Considering ourselves great sketch (& moleskine)-lovers we’re quite ashamed of not having discovered this website b4. “Urban Sketchers” is the brainchild of Spanish-born illustrator and journalist Gabriel Campanario, a staff artist and blogger at The Seattle Times…
After seeing an increasing number of people sharing their location drawings in the blogosphere, Campanario started a flickr group in November 2007 as a showcase of urban sketches. A year later, he decided to expand the flickr initiative with a by-invitation group blog where correspondents would commit to posting on a regular basis and also sharing the stories behind the sketches.
And since then this non-profit blog (“organization dedicated to raising the artistic, storytelling and educational value of location drawing”) has grown with nearly 100 members who daily post & share their superb works. 100 contributors from all over the world, all five continents…
To better serve this rapidly growing community, Campanario and other blog correspondents established Urban Sketchers as a nonprofit organization on December 6, 2009. The nonprofit aims to organize educational workshops and raise funds for artists’ grants and scholarships.
