The exciting news this month is that Canberra Sketchers is now an official urban sketching group so we are now called Urban Sketchers Canberra. It is quite wonderful being included in a world wide network of people who love to sketch the world around them and support each other in that endeavour. You can find out more about Urban Sketchers here
Today the Urban Sketchers Canberra had our monthly sketching get together at the National Library today. It was a bit wet by mid afternoon but we all had heaps of fun sketching then taking a look at what we all did while chatting about sketching over lunch.
Since we have been meeting as a group I can see people improving their sketches. Groups such as this help people establish a consistent habit. I hope to get back to sketching more soon. I really enjoyed today – even the rain!
If you are interested in Urban Sketchers Canberra feel free to contact me via the contact tab above. People with all levels of skill are welcome to join us and we would be happy to see any interstate or overseas visitors to Canberra. We also have a small but growing Urban Sketchers Canberra facebook group that we use to keep in touch.
The Canberra Sketchers group braved the crowds at Floriade today. It was a warm day with parking at an absolute premium and very crowded but we managed to meet, draw, have a picnic lunch and most importantly a good time.
When ever we get together it always amazes me how everyone is in the same location but everyone will see and tackle a sketch in different ways.
We also discovered another hidden talent about one of our members – Steve is a good cook! He produced these wonderful home baked eclairs. I am afraid everyone was so busy tucking into them we barely had time to catch a photo let alone draw them!
We then all went our separate ways exploring the War Memorial and grounds sketchbooks in hand before meeting again at 12:30. It always amazes me how we can all be in the same place but we all see see and sketch so many different things! I am afraid I spent more time talking than sketching
Conversation around the table was animated over lunch. People love seeing what tools others use and today much of the conversation was about various sketching kits members carried. The fine nuances of various bits of gear was discussed, talking about the various pens people were using the various pros and cons of various sized sketchbooks and the nuances of paper textures. Travel brushes and what gear was necessary for all of us – and so on and so forth. In sharing such information we all learn, but most of all I enjoyed chatting to sketching buddies.
