アーバン・スケッチ・シンポジウム・パラティ2014 - 4日目のハイライト

Today was the final day of the Symposium, even though everyone felt like they had just arrived. It is the same every year – it never feels like enough time! We are happy about the connections that people have made here and we are proud of the things they have learned. We hope that participants take the good feeling of the Symposium back home with them, and continue meeting, sketching and sharing through the year. Until next year, here are some highlights from Saturday. Carol Pereira’s photo of Paul Heaston’s workshop. And a dog! Carolina Maluhy’s sketch from Norberto Dorantes’ Line Flow/Live Spot workshop Susan James’ photo of Frank Ching […]
Urban Sketching Symposium Paraty 2014 – Day Three on Social Media

Another full day of sketching and sharing in Paraty on Friday. The sketchers are more settled in their temporary home, and are finding a minute here and there to share their adventures on social media. There are fewer #uskparaty2014 posts on Twitter, but the ones that are there are great! Check out that horse! Sketchers are sharing a lot of individual sketches on Facebook: Thiago Salcedo’s sketch, posted when “hot out of the oven” Ch’ing Kiah Kiean warming up for his demo, Sketching with Dry Twig and Chinese Ink Kumi Matsukawa’s early morning sketch Liz Steel’s early morning sketch Kumi Matsukawa’s sketch from Suhita Shirodkar’s workshop Never Fear People Jessie Chapman’s […]
Urban Sketching Symposium Paraty 2014 – Day Two – Full Day

Thursday was the first full day of the Urban Sketching Symposium, and it was quite full! The workshops were the first to start, 12 in all. Lynne Chapman’s Afraid of Color? workshop Fred Lynch’s Capturing Intangibles workshop Kalina Wilson taking João Catarino’s Reflections First of All workshop Stephanie Bower’s 180 Degrees workshop Isis Chaulon taking Paul Heaston’s Wide Angle Perspectives and Little Blank Pages workshop Soon after, the Activities began… Richard Alomar captured one of the best photos in Symposium history! Ricardo Inke leading a sketching tour of Paraty Xing Chen’s lecture Neuroscience and Art Ivonesyo Ramos leads his demonstration, Paraty Lamps The Sketchwalks were the last to begin, as participants got […]
Urban Sketching Symposium Paraty 2014 – Day One!

Day one of the 5th International Urban Sketching Symposium found people – you guessed it – sketching! Check-in for the Symposium and late registration for the Sketching and Activities passes began in the afternoon, and later in the afternoon attendees took part in the first of several sketch crawls before the Welcome Reception at Casa da Cultura. Kumi Matsukawa – She’ll be leading the activity Sketching Straight to Watercolor Alexis Landry sketching at Casa da Cultura Ch’ng Kiah Kiean Paraty presents a unique challenge at high tide. It looks like Marc Holmes is trying to figure out how to cross it, but he’s really looking for a place to sketch […]
Urban Sketching Symposium Paraty 2014 – Preparation and Arrival

Sketchers attending the Symposium in Paraty have been making their plans for months – selecting workshops and activities, making travel plans, anticipating meeting old and new friends – but the shareable images really start with the packing… Simone Ridyard Suhita Shirodkar Thiago Bueno Salcedo Our local organizers had a lot of packing to do… Cretacolor giveaways with USk Paraty 2014 logo As early as last week sketchers began to arrive in São Paulo and in Rio… Liz Steel and Marc Holmes – São Paulo Paul Heaston – Rio Some were even on the same plane! Everyone immediately began meeting up to sketch… Lynne Chapman sketching Richard Alomar Ch’ng Kiah Kiean […]