DULUTH — Sam Nielsen packs up her paints, brushes and sketchbook. In her backyard, she clips a miniature eight-paint palette to a thumb-sized sketchpad and inks the outline of her view over the fence.

Drawing groups help build community and explore new places, like at a recent Urban Sketchers KC event at Family Tree Nursery. Drawing is an an easy hobby that you can take with you anywhere in the ...

HOLLAND, Michigan (WXMI) — Marcia Schrotenboer has become a familiar face in Holland, known for capturing moments not through a camera but through her sketches. Later in life, Schrotenboer has found ...

Karen Voyer-Caravona is a Louisville resident who uses watercolor sketching as a therapeutic outlet. Voyer-Caravona is a member of Urban Sketchers Jeffersonville, a local chapter of a global urban ...

HOLLAND — Marcia Schrotenboer’s start in sketching goes back to her time as the activity director at Freedom Village. While there, one of her residents would do sketches when they would travel. No ...

It was one week before Christmas and Rosedale Center buzzed with shoppers and twinkling holiday displays. Amid the bustle, it would be easy to miss people perched at tables and on benches at the ...

The New York Times called the organization a “grassroots hub for sketchers.” With more than 500 chapters in 70 countries, Urban Sketchers (USk) is more like a phenomenon. And Santa Barbara is on its ...

IT’S REALLY QUITE astounding what Gabriel Campanario, a news artist and former colleague of mine at The Seattle Times, has accomplished. In 2009, he incorporated in Washington state a nonprofit called ...

Urban Art Collective is a studio, workshop, and gallery space located in Chamblee. Urban Art Collective was created by Margaret Taylor, and now features 35 studios available for rent by artists. The ...