Urban Sketchers Memphis

Friday, June 10, 2016

A Couple of April Sketch Groups

In April and October we like to take advantage of the good weather and sketch every weekend. These sketches are from two weekends in April.

We went to the Cooper Young Farmers Market and then to Overton Park one Saturday. These are my sketches from the day.

Mary K VanGieson's sketch from the farmers market.

On another Saturday we went to Crosstown to sketch everything, but it was unseasonably cold so we mostly sketched from inside the Cleveland Street Flea Market.

Here are everyone else's sketches!

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

South Main Sketch Crawl

Here are my two sketches from our sketch crawl on South Main this past Saturday, and some group shots.

We sketched at the plaza of the National Civil Rights Museum, then walked over to the intersection of South Main and GE Patterson. After that we went to the Farmers Market, but we were all pretty exhausted by then so we looked at each other's sketches.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

June Sketch Group - South Main Sketch Crawl

Next sketch group Saturday, June 4, 10:00 AM

We're going to do a real sketch crawl this month! Meet on South Main at the National Civil Rights Museum plaza at 10:00 AM, where we'll sketch for about 45 minutes. Then we'll move to the Main & GE Patterson intersection to sketch the iconic Arcade Restaurant, train station, and Earnestine and Hazel's. Then to the Farmers Market to sketch more before sharing our work.

All ages and skill levels are welcome! See you there!

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

April 2nd Sketch Group at Two Locations

Saturday, April 2

9:00 AM
Cooper Young Farmers Market
First Congo parking lot at Cooper and Walker

11:30 AM
Overton Park Reading Flash Mob on the Greensward
(This is a good opportunity for "reportage" sketching of the Greensward/Zoo parking controversy.)

Join us for one or both! Please comment here or in our Facebook group if you plan to attend.

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

March Sketch Group at Memphis Theological Seminary

Next sketch group

Saturday, March 5

Memphis Theological Seminary

168 East Parkway South

10:00 AM

I’m finding out where to meet. We will be able to go inside and sketch the chapel and hall (which has lovely plasterwork), and we can sketch outside (the weather should be nice).

Please comment here or in our Facebook group if you plan to attend.

Sketch by Martha Kelly

Saturday, January 16, 2016

New USk Workshops!

Feb. 13: Orlando, with Thor and Kelly Medford

March 6: Lisbon, with Ch’ng Kiah Kiean
March 21, 25: Newbury, With Isabel Carmona, Inma Serrano and Swasky
April 22-25: Seattle, with Frank Ching and Gail Wong
May 13-15: Seattle, with Stephanie Bower
July 14-16: Galway, with Shari Blaukopf, Róisín Curé and Marc Holmes

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

February Sketch Group at Cleveland Street Flea Market

February sketch group

Saturday, February 13

Cleveland Street Flea Market, 438 North Cleveland Street

10:00 AM

We'll meet at the Cleveland Street Flea Market - we can sketch inside, and if it's nice out there is also plenty to sketch outside. There are plenty of places nearby to have lunch after, too.

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

(from our last visit - top sketch by Martha Kelly, bottom by Elizabeth Alley)

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Announcing the Fourth Annual West Coast Sketch Crawl

The Fourth Annual West Coast Urban Sketchers Sketch Crawl, will be held in Tacoma, Washington (USA) Aug. 19-21, 2016. Tacoma offers an historically and architecturally rich downtown area. San Francisco, Portland and San Diego were hosts of this annual event in previous years. See the blog for details. regarding past events, the agenda (schedule of events for Tacoma), lodging information, how to RSVP if you plan to attend, and our Facebook link. This is a free event.