Jour 4 : Au revoir et à bientôt...
[By Béliza Mendes, Symposium Correspondent in Chicago, USA] The last day of the symposium came all too early. For me it started with a visit to the workshop of one of my favorite sketchers, Veronica Lawlor. Ever so slightly star struck, I managed to make a few thumbnails like she asked the other participants to […]
Jour 3 : Une vue, des protestations et des chemises colorées
[By Béliza Mendes, Symposium Correspondent in Chicago, USA] The day started for me on top of the Kemper building with Nina Johansson’s workshop, ‘Make room for a view’. It was the perfect setting to practise sketching panoramic views over the city. For the first exercise, participants had to make quick sketches of the view. ‘I […]
Jour 2 : Des erreurs heureuses, des paysages urbains faciles, des croquis intimes et bien d'autres choses.
[By Béliza Mendes, Symposium Correspondent in Chicago, USA] The first day of workshops was hectic to say the least. Wes, Vincent and I each have our workshops to cover and today I went to see what was happening with Paul Wang, James Richards and Asnee Tasna. Paul Wang’s workshop called ‘Sketching dangerously – Turning happy […]
Jour 1 : Bienvenue en Amérique et Joyeux anniversaire USk !
[By Béliza Mendes, Symposium Correspondent in Chicago, USA] The day started quietly enough, with Wes taking Vincent and me for a short tour of the city so we could find our bearings. We couldn’t have been more fortunate in our guide. We ended up at the Bean, my fellow correspondents focusing on the Cloudgate and […]
Réunion pré-symposium à la Maison Robie
[By Béliza Mendes, Symposium Correspondent in Chicago, USA] It’s the day before the symposium and the streets of Chicago are filling up with busy sketchers, where old friends and new are meeting for their favorite activity. The visit to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, a short bus ride away, was the perfect occasion for the […]