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Sponsorship Announcement: Blick Art Materials

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For the fifth year in a row (including ’17 USk Symposium), Urban Sketchers Chicago is excited to announce Blick Art Materials sponsorship of the #USkchicago2019 Sketch Seminar and the Chicago urban sketchers community!

This year Blick Art Materials is supplying, sketchbooks, Pentel waterbrushes, plastic portable palettes and gift cards for our 190 goody bags. In addition they are sending $500 in gift cards for our raffle. Our event is successful because of our Sponsors and Blick is highly valued by USk Chicago. THANK YOU BLICK!

Sponsorship Announcement: Faber-Castell

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Urban Sketchers Chicago is excited to have Faber-Castell‘s sponsorship of the #USkChicago2019 Sketch Seminar for the fifth year! Faber-Castell began supporting our artist community at our first Sketch Seminar in 2014, and we are honored to be able to continue to share their products with you! This year, each goody bag will have a PITT Artist Pen box of 8 (black), a PITT Artist Pen box of 6 warm and cool grey pens, and a bold broad black brush pen. In addition, graphite pencils and erasers are being provided for Gabriel Campanario‘s and Paul Heaston‘s workshops. Last but not least, our raffle will feature a 48ct PITT Pen collection and three Loom fountain pens. Thank you Faber-Castell for your continued support!!!

Make sure to visit Faber-Castell’s website, and follow them on social media!

Sponsor Announcement: KWZ Ink

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Urban Sketchers Chicago welcomes KWZ Ink as a new sponsor to our 2019 Sketch Seminar! If you have fountain pens or like to use ink washes then please check out KWZ Ink, they have some awesome colors. They are generously sponsoring some of the inks for the Fountain Pen World Workshop. We cant wait to share your products with our sketchers. Thank you KWZ Ink!

Sponsor Announcement: Canson

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Canson is a loyal supporter of USk Chicago and is once again one of our generous Sponsors of our Sketch Seminar. They are supplying Heritage paper for Paul Ingold’s workshop and mixed media 9”x12” boards for Aaron Elswick’s workshop. Every goody bag will have mini blocks of the cold, rough and hot press Heritage series paper. Thank you, Canson, for your continued support!

Sponsor Announcement: Chartpak

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We are happy to have our longtime sponsor Chartpak back for our 2019 Sketch Seminar. Each participant will receive a Koh-I-noor Bristol smooth sketchbook, they are also sending Pelikan inks and @molotowheadquarters white paint pens for our “Fountain Pen World” workshop. A special thank you to @edbrickler for your efforts every year to bring us these fine art supplies. Thank you, Chartpak!

Sponsor Announcement: Daniel Smith

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We are so pleased to have Daniel Smith as our SOLE paint sponsor for this years 2019 Sketch Seminar. We have received piles of test dot cards for our goody bags and paint for workshops being taught by Gabriel Campanario, Shari Blaukopf, Paul Ingold, and Barbara Weeks. This means that we will have paint for 144 participants plus instructors! Thank you, Daniel Smith, for your continued support!

Sponsor Announcement: Hahnemühle

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We are thrilled to announce Hahnemühle as a valued Sponsor for our #USkChicago2019 Sketch Seminar! Hahnemühle has been making high quality paper in Germany since 1584. They are leaders in fine art printing, photography and traditional art paper production. This is Hahnemühle’s second time Sponsoring our Seminar and they responded in a huge way.
We are thrilled to have Hahnemühle papers in our goody bags and also as sponsors for two of our workshops. A major shout out to @boss_carol for all of her efforts to bring these high quality products to the US and for their unending support of USk Chicago and our yearly sketch seminar. If you have never tried #hahnemühle products, please do, you will not be disappointed!

Thank You Carol Boss Hahnemühle for your support of Urban Sketchers Chicago and all that you do to introduce these high quality products the US market. We are so pleased to have Hahnemühle as a treasured Sponsor!

Sponsor Announcement: SAKURA

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Urban Sketchers Chicago is thrilled to announce Sakura of America’s sponsorship of the 2019 Sketch Seminar! Sakura provided two large boxes of goodies for our Seminar. Every participant will receive a Micron pen, white Gelly Roll pen, a Pigma black brush pen, and a Suma eraser. Sakura of America is also generously sponsoring two of our workshops with gray scale brush markers from Koi .

Thank you, Sakura, for your continued support year after year! Learn more about Sakura of America’s wide variety of art materials on their website and social media accounts listed below: