Liz Steel and Marc Taro Holmes live on opposite sides of the globe, but connected through a sketching challenge. Now it’s a phenomenon ...

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 ...

Flash mobs for dancing, for singing and even for playing music have been documented in viral videos, but a new movement has people gathering together in San Francisco to create a different kind of art ...

Urban sketching is the practice of drawing the world around you, even if it’s the world you’re used to seeing all the time. You can learn to see, appreciate and render the world you live in with the ...

Sketchmeet is back in action, inviting all WNY sketchers to come together to participate in the wonderful world of group sketching. The spring launch kicks off with an ode to old architectural ...

Great landscape art can take you into a world: the majestic hills of Georgia O'Keeffe's Southwestern sublime; the pastoral calm of Monet's water lilies. But for years now, groups of amateurs have been ...

Some travelers are picking up a creative pastime, sketching, in order to slow down and fully appreciate their destinations. “Urban sketching has completely changed the way I travel around the world,” ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Ours is an instant society. See something? Take a picture. Take a burst of pictures. Post them to Instagram, Facebook and Twitter at the same time. You could do this 100 times, ...

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.

The mission is simple: Get as many people sketching together as you can. Experts, beginners, it doesn’t matter. The annual West Coast Sketch Crawl is open to anyone who wants to draw — and this year ...

In cities around the world, groups of people get together to do on-location drawing in the place where they live. They say it helps them notice new things in their city. Great landscape art can ...