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Amsterdam: Last sketches
Amsterdam: Last sketches (and links to all the Amsterdam sketches) Continue reading
Posted in amsterdam, Drink, Food, people, Sketch Journal, Travel
Tagged amsterdam, art kit, canal, compact art kit, location drawing, rijksmuseum, supplies, symposium, teaching, urban sketchers symposium
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Amsterdam: Sketching at the Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam: Sketching at the Rijksmuseum and super-compact art kits Continue reading
Posted in amsterdam, Drink, Food, people, Sketch Journal, Travel
Tagged amsterdam, art kit, canal, compact art kit, location drawing, rijksmuseum, supplies, symposium, teaching, urban sketchers symposium
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Amsterdam: Urban Sketchers Symposium 2019
Amsterdam: Urban Sketchers Symposium 2019 Continue reading
Posted in amsterdam, people, Sketch Journal, Travel
Tagged amsterdam, flea market, food, location drawing, portrait, symposium, teaching, urban sketchers symposium
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Amsterdam: A day in Edam, actually.
A day in the village of Edam. Continue reading
Amsterdam: Windmill and some easy-sketching
Amsterdam: Bloemenmarkt and Rembrandt Square Continue reading
Posted in amsterdam, Drink, Food, people, Sketch Journal, Travel
Tagged amsterdam, bicycle, boat, bridge, cafe, canal, food, location drawing, symposium, teaching, urban sketchers symposium, windmill
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Porto Registration: February 17th
The Urban Sketchers International Symposium 2018 is in Porto, Portugal this year. Registration opens on 17th February, Saturday, 15:00hrs GMT (yes, that’s this weekend) and usually fills up really soon. If you’re planning on attending, find out more about the symposium here. Once … Continue reading
Posted in Portugal, teaching, Workshop
Tagged location drawing, people at work, porto, symposium, urban sketchers, workshop
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Usk Chicago 2017 Part 6: Public Art
Yes there’s The Bean, that most famous piece of public art in downtown Chicago. But that wasn’t my favorite piece. I loved Crown Fountain, (but I really think it should have been named The Spitting Fountain) It’s an interesting piece … Continue reading
Posted in chicago, Uncategorized
Tagged calder, chicago, crown fountain, flamingo, location drawing, millenium park, symposium, urban sketchers symposium, urban sketching
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Usk Chicago 2017 Part 3: Painting Trees with Shari Blaukopf
Big shapes in watercolors an learning to mix greens in Shari Blaukopf’s workshop. Continue reading
Posted in chicago, Summer, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged chicago, color mixing, grant park, location drawing, painting, painting trees, shari blaukopf, symposium, trees, urban, urban sketchers, usk chicago
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In your sketch kit: Summer 2017
I’m finally packing my sketch bag for the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago. And I’m going with my smallest sketchbag to date. It’s a small Timbuk 2 Messenger, and I’ll carry just 2 sketchbooks: A large 9×12 wirebound Beta book … Continue reading
Posted in teaching, tools
Tagged chicago, location drawing, packing a kit, pigment, sketchbook, sketchkit, supplies, symposium, tools, urban sketchers
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USk Symposium, Chicago: How do you choose a workshop?
Puzzled about how to choose a workshop? Continue reading
Posted in teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged chicago, registration, symposium, urban sketchers symposium, workshop
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