[full_width]The 7th International Urban Sketchers Symposium will be held in Manchester, UK, July 27-30, 2016. Sketchers of all levels, experience, and backgrounds are welcome.
The full slate of Workshops and Activities (including Demos and Lectures) are listed below. As we add programming and faculty information to the site, you can click the links to find out more information. We encourage you to research the workshops/activities you are interested in attending, and view the Schedule to ensure your preferences don't overlap.
See the Registration page for more information about registration dates and times.
Workshop 2 - Sketching with Dry Twig & Chinese Ink - Ch’ng Kiah Kiean
Workshop 3 - Decisive Line In Drawing Figures in Motion & Repose - Don Low
Workshop 4 - Hunting & Gathering: Sketching Vignettes & Lists - Fred Lynch
Workshop 5 - Focus Your Sketching Stories - Isabel Carmona Andreu and Len Grant
Workshop 6 - Watercolour Your World, One Mix at a Time - Jane Blundell
Workshop 7 - Capturing the Crowd: People in Public Spaces - Jim Richards
Workshop 8 - Cars in the City - Lapin & Florian Afflerbach
Workshop 9 - Sketching Architecture in Edges, Shapes & Volumes - Liz Steel
Workshop 10 - Capturing Atmosphere Using Dramatic Lighting & Fast Spontaneity - LK Bing
Workshop 11 - Urban Sketching on Assignment: Planning & Executing Team-Based Sketching Reportage - Marc Holmes
Workshop 12 - What & How: Creating Your Story - Marina Grechanik
Workshop 13 - Paint Like Nobody's Watching! - Marion Rivolier
Workshop 14 - Sketch NOW, Think Later - Mike Daikubara
Workshop 15 - From Macro to Micro - A Visual Story of a Building - Nina Johansson
Workshop 16 - Extreme Angles - Norberto Dorantes
Workshop 17 - The Big Picture & the Tiny Details - Paul Heaston
Workshop 18 - Shape Shifters: Overcome Complicated Scenes with Dynamic Shapes - Paul Wang
Workshop 19 - Manchester Green: Sketching Urban Green Space - Richard Alomar
Workshop 20 - What to Leave Out, What to Leave In: Capturing a Sense of Place - Richard Briggs
Workshop 21 - On Location with an iPad & Procreate - Rob Sketcherman
Workshop 22 - Bare Bones: Exploring Limited Palettes in Watercolour - Shari Blaukopf
Workshop 23 - Soaring Spaces - Stephanie Bower
Workshop 24 - People & Places: Life in Contrast - Suhita Shirodkar
Workshop 25 - Bending the Floor - Swasky
Workshop 26 - Puzzling Out the Picture - Veronica Lawlor
Activity 2 - Recording a Musical City - Caroline Johnson
Activity 3 - Drawing a Collection - Emma FitzGerald
Activity 4 - The Big Crit - Fred Lynch
Activity 5 - Sketch Mob: Togetherness in Sketching - Hakym Ahmad
Activity 6 - Pub Crawl: Draw If You Are Sober - Nelson Paciência & Vicente Sardinha
Activity 7 - Lettering, Line & Balance - Pat Southern-Pearce
Activity 8 - Nature in the City: The Body Language of Trees - Robyn Bauer
Activity 9 - The Manchester Journey - Vicente Sardinha
Demos:
Demo 1 - Reflecting on Water - Daniel Green
Demo 2 - From Splashes to Lines - Delphine Priollaud-Stoclet
Demo 3 - Between Drawing & Painting: Exploring Brush-pens/Ink-brushes - Ed Harker
Demo 4 - Color perspective, Color Harmony - Jenny Adam
Demo 5 - How to Sketch with Water-Soluble Crayons (Caran d’Ache Neocolor II) - Vincent Desplanche
Lectures:
Lecture 1 - How to Make Your Regional Chapter Rock! - Alvin Wong
Lecture 2 - Our History! Exploring the Tradition of Urban Sketching Through Vintage Books That Popularised Sketching - Ed Harker
Lecture 3 - Sketching Stories - Favian Ee
Lecture 4 - Teaching Non-Artists to Draw: Techniques & Methods for Urban Sketching Instructors & Art Educators - Karina Kuschnir
Lecture 5 - Sketcher-in-Residence: Pushing the Boundaries of Creative Curiosity - Lynne Chapman
Lecture 6 - Running a Regional Chapter - Mark Leibowitz
Lecture 7 - What’s in Your Pocket? A Juried Review of Cool Urban Sketching Gear - Mark Leibowitz
Lecture 8 - Drawings Inside a Prison - Nelson Paciencia
Lecture 9 - Drawing a Sense of Place = Design Tool - Richard Briggs
Lecture 10 - The Art & Habit of Travel Sketching - Rita Sabler
Lecture 11 - How to Prepare a Successful Workshop Proposal - Gail Wong
The full slate of Workshops and Activities (including Demos and Lectures) are listed below. As we add programming and faculty information to the site, you can click the links to find out more information. We encourage you to research the workshops/activities you are interested in attending, and view the Schedule to ensure your preferences don't overlap.
