Today I was looking for information on a local Urban Sketchers chapter in the hopes of trying the group out. There's just one issue - it appears that the group ONLY maintains a Facebook page that I cannot access.

The official Urban Sketchers website only points to these Facebook Group pages. I'll keep looking in the hopes I can find a community board somewhere, but the over reliance on Facebook Group pages is something I'd love to see addressed by orgs

#UrbanSketching

https://urbansketchers.org

cataloging (with color!) when we got six inches this april.

This cafe #urbansketching from yesterday is the last page of this accordion book. It was fun doing an entire book on a theme.

Sandstone Fin, NM #art #mastoart #urbansketching #lineandwash

Santa Fe Plaza #art #mastoart #urbansketching

Golden hour light slammed through the kitchen window yesterday, making our yellow bowl glow. I sat down to capture it and some clutter. I've been working from photos a lot, but without them, studying shadows reminded me how fast the sun moves!

More urban sketchers goodness! After a great day of sketching, I went out to dinner with a lovely person and just kept sketching. The tower of the Liebfrauenkirche was really fascinating and so bright glowing in the evening sun.

Very simple small setup, which I enjoyed a lot!

A sketch from a minute ago at the coffee shop. The feeling of today is remembering back before I was a mannerist after myself, back way in the past, like last week. #urbansketching

Went to a super lovely urban sketching event today in Nuremberg. They invited people from other cities and there were even some international visitors.

But honestly, sketching architecture is so new to me, that I feel mediocre at best. Also... I still can't find my travel brushes since I moved. Will they improve what I do? I don't know... but here is what I managed to sketch today!

#urbansketching sketching #watercolor #art #mastoart #traditionalart

A rare effort at figure drawing. The model was dressed up as goddess Kali, though you can't tell here. I don't sketch with groups too often, I find the scene intimidating. #urbansketching

A little sketch I did yesterday morning. And how it fits with the rest of the page!

It’s been a busy week (interviewing mostly), didn’t sketch at all. Managed to finish this commission we started live last Friday. Hope I didn’t overdo it

This is a sketch from a moment ago at the local coffee place. Soon I will be all through this accordion book. #urbansketching #sketchbook

Productive sketching morning today!

Sausage dog and how the sketchbook spread develops (all the pictures done on the same location but at different mornings) #dailysketching #urbansketching #sketchbook #sketchbookartist #watercoloursketch #mastoart

It's always exciting when I start a new #sketchbook.
The last one - Volume 16 - lasted 20 months which is slightly longer than average.

All my sketchbooks are in the same 148 X 130mm format, they are Daler- Rowney Ebony books which have 150g/m2 acid free paper.

Volume 16 (just finished) started in Glenfield, Leicestershire, England and went with me via Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Cuba & Mexico as well as the English counties of Kent, Norfolk, Sussex, Northamptonshire & Lincolnshire back to the last scribble in the book within 500 metres of the first in the book.

I can't boast of any great skill, but it's something I enjoy doing and the books help me to remember our past, and our holidays to distant places.
I would love my grandchildren (and their children) to discover the world through them.

I can't imagine where the next book will accompany me to!

My Saturday started early, and my field work ended with unplanned hands on porcelain clay. My PhD is a dance between exhaustion and absolute marvel.

A cafe drawing now 2/3 through my accordion book. At risk of repeating myself, I seem to be drawn to sitting in the same spot and composing similarly. #urbansketching