Urban Sketchers

Urban Sketchers (USk) is a global community of artists that practice drawing on location in cities, towns and villages they live in or travel to.

The USk motto is “We show the world, one drawing at a time!” Urban Sketchers started as a group on image sharing site, [Flickr], in 2007.

[1] The Urban Sketchers founder Gabriel (Gabi) Campanario is a Spanish journalist and illustrator living in Seattle.

The Urban Sketchers blog gained popularity between 2008 and the present, attracting hundreds and soon thousands of visitors daily.

All embrace the vision of the Urban Sketchers Manifesto as leading guidelines, while each group maintains its local and cultural individuality.

Urban Sketchers communities are active in many countries of Europe, in North and South America and Asia.

[17] International Urban Sketchers Week is a global celebration of on-location drawing and takes place 1-7 May every year.

Hundreds of urban sketchers attended the 10th Urban Sketchers Symposium in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in 2019.
Hundreds of urban sketchers attended the 10th Urban Sketchers Symposium in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in 2019.
A group of urban sketchers drawing and painting outside the Asian Civilisation Museum in Singapore.
A group of urban sketchers drawing and painting outside the Asian Civilisation Museum in Singapore.
Urban sketchers drawing on location in Auckland, New Zealand, during the 11th Urban Sketchers Symposium, 2023
Urban sketchers drawing on location in Auckland, New Zealand, during the 11th Urban Sketchers Symposium, 2023
An urban sketching workshop held on location in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, during the 10th Urban Sketchers Symposium, 2019
An urban sketching workshop held on location in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, during the 10th Urban Sketchers Symposium, 2019