Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo, to Which Workshops Will You Go?

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Here’s the workshop lineup for the 2019 Sketch Seminar! From this amazing lineup of eighteen workshops, what four will you choose?

  1.  Aaron Elswick – Fake It Till You Make It: Sketchin’ Like You Don’t Care
  2.  Alex Zonis & MJ Ernst – Fountain Pen World
  3.  Amy Larsen – Sketching on the iPad with Procreate and the Apple Pencil
  4.  Barbara Weeks – Watercolor: Focused, Fast, and Fun
  5.  Brian Wright & Suzala Zahler – Composition Tells the Story!
  6.  Gabriel Campanario – Chicago in Your Pocket Sketchbook
  7.  Jenny Zhang – Let Lines Walk on Paper: Cityscape Sketch with Loose Lines and Light Color
  8.  Jingo de la Rosa – Think with Your Hands!
  9.  Joann Harling Larsen – Demystifying Drawing People in Urban Landscape
  10. John A Hancock – Richness and Simplicity w/Ink Pen & Brush-Pen
  11. Lisa Flahive – Capturing Chicago’s Rhythm and Energy
  12. Marek Badzynski – Chicago Skyline with Fude Nib and Water-Soluble Graphite
  13. Mark Jones – Go BOLD with Color Pencils!
  14. Nishant Jain – Be Sneaky: Sketching People To Liven Your Urban Landscape
  15. Paul Heaston – Umbrella Perspective, Chicago Style!
  16. Paul Ingold – Light & Shadow: Urban Sketching with Pen and Watercolor
  17. Shari Blaukopf – Bare bones: Exploring Limited Palettes in Watercolor
  18. Wes Douglas – Urban Uglies: How to Make Beautiful Sketches Out of Those Areas Most People Overlook

Stay tuned more details and registration information are coming soon!

 

 

 

Come Grow with Us!

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It’s hard to believe that we are getting ready for our fifth seminar.  We started our seminars to introduce urban sketching to more people and to offer affordable workshops to local sketchers.  We’ve done that an more!

US-Chicago 2019 Sketch Seminar will welcome sketchers and instructors from USk-Chicago, Illinois, out of state, and even from other countries. This is the place to keep up with the details on this year’s adventure. 

Details about:

  • Our instructors and what they’ll be teaching
  • Registration Information
  • Helpful  Hints for a succesful seminar experience 
  • and more so stay tuned!

We are inviting you, our experienced instructors and new ones, to submit a proposal and share your love and knowledge of Urban Sketching. Teaching propsals have been rolling in and we excited by the variety and the new ideas. If you’re working on a proposal or are thinking of submitting one now’s the time! The deadline for proposals is January 31, just one week away. This link will take you to our proposals submission form, it will guide your proposal. 

Workshop 16: Sketching with Markers Instructor: Wes Douglas

Join the fun!

CALL for WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

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CALL for WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

USk Chicago instructors, this is a CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS to teach at the  2019 Chicago Sketch Seminar (May 31 – June 2, 2019).

The Chicago Sketch Seminar is an annual educational event for Urban Sketchers. We are looking for a variety of Urban Sketching topics. The workshops will be given outdoors, in the streets and parks around The American Academy of Art at 332 South Michigan Avenue. The workshops are typically 2½ – 3 hours long, with a maximum of 15 students.

To submit a proposal to teach at the Seminar 2019, please fill this form before January 31, 2019:

  • Workshop Proposal Form (closed)

Depending on a number of workshops submitted, there will be a selection process. If you have questions about creating a proposal or about details of your workshop, please talk to Alex Zonis or Barbara McCafferty Weeks.

We look forward to receiving your proposals!

SAVE THE DATE!! Urban Sketchers Chicago to host 5th annual Chicago Sketch Seminar – May 31 – June 2, 2019!

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Urban Sketchers Chicago is happy to announce USk Chicago Sketch Seminar 2019!

Once again American Academy of Art opens their doors to host our 2½ day event on May 31 – June 2, 2019 in a beautiful location downtown Chicago.

Mark your calendars! Cancel vacations, weddings, reunions and fishing trips! This will be much more fun!

More news coming soon!

In the meantime, you can also follow USk Chicago on social media, where announcements and links to this blog will also be shared.

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