Holmes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil There are only a few doodles from the workshop trip to
January 7, 2015
