Thanksgiving Everyday

Let’s Sketch Chicago!

Gratitude 

Sunday, November 29

12 PM - 3 PM

Hosted by Evelyn Brody and Urban Sketchers Chicago

Details

In this exhausting and distressing year, Thanksgiving celebrations have also been upended. But this weekend you hopefully will find time to reflect on things in 2020 to be grateful for. If what has gotten you through this crazy era can be expressed visually from direct observation, we’d like to see it!

Ideas

• Perhaps you are especially thankful for one or more household companions – or a family member or friend you visit with, masked, from a safe 6-foot distance. 

• Perhaps you’re grateful for the cozy (and rearranged?) confines of your own four walls – or the ever-changing view from your window. 

• Perhaps Zoom or Netflix has kept you connected, or indeed opened up new worlds. (If you do sketch your screen, remember to include the surrounding context!) 

• Or maybe you have renewed appreciation for what you used to take for granted – the routine tasks of essential workers; package or local-restaurant deliveries; or a new or improved domestic skill.

We follow USk Global’s guidelines of sketching live on location and not from reference photos. When outside your home, be sure to socially distance and wear a mask to help everyone stay safe. All skill levels welcome – happy sketching! If you post to  Facebook and Instagram please include #uskchicago and #uskathome on your posts.

We gather for our virtual throwdown on our group Facebook page on Sunday, November 29, between noon and 3pm, but always welcome late entries. 

Bonus incentive! 

Everyone (except Admins) who posts between now and 5:00 p.m. Sunday will automatically be entered into a raffle to win one of four 2020 titles generously donated by Quarto! 

We will select four names at random to receive one of the following books:

• The Complete Urban Sketching Companion
• Drawing with a Tablet
• Techniques for Beginners
• Drawing Expressive People

Please email evelynbrody@iCloud.com if you have any questions. The banner image by Evelyn Brody

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A Cushy Challenge!

                                                                              Featured artwork by Alex Zonis

 Let’s Sketch Chicago!

Your Favorite Couch 

Sunday, November 22

12 PM - 3 PM

Hosted by Paul Ingold and Urban Sketchers Chicago

Details:

For this week’s #uskathome prompt, let’s sketch your favorite couch or other furniture used to relax during the quarantine. 

With indoor sketching season just getting underway, this will be a great way for us to kick it off (but at home).

Please create your own on-location urban sketch in your style and medium.

A reminder that we are back to following USk Global’s posting guidelines of sketching live on location and not from reference photos. To help people find your sketches, use the tags #uskchicago and #uskathome.

Please share your sketches on our group page by Sunday 11/22 12-3 pm (no pressure, please post when you can). We look forward to seeing your sketches!

If you post to  Facebook and Instagram please include #uskchicago and #uskathome on your posts.

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You Choose a Hue

Let's Sketch

Color Accent

Sunday, November 15

12 PM - 3 PM

Hosted by Gail Dokucu and Urban Sketchers Chicago

Details:

 This week’s prompt is brought to you by my old Canon PowerShot. One of my favorite effects on that camera was called Color Accent. It was similar to B&W mode, except that one color could be chosen to show up. So for instance, if red was chosen to photograph a street scene, the photo would be B&W except for any red objects, which would show up red. 

I thought it would be fun to do some sketches along the same lines - greyscale sketches, with one added color. But you can choose the color you want! If you want your trees to be purple, go for it! But just ONE color. Choose any subject and medium you like, as long as USk guidelines are observed.

Remember to include the tags #uskchicago and #uskathome on your posts to Facebook and Instagram if you want your post to be searchable. Post and share your sketches with us from 12 noon to 3 p.m. or whenever is convenient. See you at our virtual throwdown!

Banner sketch by Kris Van Stockum

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Spin the Wheel!

Let's Sketch Chicago!

Unlikely Wheels 

Sunday, November 8

12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Hosted by Wes Douglas and Urban Sketchers Chicago

Details

What we will explore:

• Take a look around you. You may not realize it but there are many things that have wheels beyond the cars and trucks and your mission is to capture them in an urban sketch for this week. 

• Think and challenge yourself to find other things with wheels. Look at your furniture, your power equipment, look around your office and art studios. 

• See how many less obvious items you can find that have wheels and be sure to include their surroundings in the true context of urban sketching.

Post and share your sketches with us from 12 noon to 3 pm or whatever is convenient. A reminder that we are following USk Global’s posting guidelines of sketching live on location and not from reference photos.
To help everyone find your sketches, when you type in your caption, please include a description of the subject and location plus the tags #uskchicago and #uskathome .

Banner Sketches by Wes Douglas

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