Urban Sketching Blogs

The new USK Newsletter is now available ..... just Click on the images.

The latest Urban Sketchers online magazine is now available.

We now have a wonderful programme of sketching sessions arranged over the next few months. I am sure we will all be glad of the opportunity to meet (safely) with others, enjoy the outdoors, and get back to some much loved art work.

I always find it interesting to see what other Urban Sketchers do- what style they use, what subjects they choose, and how they personalise their work. Check out the link to see just a few examples of the amazing work that is out there. So many different styles, and although many are working not in England, I am sure their...

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The March issue of the USK magazine 'Drawing Attention' is now available. Please click on the image or this link https://issuu.com/urbansketchers7/docs/da_march_2021_?fbclid=IwAR3Z6iOw7kqdBTYr4pdAIwLBL8mZWGBJl5c1W_WSoZLhhBaVn1y6RJZ8lsA

This 37 minute piece on You Tube talks you through making a simple sketch in situ, the recommended equipment and the basics of how to establish initially a quick sketch. This is followed by showing the development of working into it with sepia, and finally developing a watercolour. Although the sepia and watercolour are demonstrated in the artists...

Urban sketching ranges in style, media and amount of time spent on each piece! Some sketches are just that- a rapid capturing of a scene viewed in a moment in time. Sketchers have been known to sketch on anything to hand to record an image that appealed. Others are obviously well planned for and display a huge amount of detail....