Rebel Urban Sketching? Using Reference Photos
Urban Sketching has official rules. One of those rules is that you must sketch onsite from direct observation. Great rule…but what about reference photos? Does Using Reference Photos Make You a Rebel Urban Sketcher? There are 3 times that reference photos and...
Rebel Urban Sketching? NOT on Location
This sourdough bakery located in Carcross, Yukon, was NOT sketched on location. It was sketched a full 8 months after I visited it from a reference photo. REBEL URBAN SKETCHER? To be an “official” urban sketcher associated with the non-profit organization that...
Is Your Town Too Boring to Sketch?
I just saw a post in an urban sketching Facebook group that I participate in from a gentleman who said he couldn’t find anything interesting to sketch in his hometown. His hometown was Calgary, Alberta. What?!? I live in small town Canada (population 397). It was...
Must Have Coffee Stop For Every Canadian Road Trip (Nope – it’s not Tim’s!)
From Fredericton, New Brunswick to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories (and back) the coffee shops you won’t want to miss…and other attractions along the way.