West Coast Watercolor Workshop

Here's another great workshop being offered by an urban sketcher, Shari Blaukopf

• Vancouver: July 4 & 5
• Seattle: July 12 & 13

More information here http://citizensketcher.wordpress.com/2014/02/07/announcing-shari-blaukopf-west-coast-workshops/

Urban Sketching Workshop in Sydney, Australia

Feel like a big trip? Consider joining Urban Sketchers Liz Steel and Paul Wang for a two-day workshop exploring ways of capturing the amazing fabric and texture of Cockatoo Island on the page.

Click here for more information!

Stax Museum Sketches by Phil Fentress

Phil Fentress captured quite a lot at our recent visit to Stax Museum!

Sketching at Booksellers of Laurelwood

Earlier this month the nice folks at the Booksellers of Laurelwood had us out to sketch on a Saturday that turned out to have lovely weather, but you can never tell in January. Here are some sketches by the group:

 Meghan

 Tom

Phil

















And these are my sketches from that day. I can't believe I didn't sketch one book!

February Sketch Group at Stax Museum

Next sketch group

Saturday, February 1

Stax Museum, 926 E McLemore Ave 

10:00 AM

Please identify yourself as being with Memphis Urban Sketchers and you will be charged their group rate of $10.50.

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

The Mikado

 I missed the Memphis Urban Sketchers gathering at the dress rehearsal for The Mikado (I love that Opera Memphis invites us every time!), but I went with my family on Tuesday night and had fun doing several sketches. I drew at the pre-opera snacks, did a watercolor of the stage before the performance started, and did one quick sketch during the show.

 I'm heading back out there this afternoon for their Japanese festival in the lobby of GPAC from 2-5. Tom Pellet and I will be getting there about 2:15. Come out and sketch if you're free!

January Sketch Group at Booksellers of Laurelwood

Saturday, January 11

Booksellers of Laurelwood, 387 Perkins Road Extended

10:00 AM

Let's meet in the area behind the newsstand - they have a little meeting area set up back there. Hope you can join us for a cozy indoor sketch group!

Call for Submissions for Urban Sketching Symposium Programming

Dear sketchers!
Are you planning to apply to teach in the next symposium in Paraty, Brazil?
Take a closer look at the Call for Submissions.

Bear in mind that there are different levels of teaching this time:

Sketching Workshops: 3.5 hour workshops, as in previous years. A wonderful opportunity to teach in a new setting. You'll learn as much as the students! 

Lead a Sketchcrawl ("Follow Me"):
This is the best way for you to earn teaching experience and share your thoughts with others, and the highlight of the new programming. 
Imagine: you got selected, people will get to know what your ideas are, and then you are going to lead them across the beautiful streets of Paraty, suggesting different techniques, approaches and subjects. One turn, great experience.

Lectures, Demonstrations: 
Another good way to share what you do, the way you do, to inspire other sketchers! It can be anything interesting, so don't be shy! 

You can even come up with something new! What we are trying to create in the next symposium is a vibrant and stimulating sketching environment!

USk Paraty 2014!

The deadline is December, 20.
Fill out the form attached in the post to apply.

Sketch Group Cancelled

Unfortunately the marathon just got cancelled. Since that was what we were going to sketch and it is going to be 23° at 10:00 AM, our sketch group is cancelled for tomorrow, too. Hope to see you all on January!

December Sketch Group at Cooper and Young for the St. Jude Marathon

Next sketch group

Saturday, December 7

Cooper and Young 

10:00 AM 

We'll meet at the corner of Cooper and Young. The St. Jude Marathon is being run that day, and will go down Young from East Parkway to Cooper, so be sure to come to the intersection from the south to avoid traffic. There should be parking on the street and at First Congo, just south of Cooper and Young. It might be cold that day, but there are plenty of restaurants around there to get out of the cold.

Here's a map of the marathon route http://www.stjudemarathon.org/SJFile/marathon-full-course-map.pdf

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