Saturday, December 29, 2012

Sketching Collierville Town Square


On December 1st we had a wonderful sketch group in conjunction with Plein Air Memphis. Here are most of us before we set out to sketch and paint.


A couple of sketches


More sketches - looking at everyone's work is one of the best parts of the sketch group


We also got to see all of the paintings that the Plein Air Painters made, too!




Here is a lovely sketch by Nancy Mardis.


And one by Tom Pellett, and one below by me, Elizabeth Alley.


Friday, December 28, 2012

Memphis Urban Sketchers at ANF Architects

Memphis Urban Sketchers is excited to announce our first exhibit! ANF Architects is hosting an exhibit  of sketches by nearly 20 of our regular participants. In addition to sketches from all over Memphis, Collierville, and a few from around the world, entire sketchbooks will be featured at the opening reception.

Participants include Martha Kelly, whose urban sketching has been featured in a Memphis calendar and Memphis Magazine's City Guide, local painting legend Peter Bowman, and local illustrator Derrick Dent, in addition to artists, architects, art teachers, designers and dabblers.

Memphis Urban Sketchers meets the first Saturday of every month to sketch and visit, and have been since September of 2010. We are affiliated with Urban Sketchers (USk), an international group who share the interest of drawing on location and telling the story of their surroundings. All skill levels are welcome, and participants are free to attend at their convenience.

Memphis Urban Sketchers follows the USk Manifesto:
1. We draw on location, indoors or out, capturing what we see from direct observation. 2. Our drawings tell the story of our surroundings, the places we live and where we travel. 3. Our drawings are a record of time and place. 4. We are truthful to the scenes we witness. 5. We use any kind of media and cherish our individual styles. 6. We support each other and draw together. 7. We share our drawings online (and off). 8. We show the world, one drawing at a time.

Please join us at the opening reception as we show Memphis, one drawing at a time.

Memphis Urban Sketchers Exhibit
ANF Architects
January 10-31, 2013
Opening Reception Friday, January 11, 2013, 5:30 to 7:30 PM


Wednesday, December 26, 2012

January Sketch Group at the Peabody Hotel

Next sketch group
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Peabody Hotel, 149 Union Ave
10:00 AM
We'll meet near the bar - there are plenty of places to sketch inside and out!

Please comment here or on our Facebook page if you plan to attend. 

Hope to see you there!


Friday, November 30, 2012

Call for Submissions of Workshop Proposals - 4th International Urban Sketching Symposium


Urban Sketchers is honored to announce the opening of “Call for Submissions of Workshop Proposals” to anyone interest in teaching at the 4th International Urban Sketching Symposium, to be held at Barcelona in the Summer of 2013.

Due Date: December 15th, 2012.

Selection process*
The proposals will be reviewed by the Urban Sketchers Workshop Program Committee, which includes Matthew Brehm, Gabi Campanario, Orling Domínguez, Virginia Hein, Veronica Lawlor, Fred Lynch, Melanie Reim, Swasky and Gail Wong. Selected proposals will be announced in January. 

Compensation
The Symposium organization will pay for travel and four nights of accommodation for the selected instructors. Local instructors who will not need to travel will receive an honorarium.

Workshop Proposal Form: Contact me at memphisurbansketchers@gmail.com for the “Workshop Proposal Form” that needs to be fill out completely and sent to orling@urbansketchers.org before December 15th, 2012.

For more info you can contact:
Workshop Program Coordinator

*Workshops Committee members  interested in submitting proposals will abstain themselves from evaluating and voting when their proposals are being reviewed.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Don't Forget! Sketch Group This Saturday!

Next sketch group
Saturday, December 1
Collierville Town Square - on North Main Street COLLIERVILLE, which is off of West Poplar Avenue, east of New Byhalia Road
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

We'll meet at the depot (instead of the gazebo) and sketch with the Plein Air Memphis group. 

Please comment here or on our Facebook page if you plan to attend. 

Hope to see you there!

