(Jo Dungey writes) The ninth international Urban Sketchers
Symposium was held in Porto, Portugal, from 18 to 21 July 2018. An estimated 800 sketchers and instructors
from 48 countries thronged the streets of Porto and the banks of the River
Douro.
The symposium is an annual event which offers workshops,
presentations and sketchcrawls. Most of
all, it is a chance to sketch on location and meet others from around the world
who also enjoy this. In 2016 the
symposium was in Manchester and in 2017 in Chicago, USA.
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| James Hobbs: Ferreira Borgese, Porto |
Here are sketches of Porto from two of our London
correspondents: Lis Watkins and James Hobbs.
Sketches from Porto can be seen on the international website: www.urbansketchers.org
and on the Facebook page: USk Porto International Symposium. Sketches are also posted on social media such
as Instagram and Twitter with the hashtag #UskPorto2018
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| Lis Watkins: Porto sketchbook |
The 2019 symposium will be in Amsterdam from 24 to 27 July
2019. For the Porto event, tickets were
put on sale on line in mid-February. The
symposium has a reputation for tickets selling out quickly.
The Netherlands Urban Sketchers and the international
organising committee have taken on a huge challenge – remember that all urban
sketchers activities are run entirely by volunteers. Detailed information about the Amsterdam
event is not yet published. A link at
the head of this blog will provide information as it becomes available on the
international urban sketchers website.
