A very successful Private View!

Here are the tweets about last night's private view of the Urban Sketchers London Exhibition at Timberyard Soho.

London urban sketchers at last night's PV for their exhibition @timberyarduk #soho branch pic.twitter.com/pQdw4egU5B

— UrbanSketchersLondon (@UrbSketchLondon) November 4, 2015

There was lots of scope to get up close to the pics.

Great fun at @UrbSketchLondon private view last night @timberyarduk #soho #coffee #exhibition #urbansketchers #new pic.twitter.com/kO9HSz2rtL

— dlm doodles (@dlmdoodles) November 4, 2015

Lots of opportunity to talk with fellow sketchers and those admiring the exhibition

#urbansketchers #London #exhibition #opening @UrbSketchLondon @timberyarduk @urbansketchers pic.twitter.com/BTXW3dCU3y

— Isabel Carmona (@Isacarand) November 4, 2015

and as it got to nine o'clock and the crowds began to go home we could see the artwork better from across the room

brilliant #artwork at @UrbSketchLondon #exhibition at @timberyarduk #soho at y'day's PV, (inc my @BowChurch, left) pic.twitter.com/3Csb9ls1fp

— Nick Richards (@nickrichardsart) November 4, 2015

and this morning we're getting new tweets about the artwork

Some great sketches of the capital for sale @UrbSketchLondon #TimberyardSoho 4 Noel Street London W1 pic.twitter.com/vqEVwZkCc5

— Tanya Paulo (@tanyalizpaulo) November 4, 2015

This was the Hanging Team who did a sterling job getting the exhibition hung last Saturday. I just wandered around sticking the labels up! ;)

Nathan, James, Jo, Evelyn and Olya - in front of the exhibition

...and this is the exhibition under artificial light at the end of the private view last night

The exhibition - after the Private View on Tuesday 2nd November 2015

So... I guess we'll see you all the next sketchcrawls?

• on Saturday 7th November at Borough Market in Southwark - led by Isabel Carmona
• on Saturday 14th November starting and finishing at Timberyard taking in Liberty's, the London Palladium, the BBC and All Souls Church en route - led by James Hobbs

A very successful Private View!

London's Urban Sketchers exhibit at Foyles bookshop

James Hobbs, Foyles, Charing Cross Road

Have you bought a copy of The Art of Urban Sketching by Gabriel Campanario yet?

Urban Sketchers London are delighted to be publicising this very popular book and exhibiting their work by participating in Foyles Bookshop's Sketching the City summer season of exhibitions about sketching.

Works by London-based urban sketchers that are included in The Art of Urban Sketching will be on display at the third-floor gallery in Foyles flagship bookshop at 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London from next Monday.

The show also includes:

• excerpts and drawings reproduced from the book by other urban sketchers from around the world
• plus other framed works by London-based Nathan Brenville, James Hobbs, Barry Jackson, Olha Pryymak, Katherine Tyrrell and Zhenia Vasiliev. 

The Art of Urban Sketching Exhibition is for one week from Monday 16 July to Sunday 22 July 2012. For more details about the gallery's opening hours and how to get to Foyles, check its website.

The book is on sale in the shop and at the exhibition.

Follow London's Urban Sketchers on Twitter: @urbsketchlondon

Further details about the events in Foyles Sketching in the City season, which continues until 26 August.

London's Urban Sketchers exhibit at Foyles bookshop

Launch of the Art of Urban Sketching in London

London Urban Sketchers showed their sketchbooks and talked about their favourite materials and methods at Cass Art, Islington on Saturday 19 May. They were busy all afternoon, and the book got an excellent response from shoppers!

Zhenia Vasiliev talks about urban sketching

Adebanji Alade demonstrates his approach to drawing faces

KatherineTyrrell demonstrates coloured pencil technique

James Hobbs talks about  sketching

Launch of the Art of Urban Sketching in London