Spring anticipation
[By Pedro Cabral] We still don’t see leaves and even the buds are not yet greenish but the treetops on the platanus are already a little opaque. Is Spring coming?
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Sketching the Florida Intracoastal: Part Two – the Paintings
By Marc Taro Holmes in Montreal, QC, CA Carrying on from Part One: the Moleskine – here’s the paintings from our cruise down the Florida Intracoastal. It was the last sketchbook drawing coming out of Miami that got me super excited. I wasn’t so inspired by all the pastel condominium towers as we passed through […]
Fatal Attraction
by Fred Lynch (from Boston, Massachusetts) in Viterbo, Italy The first time the Roman prince tried to get to Galiana was in the dead of night. He did so by climbing up to the balcony of her house (shown above), but lightning struck the bell of a nearby church and awakened the townsfolk, who chased him […]
USk News: USk Sketching Workshop in Lisbon!
18 March 2015 urbansketchers.org Hey Sketchers, USk is pleased to announce a new workshop in beautiful Lisbon, Portugal. Overcome the fear of sketching people, and discover fun and expressive ways of capturing the city’s inhabitants in action! The workshop will take place on the 41st anniversary of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution. Sketchers will have the opportunity […]
The Irish March Along Fifth Avenue in New York City
By Veronica Lawlor, in New York City I was at home yesterday, on St. Patrick’s Day, and received a happy birthday text from a friend and fabulous artist, SiYeon Lee. She said that she and a few other friends were going to draw ‘my’ parade – the Patty’s Day parade, and that they had been inspired to do […]
USk News: Sketching Workshop in Tuscany
17 March 2015 UrbanSketchers.org Tuscany: Journey into Matter with Ink and Watercolor USk is pleased to announce a new workshop coming 24-28 June 2015! The sixth edition of this Tuscan workshop is dedicated to matter. After so many panoramas, this time with our drawing and painting we are going to take a closer look at the materials themselves. The […]
Diary from a Sahrawi refugee camp
Urban Sketchers correspondent Javier de Blas arrived to Tindouf, Algeria, a few weeks ago to document everyday life in refugee camps that are home to tens of thousands of Sahrawis, as people from Western Sahara are known. These refugee camps have a long history. After Spain withdrew from the Western Sahara in 1975, Moroccan forces took […]
Waiting rooms and subway in Brooklyn.
By Sharon Frost. I’ve got rhythm, maybe a little bit syncopated. Day in the hospital for heart monitor implant. My husband reads through the wait. Waiting is a skill. Making the best of it in yet another waiting room. I’d rather be on the subway. Fingerless gloves on the F train. It was cold, but […]
USk News: Workshop in Costa Rica!
16 March, 2015 UrbanSketchers.org USk is pleased to announce a new workshop coming 30-31 March 2015! During this 2-day workshop instructor William Cordero will focus on the relationship between space and people in the Central Market of San Jose. The Central Market of San Jose is full of atmospheres and daily histories that will serve […]
Oxford City UK
Oxford City ,University town, 80 km west from London. Beautiful Gothic architecture,
Sketching the Florida Intracoastal: Part One – the Moleskine Sketchbook
By Marc Taro Holmes, in Miami, FL We’re just back from Florida, travelling by boat down the Intracoastal Waterway. Which is one of many things in this world I had no idea existed. The Intracoastal is a continuous water course combining natural rivers and man made canals to make a 4800 km protected passage along the […]
USk News: Orange County Line to Colour Workshop
16 March 2015 UrbanSketchers.org Orange County: Line to Colour Workshop USk is pleased to announce a new workshop coming 01-03 May 2015! Join Frank Ching and Gail Wong for a weekend workshop in Southern California to sketch Mission San Juan Capistrano and the Beach towns along the Pacific Coast Highway of California. For more information about this workshop […]