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What is Urban Sketching?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Urban sketching is the practice of sketching on location to record the world around you. This basically means sketching from life but generally with an emphasis on capturing a story, rather than a deliberately placed still life, for example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A non-profit organisation called Urban Sketchers grew from people around the world sketching on location sharing the work across the internet, firstly on the photo-sharing site, Flickr and then through a blog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get a better idea of what \u2018Urban Sketchers\u2019 are all about you can read their manifesto here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not be mislead by the term \u2018urban\u2019 – you do not need to live in a city and sketch city things. Many urban sketchers live in rural areas, or next  to the ocean and sketch landscapes or more nature-based subject matter. They are still sketching from life and recording the world around them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think it\u2019s easy for people to get hung up on terminology unnecessarily – people may call themselves all sorts of things – a travel sketcher, a nature journaler, a plein-air painter etc. While there are many similarities between all of those things, there are slight differences too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, who cares? They are just terms. Sketch from life, record the world around you. That\u2019s all you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

What Makes a Good Place for Urban Sketching?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Urban sketching can be done anywhere, any time. However, the things I look for in an interesting place to sketch are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n