A year of Urban-Sketching

It's been hard to recover from a long time of being apart the creative old-school media. I missed it. I used to spent time of though in search of inspiration or ideas for new pieces but the daily life didn´t provide me with much. Years passed by.

One day in a visit to an Urban-Sketchers exhibition i was asked if i could draw. I said yes, it was a while since I sketched last outside and right away i was challenged to participate in one of their meetings in the next day. I wasn´t prepared so i missed it, but i went on the next after i did my research. Ever since i've never stopped. It's been a joy to draw again almost daily, to sketch freelly without the worries of perfection, to experiment new materials and media, to make new friends to learn with and teach a few things. It took some time untill i could call myself an Urban-Sketcher. Currently i'm a sort of Hybrid-Artist-Sketcher.

The Urban-Sketchers have an manifesto:

1- We draw on location, indoors or out, capturing what we see from direct observation.
2- Our drawings tell the story of our surroundings, the places we live and where we travel.
3- Our drawings are a record of time and place.
4- We are truthful to the scenes we witness.
5- We use any kind of media and cherish our individual styles.
6- We support each other and draw together.
7- We share our drawings online.
8- We show the world, one drawing at a time.

Bellow are a few of my sketches from meetings of UrbanSketchersPortugal and my vacations .