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Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Do You Know What's Happening on March 15?
Whether you're telling a little story, a medium tale, or an epic in your sketches, add to your visual vocabulary with our 10 talented instructors in our "10Years 10 Classes" program. Sharpen your visual storytelling skills while you celebrate the 10th anniversary of Urban Sketchers.
Registration Opens Here
Tomorrow
Wednesday, March 15
at 10 A.M.!
You may register for one or more workshops. Workshops vary in cost. If you register for all 10 workshops, you will automatically receive a 10% discount. It will be applied to your final cost.
Workshops are held on 10 consecutive Saturdays, in various locations, beginning on April 15. Most are scheduled from 12 Noon to 3:00 p.m. There is one 6-hour workshop that starts at 10:00 am.
Classes begin April 15!
Registration Opens Here
Tomorrow
Wednesday, March 15
at 10 A.M.!
You may register for one or more workshops. Workshops vary in cost. If you register for all 10 workshops, you will automatically receive a 10% discount. It will be applied to your final cost.
Workshops are held on 10 consecutive Saturdays, in various locations, beginning on April 15. Most are scheduled from 12 Noon to 3:00 p.m. There is one 6-hour workshop that starts at 10:00 am.
Classes begin April 15!
See the full course schedule here:
Meet Our Next Group of Great Instructors
Great Stories: The BIG Picture
June 3, "Sketching the World from Your Perspective" Instructor: Andrew Banks
Andrew Banks is an artist and freelance illustrator. Andrew works with watercolor, pen and ink and graphite and his subject of choice is architecture, architectural landscapes and cityscapes. Andrew has always enjoyed sketching, but it wasn’t until a 6 week study trip to Europe in 2008 that his passion for on location sketching solidified. Visiting cities such as Rome, Florence, Venice, Paris, Copenhagen, and Stockholm, he was inspired by the ancient architecture, urban fabric and vibrant city life. For his entire trip, Andrew captured these experiences in his sketchbooks, illustrating and telling the stories of architecture, and the sights, sounds and smells of each location.
June 10, "City in Motion" Instructor: Lisa Flahive
Lisa Flahive is most widely known for her expressive drawings and watercolors of jazz musicians, created live, in the moment, on the bandstand. This allows her to improvise, react, and communicate with the musicians. She chooses watermedia because it reflects the life of the music and must be created boldly, in the moment. Lisa paints what inspires her, such as cafes or chefs in the kitchen. She also loves to capture the energy of a city in her vibrant street scenes, and paints many en plein air, at night. Lisa is the artist in residence for Chateau Chantal Winery in Traverse City, MI and paints live on the bandstand every Thursday during their popular Jazz at Sunset series.
An Urban Sketchers-Chicago member since June 2014. Peggy’s education includes a BFA-painting and drawing, a certificate in mechanical drafting. Work and courses in landscape design and landscape architecture have strongly influenced the development of this class “Team Sketching” to explore merging scale drawing techniques and individual drawing styles to create a mosaic site illustration.
Friday, March 10, 2017
#usk10x10 Medium Stories: Expanding the View
Whether you're telling a little story, a medium tale, or an epic in your sketches, add to your visual vocabulary with our 10 talented instructors in our "10Years 10 Classes" program. Sharpen your pencils and sharpen your skills while you celebrate the 10th anniversary of Urban Sketchers.
Registration opens on March 15
Classes start April 15.
Whether you're telling a little story, a medium tale, or an epic in your sketches, add to your visual vocabulary with our 10 talented instructors in our "10Years 10 Classes" program. Sharpen your pencils and sharpen your skills while you celebrate the 10th anniversary of Urban Sketchers.
Registration opens on March 15
Classes start April 15.
Meet Our Next Group of Instructors
Medium Stories: Expanding the View
May 13, "How to Sketch Like an Architect" (Six Hour Class) Instructor: Joel Berman
Joel Berman, LEEDAP,ALA, is the founder and president of Joel Berman Architecture & Design, Ltd., a Chicago architecture firm specializing in inner city adaptive reuse and heritage restoration for restaurant, hospitality, live theater, and institutional and residential development
For Joel, clear and fast sketching has been a factor in the success of his design work and architectural practice. Joel is on the Executive Board of Urban Sketchers, and is active in the Chicago chapter. In addition to running a successful practice, Joel has taught architectural sketching at the Art Institute of Chicago (1997), Columbia College School of Interior Architecture (1997-2004), the Chicago Architecture Foundation Adult Education Program (2005-2011), Urban Sketchers Chicago (2014-2016), The Ontario Association of Architects (2013-2017), The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (2017), and for the United States National Endowment for the Humanities/Chicago Architecture Foundation Urban Gateways Program (2009-2013).
May 20, "The Fear is Real: Sketching Humans" Instructor: Jingo de la Rosa
Jingo de la Rosa is a commercial illustrator, urban sketcher and art educator. He has been illustrating professionally since 2011, having been an in-house artist for a major publishing company. In 2013, he decided to take the jump and go the freelance route! Since then, he has worked with world-renowned organizations such as Duncan Toys, the Houston Symphony and Eli Lilly & Co, among others.
Jingo is the host for DRAWN, a bimonthly sketch night and live performance event that serves local Indianapolis artists, art students and hobbyists.