See the Registration page for more information about registration dates and times.
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- Workshop 1 - Curved Perspectives; Sketching 360° Panoramas - Arno Hartmann
- Activity 1 - Making time for postcards! - Andrea Matthews
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- Workshop 2 - Sketching with Dry Twig & Chinese Ink - Ch’ng Kiah Kiean
- Activity 2 - Recording a Musical City - Caroline Johnson
Workshop 2 - Sketching with Dry Twig & Chinese Ink - Ch’ng Kiah Kiean
Workshop 3 - Decisive Line In Drawing Figures in Motion & Repose - Don Low
Workshop 4 - Hunting & Gathering: Sketching Vignettes & Lists - Fred Lynch
Workshop 5 - Focus Your Sketching Stories - Isabel Carmona Andreu and Len Grant
Workshop 6 - Watercolour Your World, One Mix at a Time - Jane Blundell
Workshop 7 - Capturing the Crowd: People in Public Spaces - Jim Richards
Workshop 8 - Cars in the City - Lapin & Florian Afflerbach
Workshop 9 - Sketching Architecture in Edges, Shapes & Volumes - Liz Steel
Workshop 10 - Capturing Atmosphere Using Dramatic Lighting & Fast Spontaneity - LK Bing
Workshop 11 - Urban Sketching on Assignment: Planning & Executing Team-Based Sketching Reportage - Marc Holmes
Workshop 12 - What & How: Creating Your Story - Marina Grechanik
Workshop 13 - Paint Like Nobody's Watching! - Marion Rivolier
Workshop 14 - Sketch NOW, Think Later - Mike Daikubara
Workshop 15 - From Macro to Micro - A Visual Story of a Building - Nina Johansson
Workshop 16 - Extreme Angles - Norberto Dorantes
Workshop 17 - The Big Picture & the Tiny Details - Paul Heaston
Workshop 18 - Shape Shifters: Overcome Complicated Scenes with Dynamic Shapes - Paul Wang
Workshop 19 - Manchester Green: Sketching Urban Green Space - Richard Alomar
Workshop 20 - What to Leave Out, What to Leave In: Capturing a Sense of Place - Richard Briggs
Workshop 21 - On Location with an iPad & Procreate - Rob Sketcherman
Workshop 22 - Bare Bones: Exploring Limited Palettes in Watercolour - Shari Blaukopf
Workshop 23 - Soaring Spaces - Stephanie Bower
Workshop 24 - People & Places: Life in Contrast - Suhita Shirodkar
Workshop 25 - Bending the Floor - Swasky
Workshop 26 - Puzzling Out the Picture - Veronica Lawlor
- Activities: Activity 1 - Making time for postcards! - Andrea Matthews
Activity 2 - Recording a Musical City - Caroline Johnson
Activity 3 - Drawing a Collection - Emma FitzGerald
Activity 4 - The Big Crit - Fred Lynch
Activity 5 - Sketch Mob: Togetherness in Sketching - Hakym Ahmad
Activity 6 - Pub Crawl: Draw If You Are Sober - Nelson Paciência & Vicente Sardinha
Activity 7 - Lettering, Line & Balance - Pat Southern-Pearce
Activity 8 - Nature in the City: The Body Language of Trees - Robyn Bauer
Activity 9 - The Manchester Journey - Vicente Sardinha
Demos:
Demo 1 - Reflecting on Water - Daniel Green
Demo 2 - From Splashes to Lines - Delphine Priollaud-Stoclet
Demo 3 - Between Drawing & Painting: Exploring Brush-pens/Ink-brushes - Ed Harker
Demo 4 - Color perspective, Color Harmony - Jenny Adam
Demo 5 - How to Sketch with Water-Soluble Crayons (Caran d’Ache Neocolor II) - Vincent Desplanche
Lectures:
Lecture 1 - How to Make Your Regional Chapter Rock! - Alvin Wong
Lecture 2 - Our History! Exploring the Tradition of Urban Sketching Through Vintage Books That Popularised Sketching - Ed Harker
Lecture 3 - Sketching Stories - Favian Ee
Lecture 4 - Teaching Non-Artists to Draw: Techniques & Methods for Urban Sketching Instructors & Art Educators - Karina Kuschnir
Lecture 5 - Sketcher-in-Residence: Pushing the Boundaries of Creative Curiosity - Lynne Chapman
Lecture 6 - Running a Regional Chapter - Mark Leibowitz
Lecture 7 - What’s in Your Pocket? A Juried Review of Cool Urban Sketching Gear - Mark Leibowitz
Lecture 8 - Drawings Inside a Prison - Nelson Paciencia
Lecture 9 - Drawing a Sense of Place = Design Tool - Richard Briggs
Lecture 10 - The Art & Habit of Travel Sketching - Rita Sabler
Lecture 11 - How to Prepare a Successful Workshop Proposal - Gail Wong
