The workshop is aimed introducing and fostering the spirit of Urban Sketching to enthusiasts and beginners in Dubai. We will also be showcasing an exhibition of our members work with live demonstrations throughout the week.



Making Space, Building 7 - Dubai Design District (D3)

Join us for an Urban Sketching workshop in the heart of d3 on 17 November. It is aimed at introducing and fostering the spirit of Urban Sketching for enthusiasts and beginners in Dubai.

We will also be showcasing an exhibition of our members work with live sketching demonstrations throughout the week.

Urban Sketchers Dubai
On location sketching is a powerful tool for designers and artists. Sketching spaces, details,activities and environment is key to gathering primary information for creative pieces. Many follow this as hobby and for many others it’s a serious pursuit. Our mission is to raise the artistic, storytelling and educational value of on-location drawing, promoting its practice and connecting people around the world who draw on location where they live and travel. In 2007, a global community of urban sketchers began to form when Seattle-based journalist and illustrator Gabriel Campanario created an online forum “for all sketchers out there who love to draw the cities where they live and visit, from the window of their homes, from a cafe, at a park, standing by a street corner... always on location, not from photos or memory.” A year later, Campanario invited a group of sketchers to share their drawings and storytelling in a blog, Urban Sketchers, where readers could “See the World, One Drawing at a Time.” The blog helped the community gain visibility and inspired drawing enthusiasts from all over to sketch in the spirit of this manifesto:

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

Urban Sketchers Dubai is the Dubai chapter of Urban Sketchers Organisation, an international organization with 189 official chapters across the globe. Dubai chapter enjoys participation from more than 250 members from all age groups. Started in January 2015 the sketchers have sketched at more than 130 spots in Dubai and few outside Dubai. The group meets every Friday 4-6pm on prearranged locations through volunteer anchors. Many local businesses and institutions have supported the sketchers with locations

To register please contact: [email protected]