CALL FOR PROPOSALS The 12th Urban Sketchers Symposium will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 9-12, 2024. We are seeking proposals for Workshops, Lectures and Activities/Demos. The final date to submit your proposals is December 10th, 2023 (11:59 pm GMT). Selected Instructors will be notified around January 15, 2024. ...

As well as workshops during the day we are treated to Demos where we are shown how to create works, in this case using a special method to sketch nature (tree) using Graphite and watercolour graphite.We were absorbed with KK’s way of building his large sketch using a mix of...

After assembling in appointed groups we all headed to workshop destinations with  our tutors. The day was sunny and warm which helped us get in ‘the sketch groove’. Today I covered 4 workshops: Virginia Hein – The Dance of Line and Colour. Joaquin Dorao – Design Your Own Sketchbook. Jane...

My first day of reporting from workshops’ has been divided between 3 instructors all along Queen street. Mario Linhares is based in front of a row of terraced Edwardian shops from 1908. The approach is my favorite, that of reportage. Mario found a drawing of the same row of houses...

Today the Symposium instructors group had a special opportunity to visit a Marae, a Maori community center in Papakura, Auckland. We were welcomed with a Powhiri (Maori greeting) onto the grounds and then entered the Wharenui (Meeting house) followed by some lunch (Kai) and sketching in and around the Wharenui...

We are very excited to welcome you to the 11th Urban Sketchers Symposium Auckland 2023! Please have your tickets ready,  either printed  or on your mobile device. The address of the Auckland University of Technology or AUT is Sir Paul Reeves  WG Building, 55 Wellesley Street. (corner  Mayoral Drive and Wakefield...

Yesterday there was a buzz of excitement with volunteers unloading boxes, filling bags with lots of ‘sketch goodies’ in anticipation of Symposium start. Many USk Auckland sketchers connected together in a  spirit of community. #uskauckland #urbansketchers

Symposium will start in one day and there is a lot of work behind the scene! A new idea in the Symposium format: today instructors had the whole day to meet and share insights before teaching and meet all participants the next days. They discussed about the future of Urban...

Fun today in Devonport Auckland leading up to the Symposium in 2 days time.  Sketchers from Australia, New Caledonia, USA  Italy and Belarus all formed new friendships through the joy of sketching onMt Victoria / Takuranga. #uskauckland2023 #usksymposium2023

Hello everyone, Parka here and I’m now in Auckland, New Zealand. I’ll be providing video coverage for the Urban Sketchers Symposium 2023 Auckland. So do subscribe to the main Urban Sketchers Youtube Channel to watch the coverage. That’s the 2nd best way to enjoy the symposium. The best way of...

  Every year, sketchers from all over the world meet after a long day of sketching and exploring the host city. Whether you have a symposium pass or not, you can meet sketching friends, whom you have known for a long time but only had a chance to talk to...

We will hold our traditional Silent Auction at the Symposium. All sketchers, including instructors , are invited to donate an artwork (up to A4 in size). The art pieces will be displayed and open for bidding on the last day of the Symposium, just before the Closing ceremony.   This...