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

December Sketch Group at Collierville Town Square

Next sketch group
Saturday, December 1
Collierville Town Square - on North Main Street COLLIERVILLE, which is off of West Poplar Avenue, east of New Byhalia Road
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

We'll meet at the gazebo and sketch with the Plein Air Memphis group. I'm really excited to have this joint sketch group/paint out with the Plein Air Memphis group. The Morton Museum of Collierville History is also promoting this event, and would like to have an exhibit with both groups in 2013 or 2014. I hope that a lot of you can attend this sketch group even though it is at a different time and a little bit of a drive :)

Here are some pictures of Collierville Town Square.

Please comment here or on our Facebook page if you plan to attend. 

Hope to see you there!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

More Sketches from Shady Grove Presbyterian

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 Tom
 Diana
Beth

Sketching At Shady Grove Presbyterian Church

We met on November 3rd at Shady Grove Presbyterian church in East Memphis on a LOVELY fall day to sketch. There was a race going on, a band was playing and breakfast burritos were being served. We found a quiet courtyard that we had all to ourselves, but where we could still hear the festivities.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Shady Grove Presbyterian

 Our group met at Shady Grove on the morning of the Race for Grace. It was fun to have all the activity buzzing around us. I sketched the church first - the fall colors and the setting moon caught my eye.

The music exceeded expectations. There was a brass band playing for the end of the race, and it was wonderful. My sister used to live in New Orleans, and I just love that sound. Musicians also make for a fun sketching opportunity. I don't draw people that often, but the people I draw are quite often the bands my husband and I go hear.

I finished up the morning by joining the rest of our group in the more secluded courtyard. I'm always a sucker for interesting trees, and this one was lovely.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Mary K. VanGieson - rock garden chair

Sketching at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church

I was thwarted at every turn by orange cones & police cars. Guess I should have come earlier to avoid the run. Glad you made it. I've been sketching the falling down chair in my rock garden instead. Lovely day.

Sketching at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church

Lovely day for sketching. The shadows moved!

Monday, October 29, 2012

November Sketch Group at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church this Saturday

Next sketch group
Saturday, November 3
Shady Grove Presbyterian Church
5530 Shady Grove Road, Memphis, TN 38120
At the corner of Shady Grove and Yates

9:00 AM 
Not sure where to tell you meet, so just try to find me! 
Shady Grove Presbyterian Church is architecturally interesting, and the Race for Grace starts at the church at 9:00 so there will be a lot of activity. Plus we can sketch inside if it is too chilly out. They have asked that we not use paint/water if we sketch indoors. 

Please comment here or on our Facebook page if you plan to attend. 

Hope to see you there!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Broad Avenue Art Walk and Victorian Village

Beth Rowlett's sketches from Broad Avenue Artwalk and Victorian Village (bottom sketch)

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

#sketch #memphisurbansketchers Mollie Fontaine

Molly fontaine

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Mallory-neely sketch

Mallory neely

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This month we sketched the "haunted houses" at Victorian Village on a chilly Fall day.  I sketched the Mollie Fontaine Taylor house and the Mallory-Neely house. 

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Sketching Today at Victorian Village

Today we went to Victorian Village and sketched in the chilly fall weather.

Here's a sketch of the Mallory Neely house by Joe Wieronski.

 By Tom Pellett
 By Tom Pellett

 By Melissa Dunn
By Lindsay Overbey (left) and Linda Boswell
By Elizabeth Alley (left) and Beth Rowlett
Woodruff-Fontaine House
 Spooky!
 Not really spooky.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

October Sketch Group at Victorian Village

Next sketch group
Saturday, October 6
Victorian Village - Adams Avenue
10:00 AM
We'll meet in front of the Woodruff-Fontaine House at 680 Adams Avenue. We will be sketching outside. It might be a little cool, but shouldn't rain. If it does, we have access to one of the houses. (We'll go back for an indoor sketch group in July.)

Please comment here or on our Facebook page if you plan to attend. 

Hope to see you there!

Friday, September 28, 2012