We Talk Back (Season Finale) July 26, 4AM GMT With guest artists: you! And your host: Rob Sketcherman It is hard to believe that we have been through 16 episodes together since early April. We talked to 32 urban sketchers from as far as Seattle, New Delhi, Singapore, Quito, Buenos Aires, Penang, Sydney, Los Angeles and Bangkok, […]
Registrations: linhares.mr@gmail.com Join this workshop in Rome to find the Sacred and Profane locations that were always there but you never saw them! When we think about sacred and profane our mind links almost directly to religion. However, nowadays, a lot of other things are assuming the “sacred” title. For example, tourists! When they go […]
In this workshop, sketchers will work like Renaissance Researchers looking for clues that connect Palaeontology animals structures (and all its beautiful organic lines) with the pioneer Italian Design from the 20th century. Just like Leonardo da Vinci was obsessed by Nature to inspire all his drawings and engineer machines, we will be sketching to create […]
[by Mário Linhares, in Portugal] There is no doubt about how powerful sketching can be, and, on the top of that, how this community founded by Gabi Campanario, is showing that to the world. From May 2017 to March 2018, 24 urban sketchers went to Portugal to register the country and tell their way to […]
[by Mário Linhares, when in Venice, Italy] The workshop about John Ruskin’s exhibition and work in Venice, past June 2-3 was a blast! Intense weekend in Venice, on the path of John Ruskin, with this amazing exhibition, a spectacular guided tour by a Venetian specialist in art history, sketching from sunrise to sunset, with a […]
The international USk Symposium is the greatest event for any urban sketcher who calls himself like that. Even those who never had the chance to attend the Symposium follows online everything about it. This year, almost all the sketching travelers are going to Portugal with more than Porto in their minds. That’s where Lisbon enters. […]
John Ruskin was one of the most relevant artists drawing Italy cities, and, especially, Venice. His passion for the city started when he did a family tour to Venice during his childhood. The work he left has been analyzed by historians and artists until today. Now, in 2018, for the first time, Palazzo Ducale organized […]
To register, click here or contact info@urbansketchers.cz We all know about Design weeks or Fashion weeks around the world. They are like pop-up events, moving people to a city with the same purpose. In 2016, inside a small office in New York, trying to think ahead the education of Urban Sketchers along with Elizabeth Alley, Suma […]
[by Mário Linhares, when in Chicago, USA] Attending a Symposium is an opportunity to learn and grow. To learn about the culture. To learn about the language. To learn about the food. To learn about the people. To learn about the sketchers. To learn new sketching techniques. To learn about new art stuff. To learn […]
[by Mário Linhares, in Florence, Italy] Every year, I have the opportunity to sketch in Italy, the country of the Grand Tour since ever. This year, I went to Assisi and Florence. First time there to sketch. It was really emotional to see on location everything I’ve learned at the Fine Art School. The Vasari’s […]
[by Mário Linhares, in Lisbon, Portugal] This is what I like to do when using a Leporello Sketchbook (aka Concertina book): mix everything! On the above sketch, I started with an old microphone during a class inside the Radio Museum of Lisbon. Then, in a class with my students, Omar came to share his sketching […]
[by Mário Linhares, in Lisbon, Portugal] The Lisbon 10×10 program started past May 10th and the three Little Stories classes already finished. With all instructors present, we started inside the Editorial Department of Diário de Notícias, one of the oldest Newspapers of Portugal, with 20 attendees, Eduardo Bajzek, Rob Sketcherman and Omar Jaramillo as special guests. 1st […]