Urban sketching is the practice of drawing the world around you, even if it’s the world you’re used to seeing all the time. You can learn to see, appreciate and render the world you live in with the ...

Sketchers say making art together in urban environments allows them to create a record of a moment and to notice a little bit ...

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It was one week before Christmas and Rosedale Center buzzed with shoppers and twinkling holiday displays. Amid the bustle, it would be easy to miss people perched at tables and on benches at the ...

Many travellers snap pictures during their trips, but others find that slowing down to illustrate a place helps them appreciate it in a more meaningful way. Back in the 1800s, French artists like ...

That rhythm, where “you have to make decisions fast,” said Santa Barbara USk founder Michael Gerber, is one of urban sketching’s more defining characteristics. But in this group setting, it’s also ...

Fans of this newspaper’s regular “Seattle Sketcher” feature, which shares observations of our region via the pen and brush of Seattle Times staff artist Gabriel Campanario, will be glad to know that ...

SEATTLE — You may find Eleanor Doughty in a variety of places. Near MOHAI, admiring the boats out on the water. At a local cafe, patrons under her watchful eye. But no matter where she is, she usually ...

Sally Black carries a sketch book and a small case of watercolour pencils in her handbag at all times. She's just one member of an online global community, Urban Sketchers. The group was formed in ...

Schrotenboer's residency runs through February and includes a series of seven urban sketching sessions, according to a community announcement. Schrotenboer, who started drawing a decade ago, was ...