May 27, "ArchiSketch: Lincoln Park Zoo and Garden" Instructor: Joann Sondy
Joann Sondy is a career graphic designer and communicator with a specialty in presentation and publications. In 2016, she launched ArchiSketch Chicago workshops which combine her passions for storytelling and architecture.
A docent with Chicago Architecture Foundation since 2012, Joann leads tours through downtown Chicago with a preference for late 19th to mid-20th century buildings. An accomplished storyteller, Joann is fueled by her advanced Toastmaster skills. Her special interests are Chicago history and sketching architecture, focusing on details such as hand-crafted ornamentation.
Coming Up Next:
Meet the Instructors for Great Stories: The Big Picture
Registration opens on Wednesday, March 15!
Classes begin April 15!
See the full course schedule here:
http://urbansketchers-chicago.blogspot.com/p/course-schedule.html
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Every Sketch Tells a Story #usk10x10
Whether you're telling a little story, a medium tale, or an epic in your sketches, add to your visual vocabulary with our 10 talented instructors in our "10Years 10 Classes" program.
Registration opens on March 15 Classes start April 15.
Registration opens on March 15 Classes start April 15.
LEADING THE WAY
Little Stories: Up Close and Personal
April 15, "Putting an Idea or Feeling into a Sketch" Instructor: Fred Polito
My initial interest in sketching started as I watched my Dad, an architect, render a tree in the background, after he had drawn the front elevation of a new house. The tree appeared as if by magic! Later, while studying architecture, a common requirement in all design classes was to produce sketch books done on location. Starting an architectural practice, I supplemented my income by producing renderings for other architects. (Now, most architectural renderings are done on a computer.) All that hand drawing, and Urban Sketchers, has rekindled my interest in sketching. Sketching, for me, has always been about an idea or feeling.
April 22, "Little Stories: Animals" Instructor: Deidre Fox
She has exhibited at Hyde Park Art Center, Betty Rymer Gallery, Evanston Art Center, and the Swedish American Museum, among other venues. She has been awarded grants from the City of Chicago/Illinois Arts Counsel and was included in New American Paintings Midwest Edition in 2012. Her work has been curated into White Columns Artists Registry and The Drawing Center Viewing Program. Residencies include Ragdale Foundation, the Center for Books and Paper Arts, the Chicago Open Studios Program, and the Cliff Dwellers Club. Public collections include the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection and the Center for Books and Paper Arts.
She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her BS in Materials Science & Engineering from Northwestern University.
April 29, "Details, Ornaments, and Objects, Oh My!" Instructor: Mark Jones
Mark is professional designer, illustrator, graphic recorder and concept artist Mark is an architect in Chicago who works at the firm HED. Mark graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago and learned his drawing and sketching skills through those architecture classes. The professors emphasized the importance of documenting the environment by requiring students to maintain an active sketchbook. Filling it with ideas, inspirational quotes and designs as well as using it as a journal. Mark spent his junior year studying abroad in Versailles, France. While there he documented his travels through Europe in pencil sketches and watercolors while gaining exposure and feedback from visiting professors. Mark was drawn to the medium of color pencils while working on his thesis project and has used it predominantly since.
May 6, "Personalities of Urban Vehicles" Instructor: Wes Douglas
I am a professional designer, illustrator, graphic recorder and concept artist working in the Chicago area for the past 30 years. I have created new concept designs for SC Johnson, Sara Coffee and Foods, Philips Oral Health, Allstate Insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, CNH (construction and agricultural equipment) and many others. More recently I have been a member and co-admin for the Chicago chapter of Urban Sketchers since 2013 and lead 3 sketch workshops on Urban Sketching with Markers.
Coming Up Next:
Meet the Instructors for Medium Stories: Expanding Your View
Registration opens on Wednesday, March 15!
Classes begin April 15!
See the full course schedule here:
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Urban Sketchers 8th International Symposium
to be held July 26-29 in Chicago
to be held July 26-29 in Chicago
Internationally-known artists capture the
city one drawing at a time
Hundreds
of urban sketchers from around the world will be drawing and painting the
sights of the city during the Urban Sketchers 8th International Symposium, to
be held July 26-29 at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
Urban Sketchers is
dedicated to raising the artistic, storytelling and educational value of
location drawing; promoting its practice and connecting people around the world
who draw on location where they live and travel.
More
than 40 internationally-known artists are leading sessions for urban sketchers
of all skill levels on techniques, principles and concepts of drawing on location.
The 36 workshops will be held at various downtown parks and plazas; more than
30 demonstrations, as well as lectures, panels and sketchcrawls round out the
program.
A
free public sketchcrawl, where sketchers meet to draw and paint at several
locations, will be held on Saturday, July 29 at 2:30 pm. The starting point is Goodman Center Roosevelt University, the sketch crawl will conclude at Sir Georg Solti Garden with a final grand photo.
The symposium brings
this passion to draw urban sketching communities to a different part of the
world every year. Symposium host cities have included Portland, Oregon (2010);
Lisbon, Portugal (2011); Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(2012); Barcelona, Spain (2013); Paraty, Brazil (2014); Singapore (2015) and Manchester,
UK (2016).
Urban Sketchers
International
Website:
http://www.urbansketchers.org
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@urbansketchers
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