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Learning
Whether you’re a novice sketcher or a seasoned artist, we believe there is always room to learn and grow. Through our annual Symposium, education programs, and USk Talks, our members are able to gain insights and knowledge from local and international artists.
Attend a Workshop
In 2011, Urban Sketchers created the USk Education Program to create and foster educational opportunities for sketching enthusiasts and to support artists interested in teaching urban sketching under the USk umbrella. The goal is to bring the educational experience of the Symposiums to any city where a qualified instructor can lead a workshop. While the instructors’ styles may vary, they retain common areas of focus: issues of artistic creation, such as drawing, composition, techniques and materials; and creative approaches, such as vision, expression, storytelling and reportage.
Recent Workshops
USK Workshop – SWAP Sketching Experience with Marina Grechanik & Maru Godas
Discover the beauty of urban sketching with two international Urban Sketching instructors Maru Godas and...
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City Perspectives with Nina Johansson
Nina´s workshop, City Perspectives, will take on ways to deal with all the overwhelming visual...
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USK Workshop – Spirited Color, Line and Texture
Join International Urban Sketchers, Maru Godàs, Paul Wang, Santi Sallés, and Suhita Shirodkar on Madeline...
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USK Workshop – Let’s Get Closer
Plein-Air Watercolor Workshop in Tuscany with Majid Modir and a guest artist. Join a creative...
Learn MoreAbout Our Instructors
More than 60 instructors from every continent have taught Urban Sketchers Workshops to date. If you would like to bring a USk Workshop to your official chapter contact us at education@urbansketchers.org
Symposium
The Symposium is a comprehensive Urban Sketchers event that fosters the art of on-location drawing by offering diverse activities related to on-location sketching and knowledge sharing among sketchers. The symposiums are organized by volunteers from around the world.
The Symposiums we have organized so far:
2010, Portland, USA: 72 participants
2011, Lisbon, Portugal: 150 participants
2012, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.: 95 participants
2013, Barcelona, Spain: 360 participants
2014, Paraty, Brazil: 240 participants
2015, Singapore: 420 participants
2016, Manchester, UK: 423 participants
2017, Chicago, USA: 477 participants
2018, Porto, Portugal: 765 participants
2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands: 668 participants
2023, Auckland, New Zealand: 444 participants
Watch Past Symposium Lectures
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Symposium
The Symposium is a comprehensive Urban Sketchers event that fosters the art of on-location drawing by offering diverse activities related to on-location sketching and knowledge sharing among sketchers. The symposiums are organized by volunteers from around the world.
The Symposiums we have organized so far:
2010, Portland, USA: 72 participants
2011, Lisbon, Portugal: 150 participants
2012, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.: 95 participants
2013, Barcelona, Spain: 360 participants
2014, Paraty, Brazil: 240 participants
2015, Singapore: 420 participants
2016, Manchester, UK: 423 participants
2017, Chicago, USA: 477 participants
2018, Porto, Portugal: 765 participants
2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands: 668 participants
2023, Auckland, New Zealand: 444 participants
