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Covent Garden sketchwalk Drawing by Doris Humer |
Earlier this year as I was planning a trip to my beloved London, I was looking online for information on the regular monthly Urban Sketchers London sketchwalk in August. Then I found out that in July there would be an entire 10th Anniversary Celebration Weekend full of workshops and sketchwalks, so I quickly registered for the weekend before my brain was able to cry, 'That’s far outside your comfort zone!!!'. I have to remark that I am a beginner in drawing, hard of hearing, and I’m living in Austria -- so it was three times NOT in my comfort zone.
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| The Urban Sketchers London 10 Year Anniversary Weekend Celebration July 2022 |
Now I am so happy that I dared to join the Anniversary Weekend. I took part in three sketchwalks, and two workshops -- 'Near and Far' with wonderful Lis Watkins, and 'London in My Pocket Sketchbook' with Gabi Campanario, the very founder of the Urban Sketchers movement.
I had never been at an Urban Sketchers meeting before, so I was very fascinated by this community with most different sketching knowledge, origins, professions and ways of living. I felt the strong bonding just caused by the love of sketching the world and supporting each other in this way.
I don’t like the 'throwdowns' very much because I see so much to improve in my drawings (hello, comfort zone!), but at the Urban Sketchers London meeting it wasn’t a problem at all because I felt the non-judgmental way people looked at my sketches.
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'Near and Far' workshop with Lis Watkins Sketch by Doris Humer |
Everyone of this community was so caring and patient with my struggles in
understanding and communicating in a foreign language, so I could soon
relax and I started to enjoy the weekend to its fullest.
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'London in My Pocket Sketchbook' workshop with Gabi
Campanario Drawing by Doris Humer |
I had never been at an Urban Sketchers meeting before, so I was very fascinated by this community with most different sketching knowledge, origins, professions and ways of living. I felt the strong bonding just caused by the love of sketching the world and supporting each other in this way.
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Sketchwalk at Bernie Spain Gardens Drawing by Doris Humer |
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Sketchwalk next to Tate Modern Drawing by Doris Humer |
I don’t like the 'throwdowns' very much because I see so much to improve in my drawings (hello, comfort zone!), but at the Urban Sketchers London meeting it wasn’t a problem at all because I felt the non-judgmental way people looked at my sketches.
I loved to look at
others' work, and was fully fascinated how great and so very different all
drawings were. Also, I am proud of my own sketches and that I crashed my
comfort zone that hard. You only can grow that way!
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| The 'grand finale' sketchwalk at St Paul's Cathedral Drawing by Doris Humer |
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