As I noted when I first wrote about it back in 2005, SketchCrawl is a series of outdoor group drawing events, originally conceived by Pixar artist and illustrator Enrico Casarosa, as the artistic equivalent of a pubcrawl (seem my post on Enrico Casarosa, and here).
He started to organize the events ahead of time, in which artists would gather at a predetermined point and wander the city (originally San Francisco) sketching in various places, usually with small sketchbooks and portable watercolor equipment.
Since then the event has continued, expanded and spread to multiple locations worldwide, each organized by a local individual, but timed for the same day and coordinated through the SkwtchCrawl site and forums.
The next event, World Wide SketchCrawl #20 is this this Saturday, October 25th, 2008.
You can see listings of some of the events in various locations around the world in the SketchCrawl Forums (note at the bottom a link to the second page), view some suggested materials (image above, left, both images by Enrico Casarosa), or view the page on how to participate, even if starting your own local SketchCrawl with as few as one participant.
You can find more on the SketchCrawl site or blog.
[Link to current event via Drawn!]
Thanks for the update on Sketch Crawl, sadly have to work this Saturday but I’ve been trying to get one of these organized in Middletown, DE with the idea to auction off the resulting sketches to benefit the Everett Theater.
I love your blog.
Thanks for the note, Joanan.
Too bad about the timing, as I recall there are some great old buildings on Main Street in Middeltown that would make it a terrific place for a SketchCrawl. Maybe next time. They will announce the next date in their forums.
Unfortunately, I missed the deadline for SketchCrawl 20. I’ll have to do this sometime soon before it gets hot again and post what I’ll draw and paint for the next one.