USk Chicago at the Garfield Park Conservatory

On November 20th 2016, USk Chicago met at the Garfield Park Conservatory. We had a great turnout of sketchers. I think that we all would agree that this mega greenhouse was the place to be during this cold November day. The "Desert House" seemed to be very popular due to it's warm but dry conditions (also good for drying watercolor paint).
I'm sure we'll be back again. Here are a few photos from the outing.

USk Chicago Sketches in "The Loop"

By: Andrew Banks

Photo by Andrew Banks

On October 29th 2016, USk Chicago sketched in "The Loop". Blick Art Materials, one of our group's sponsors generously hosted us at their Loop store location, and provided us with space to share our sketches, to enjoy refreshments, and to participate in a gift card raffle. The group gathered inside the store for a brief introduction to the Urban Sketchers group. We were happy to see many new sketchers join us and to be able to introduce them to our group. Sketchers then spread out throughout the Loop and sketched at sights from Millenium Park, to the Riverwalk to all different architectural landmarks on surrounding streets and plazas. We gathered back up at Blick Art to share our work, and were impressed with such a great turnout. Thank-you to all who came out, to Blick Art Materials for hosting us and to Fernanda Vaz for joining us all the way from Brazil for preparations for the 8th annual 2017 International Urban Sketchers Symposium, which comes to Chicago in summer 2017!

See more pictures from the event on our Facebook Page.  Make sure to "like" the page to stay up to date with the group and for announcements regarding the 2017 International Symposium #uskchicago2017.

Photo by Fernanda Vaz

Photo by Fernanda Vaz

Photo by Andrew Banks

Photo by Fernanda Vaz