Some of you may
have heard of an international movement known as Urban Sketchers. It began in
the city of Seattle, USA about ten years ago … at about the same time that Dublin Sketchers began here. It is the brainchild of journalist and
illustrator Gabriel Campanario who created an online forum for sketchers who
love to draw in the cities they live and visit.
There are now over 200 Urban
Sketchers Chapters in cities all over the world.
The principles
of Urban Sketchers are pretty much
the same as the concept we use for Dublin
Sketchers: it’s open to everyone;
free to take part; and sketches are shared online. So we felt it was appropriate for Dublin
Sketchers to join the movement and see what happens.
So what will
change? Well, not much to begin
with. There is now a link to our website
on urbansketchers.com and we have posted the Urban Sketchers Manifesto on our blog. We will continue to call ourselves Dublin
Sketchers, although we are listed on their website as Urban
Sketchers Dublin.
Maybe in the
future there will be opportunities to link up with other chapters of Urban
Sketchers. Maybe we can share ideas or
arrange sketching exchanges. Who knows
what might happen. But for now, it’s
nice to be part of a network of sketching groups.
You can read
more about Urban Sketchers on urbansketchers.com
