Urban sketching is the practice of drawing the world around you, even if it’s the world you’re used to seeing all the time. You can learn to see, appreciate and render the world you live in with the ...

As the weather transitions away from the winter cold, community members are once again starting to embrace springtime outdoor ...

The mission is simple: Get as many people sketching together as you can. Experts, beginners, it doesn’t matter. The annual West Coast Sketch Crawl is open to anyone who wants to draw — and this year ...

Making art can sometimes be lonely when you have to hole up for hours in a studio. But a group of creatives in Pittsburgh is sketching out a different, more social art-making routine — literally — and ...

In an increasingly paperless world, architecture still relies on channeling ideas by hand. Sketching has endured as the method of choice for designers to communicate with clients, the public, and each ...

Some travelers are picking up a creative pastime, sketching, in order to slow down and fully appreciate their destinations. “Urban sketching has completely changed the way I travel around the world,” ...

Many travellers snap pictures during their trips, but others find that slowing down to illustrate a place helps them appreciate it in a more meaningful way. Back in the 1800s, French artists like ...

Once, a sketch pad was just a supporting tool for artists – today, the sketches of urban landscape enthusiasts around the world are published in their own books. Olga Ilicheva discusses the origins of ...