Some time ago I found an old wiro notebook in a drawer. A scruffy wiro bound notebook with a photo of 2 men in a kayak with a bear on the front cover. In that notebook I found terrible sketches drawn in pencil made while travelling in 1991. One sketch leapt out at me. It was a rough pencil sketch of Mt Ararat from a backpacking trip to eastern Turkey. The sketch really surprised me – it was a very basic pencil sketch, drawn using a .5mm technical pencil on a cheap notepad. The sketch is just black and white… To my surprise the sounds and smells of the day came flooding back. Meeting some Kurdish goat herders and their flock near the base of Mt Ararat, about 10km from the Iranian border on a bright sunny but cool, alpine day. Along with memories of driving across the mountain steppe in an old Renault 19 and the smells of chai and coffee in a Doğubayazıt pasta solunu. It all came back come flooding back! Why did it evoke such vivid memories? I’m not really sure to be honest. Maybe t...
We were all set to announce this when a certain global pandemic stepped in to disrupt our plans. We’ve had to keep this a secret since 2019.
Urban Sketchers Auckland will be hosting the 11th Urban Sketchers Symposium in Auckland – Tāmaki Makaurau, in New Zealand – Aotearoa, 19-22 April 2023.
We’ve secured an awesome venue just a block from the heart of Auckland and we’re working on a tantalising selection of workshops, lectures, and sketch walks that we know you are going to love.
Follow @urbansketchers and hashtag #USKSYMPOSIUM2023for more key announcements over the coming weeks.
An added bonus is I get to create the 'sketchy kiwi' mascot in all it's various forms! #usksymposium2023
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