Are You in the Know?

Do You Know These People?

If you've been keeping up with Chicago Sketch Seminar 2019 you do! If not meet the seminar instructors and read the workshops descriptions on the Seminar Blog. 

Our generous seminar sponsors will be posted there, too, as well has helpful hints for a successful seminar experience.  Stay up-to-date and in-the-know!

Ready, Set...

It’s almost time!

Are you ready? Registration doors open Saturday, March 16 at 10:00 a.m. Chicago time (CDT).

All eighteen (!!!) workshop descriptions are listed here on the Seminar blog. With so many exciting choices it’s helpful to go the list and make your choices now. You may want to make a few back-up picks in case you are closed out of some workshops. 

The schedule is there, too. You can scroll down and see previous posts or click on the tabs at the top of the blog for more registration information. 

We’re ready to get this party started. How about you?

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!

Making decisions on which workshops to choose when you register is hard work, especially when the choices are all enticing! 

Starting tomorrow we’ll be posting information on the individual workshops; two a day, every other day. Follow the Seminar blog  and you’ll have details on all eighteen workshops before registration opens. It probably won’t make the job easy but it should help you decide what’s best for you! 

Follow us on Instagram @uskchicago too!

Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo, to Which Workshops Will You Go?

Here’s the workshop lineup for the 2019 Sketch Seminar.

From this amazing lineup of eighteen workshops,

what four will you choose?

1.  Aaron Elswick – Fake It Till You Make It: Sketchin’ Like You Don’t Care
2.  Alex Zonis & MJ Ernst – Fountain Pen World
3.  Amy Larsen – Sketching on the iPad with Procreate and the Apple pencil
4.  Barbara Weeks – Watercolor: Focused, Fast, and Fun
5.  Brian Wright & Suzala Zahler – Composition Tells the Story!
6.  Gabriel Campanario – Chicago in Your Pocket Sketchbook
7.  Jenny Zhang – Let Lines Walk on Paper: Cityscape Sketch with Loose Lines and Light Color
8.  Jingo de la Rosa – Think with your hands!
9.  Joann Harling Larsen – Demystifying Drawing People in Urban Landscape
10. John A Hancock – Richness and Simplicity w/Ink Pen & Brush-Pen
11. Lisa Flahive – Capturing Chicago’s Rhythm and Energy
12. Marek Badzynski – Chicago Skyline with Fude Nib and Water-Soluble Graphite
13. Mark Jones– Go BOLD with Color Pencils!
14. Nishant Jain – Be Sneaky: Sketching People To Liven Your Urban Landscape
15. Paul Heaston – Umbrella Perspective, Chicago Style!
16. Paul Ingold – Light & Shadow: Urban Sketching with Pen and Watercolor
17. Shari Blaukopf-  Bare bones: Exploring Limited Palettes in Watercolour
18. Wes Douglas – Urban Uglies: How to Make Beautiful Sketches Out of Those Areas Most People Overlook

Stay tuned, more details and registration information coming soon!

Come Grow with Us!

It’s hard to believe that we are getting ready for our fifth seminar.  We started our seminars to introduce urban sketching to more people and to offer affordable workshops to local sketchers.  We’ve done that an more!

US-Chicago 2019 Sketch Seminar will welcome sketchers and instructors from USk-Chicago, Illinois, out of state, and even from other countries. This is the place to keep up with the details on this year’s adventure,

Details about:

• Our instructors and what they’ll be teaching
• Registration information
• Helpful hints for a successful seminar experience 
• and more so stay tuned!

We are inviting you, our experienced instructors and new ones, to submit a proposal and share your love and knowledge of Urban Sketching. Teaching propsals have been rolling in and we excited by the variety and the new ideas. If you’re working on a proposal or are thinking of submitting one now’s the time! The deadline for proposals is January 31, just one week away. This  link  will take you to our proposals submission form, it will guide your proposal. 

Join the fun!

CALL for WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

USk Chicago instructors, this is a CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS to teach at the 2019 Chicago Sketch Seminar (May 31 – June 2, 2019).

The Chicago Sketch Seminar is an annual educational event for Urban Sketchers. We are looking for a variety of Urban Sketching topics. The workshops will be given outdoors, in the streets and parks around The American Academy of Art at 332 South Michigan Avenue. The workshops are typically 2½ – 3 hours long, with a maximum of 15 students.

To submit a proposal to teach at the Seminar 2019, please fill this form before January 31, 2019:

• Workshop Proposal Form 

Depending on a number of workshops submitted, there will be a selection process. If you have questions about creating a proposal or about details of your workshop, please talk to Alex Zonis or Barbara McCafferty Weeks.

We look forward to receiving your proposals!

Only three weeks away!

Are your ready for the #USkChicago2018 Sketch Seminar? Only three weeks away! Get your pencils, pens, and brushes ready...

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