USk Cincinnati Urban Sketching 201 Workshop with Robing Ewers Carnes at PLAZA

Intro to Urban Sketching 201 with Robin Ewers Carnes

In this 2nd class offered by the Urban Sketchers Cincinnati group, you’ll discover how to tackle different subject matter for your sketchbooks. In this class, you’ll cover:

- Composition of a photo and how it relates to your paper
- Drawing cityscapes
- Drawing crowds
- Layout of your sketchbook pages
- Use of color and additive color
- Perspective and atmospheric perspective
- Architectural details

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These 2 hour classes are for the beginner or seasoned artist who is looking to expand on new techniques, learn a new way of sketching on the go or sketching from your photos later on.

Recommended materials to bring with you are:

– Any sketchbooks or materials you currently use including:
– A pencil– Eraser– Watercolors or another media of your preference – Brushes or other tools you use depending on the media of your choice– A few of your photos to sketch from

If you don’t have many materials that you currently use, not to worry. We’ll show you around Plaza Art for our favorite materials.

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/urban-sketching-201-workshop-plaza-art-kenwood-march-tickets-55780090753?fbclid=IwAR00_27mAQQ6kr-zqfNS34WAEBbOkJjgBfp_gC3QBCV3hzfFXeZRZl5Z45s

USk Cincinnati Outing to the Mercantile Library

Photo by Scott Ledyard

This month's 3rd Saturday outing to the Mercantile Library had an AMAZING turnout! Although we were chastised for being a little too loud at times, it was a rich environment for sketching!

Cannot wait for our next outing at NKU!

Photo by Scott Ledyard

Sketch by Lauren Wells

Sketch by Robin Ewers Carnes

Sketch by Becca Kuhlmann

Sketch by Wes Ledyard

Sketch by Linda Price

Sketch by Elaine Stoker

Sketch by Charlie Bott

Sketch by Charlie Bott

Sketch by Krista Glenkler Breedlove

Sketch by Krista Glenkler Breedlove

Sketch by Krista Glenkler Breedlove

Sketch by Christina Wald

Loni Becker on her iPad Pro!

Cincinnati Zoo Sketch Outing

Most of the sketching crew, some had to leave early...

The Cincinnati Urban Sketchers had a magical day sketching at the Zoo. The weather gods were benign and it turned out to be a perfect day to draw outside!

We went to our usual favorite exhibits like the African lions, dog, Savannah and OF COURSE Fiona!

Sketchbooks in the wild

Tiger and African Dog by Jeb Brack

Tiger by Christina Wald

The Savannah area plus Snow Leopards by Christina Wald

More sketches by Christina Wald

The Savannah by Amy Bogard

Sketch by Astrid Mast

The sketchers at the Savannah exhibit

Cincinnati Urban Sketchers Swag

Link to buy pencil bag

The Cincinnati Urban Sketchers admin team are working on some locally sourced t-shirts and other such apparel but in the meantime, a few members expressed interest in tote bags.   We've gone through Society6 to make these and we think they look great!  Society6 is a print-on-demand site and their products are of high quality.  Above is a pencil bag option, great for storing all your pens and pencils for on-the-go sketching.  And below is the tote bag for carrying all your supplies when out in the field. 

Tote bag purchase link (note there are multiple sizes!)

We look forward to seeing all our area sketchers sporting their Cincinnati Urban Sketchers swag as we get out and draw this spring.  Let us know what you think! 

Urban Sketching Workshop: Jeb Brack

Jeb Brack continues our monthly Urban Sketchers Workshop series at Plaza Friday the 15th.

From Jeb: "Hey Sketchers old and new! On Friday at 2pm I'll be teaching Urban Sketching 101 at Plaza Art in Kenwood. For those of you following along at home, that's the day before the outing to the Mercantile Library. This is the perfect introduction to the Urban Sketching movement--I'll go over materials, page layout, perspective, color--no experience necessary! If you have even the slightest interest in learning about Urban Sketching, please join up!"

 Follow this link to sign up in advance:


https://www.eventbrite.com/e/urban-sketching-101-workshop-plaza-art-kenwood-february-tickets-55779653445?fbclid=IwAR1XuaCkzMEmCPfdndovtboNeN7uBNkhdaWbnaB1BydjQQ-7Z7SXOc5ivxY

February Bonus Outing to Cincinnati Zoo

Meet us at the entrance at 2pm. Also feel free to join us at the weekly Illustrators Lunch before at 11:30, Pho Lang Thang!

https://www.facebook.com/events/318294025458597/

USk Cincinnati Sketches at the American Sign Museum

Most of the sketching crew

We had an amazing outing at the American Sign Museum in January! It is always challenging to find a good indoor place to sketch when the weather is wintry. This was a perfect spot!

Cincinnati Refined took pictures of our outing and here are some of our sketches:

Loni Becker on iPad's ProCreate

Wes Ledyard

Jeb Brack did a make up session later so he did not miss out on all the fun!

Robin Ewers Carnes

Becca Kuhlmann

Tosha Bapat

Christina Wald

Sketch Throwdown