

Usually, when I draw at public places, I try to avoid people seeing me at action, hiding behind a table in coffee shops. Today I dared to draw in the middle of the street. It was a fantastic experience! I went together with my friend Harriet, so it gave me some courage. People were passing off, stopping from time to time and giving us some comments. It was quit nice. Suddenly a young soldier girl, who stopped to look at us drawing, asked: "would you be interested in drawing me?" Obviously, we agreed. We drew quick sketches and gave them to the girl. She was very pleased! And so were we! Now I feel that I'm starting to be a real urban sketcher!

Reading Powerstation in Tel-Aviv
Urban Sketchers is a network of artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel to. We have this blog, which is by invitation, and a 
If you want to start your own USk blog and connect all urban sketchers in your city, here's how to go about it:
1. Get a group of a minimum of 3 sketchers together interested in launching an USk blog for your city. 2. Send your names and e-mail addresses to urbansketchers at gmail dot com with a brief paragraph stating your interest in launching the blog and how you plan to keep it fresh and engage your community. You will be the blog's administrator and will be expected to run it following the rules of the group. A blog that becomes a showcase of drawings made from photos or doodles will obviously not fly. 3. We'll create the blog and give you full access to it. You'll be able to invite people to participate, personalize it with your own flag, add links and more. So, what are you waiting for? Get your fellow citizens out to sketch!












11 comments:
What a great story to go with your beautiful sketches!
good story. lovely power station pic
Keep it up! That's the spirit!
consider yourself graduated from urban sketching school! terrific work and inspiring story Marina!
Keep it rolling, "Urban Sketcher"!! :)
thank you all! It's very inspiring to be in this group!
Fantastic wellcome!
Sous le charme de votre portrait, je ne peux que vous féliciter pour toutes ces merveilleuses ambiances que vous nous proposez.
Grand merci et à bientôt,
tpv (from Waterloo Belgium)
great sketches and a wonderful story... I hope that you venture out more - the more I do it the easier I find it becomes.
Terific loose sketches
great portrait and drawing of your self
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