Signing Sketch Your World: Saturday 17 May

On Saturday 17 May I'll be at Cass Art art materials store in Islington, London, from 2pm to 4pm signing copies of Sketch Your World, and ready and willing to chat about drawing, urban sketching, art materials and more over a stack of sketchbooks I'll be taking with me. Bring your own sketchbooks, too, if you're OK about that.

It's free, relaxed, and taking place at 66-67 Colebrooke Row, Islington, London N1 8AB. (Map here.) Angel tube station and the cafes of Upper Street are nearby. (The cup final doesn't start until 5pm, if the football matters to you.)

More information can be found at the Cass Art website.

Signing Sketch Your World: Saturday 17 May

Urban Sketching launch at Cass Art

While my Urbansketcher-London friends were showing their work and talking with customers at the launch of the Art of Urban Sketching at Cass Art, I managed to scribble a few sketches of the crowd.

Zhenia Vasiliev talking to the crowd, sketchbook in hand

Katherine Tyrrell, demonstrating lots of colour pencil technique

People crowded round to get a good view of sketchbooks

I thought this visitor had a very fetching beret.

Urban Sketching launch at Cass Art

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

The Art of Urban Sketching book launch

The Art of Urban Sketching, by Urban Sketchers founder Gabriel Campanario, has its London launch on Saturday 19th May at Cass Art's flagship art materials store in Islington N1.

Six of the London-based Urban Sketchers with work in the book – Adebanji Alade, James Hobbs, Barry Jackson, Olha Pryymak, Katherine Tyrrell and Zhenia Vasiliev – will be present on Saturday 19 May between 12.30pm and 5.30pm, with some of their sketchbooks and drawing materials, and ready to answer questions.

Bonus!  The Art of Urban Sketching will be on sale at a special discounted price of just £12.95 for one day only.  Here's what the Cass art Facebook page says

Get the incredible new book 'The Art of Urban Sketching' for only £12.95 at our launch event in Islington tomorrow! Usually £17.99 this offer is valid for tomorrow only. Drop in to meet the artists featured in the book and get tips and advice on drawing on the go.

Don't know much about Urban Sketching? Look here.

Wondering how to get to Cass Art?

Here's a link to Cass Art Islington, 66-67 Colebrooke Row, London N1 8AB Click the link for a map of where this flagship art store is located.

• Nearest Tube station: Highbury Islington
• Nearest Train Station: Essex Road (North London Line)
• Buses: Put "Colebrooke Row Borough of Islington, N1" into the TfL bus maps and it will identify all the buses that run near to Cass Arts. The click the number of the bus to see the route and the bus stops.

These are the links to:

• the Transport for London map of the Planned weekend Tube closures for the weekend 19/20 May 2012. This is the link to the Transport for London pdf file which shows the service disruptions this weekend.
• Use the Journey Planner on the TfL website to work out the best route to the store on Saturday afternoon.

We look forward to meeting you there.

The Art of Urban Sketching book launch