Urban Sketchers, a terrific group sketchblog that I wrote about previously here and here, celebrated its first year anniversary this month.
Urban Sketchers is devoted to drawing on location in urban environments, and it has come a long way in the year since it was established by Gabi Campanario, an illustrator and journalist based in Seattle, Washington.
The blog now boasts a long list of invited corespondents from numerous cities and countries around the world, with a delightfully broad range of styles, mediums and approaches. Their first anniversary press release has the stats.
With its wide base of contributors, Urban Sketchers is updated often, making frequent visits rewarding. There is always something new and interesting.
You can browse by artist, listed in the left sidebar by name and home base location, or by subject tags on the right sidebar.
If you want to just flip through the entries in reverse chronological order, look for the small “Older Posts” link at the bottom of the center column.
Going forward, the group plans to formalize as a nonprofit organization, raise money for scholarships and grants, publish a book and organize international meetings; all in support of promoting location drawing, and enabling others to “See the world, one drawing at a time”.
(Images above: Matt Jones, Thomas Thorspecken, Benedetta Dossi, Gérard Michel, Stephen Gardner)
Thanks for reminding us about Urban Sketchers. What a great organization, and now resource for inspiration! I participate in the occasional SketchCrawl which is coming up on its 5 year anniversary (11/21/09).
What a great now resource for inspiration of arts and colors!
Hooray, great job! That’s often my first stop for the day…
My favorite is the tugboat, great work.
Looks like a big tug boat called the “Tilly” that I recall seeing in Key West. Awesome!
This is beautiful work here, thx for posting.Its inspiring me to get out of the house!!
-Rob