BRISBANE URBAN SKETCHERS – MARCH UPDATE by LIANE WORTH

Wow, March is at its end already?! 

Hi, I’m Liane Worth, one of the Brisbane USK admin team. This month I am writing the monthly roundup for our very active group. This has certainly been a busy month in many aspects. Brisbane USK have held nine ( 9) sketchouts with between 5 – 13 sketchers at each event. 

I have to say that I love being part of this group, it is fantastic to meet up with like-minded people, to have the comfort and inspiration of sketching with others (it can be lonely & uninspiring constantly sketching by myself), to see how other sketchers interpret the same scene and of course I can’t forget to mention the learning and laughter we all share over a coffee at the end of our morning. 

Our founder and manager is JJ Bell. I would like to say an enormous thank you to JJ for all her hard

work and perseverance in dedicating herself to organising two  sketchouts for this group every week! I don’t know where she gets the energy! I am helping to ease her burden a little by organising at least one  sketchout a month. 

Due to our busy lifestyles, JJ and myself have not always been available this month to run sketchouts, so we have been very happy to have a couple of our regular sketchers step in and run a couple of events in our absence. Thank you very much to Susan Baggio and Peter Darmody, your help has been greatly appreciated.  This is another aspect of USK that I love, when in need someone does step up and help out. Isn’t that what life (and art) is all about, sharing, teaching and helping each other.

Anyway onto our vast array of sketching days, locations and the main reason – the artwork produced. 

MARCH 2016

Tuesday 1st – City Botanic Gardens – hosted by JJ Bell

11 sketchers met despite the intermittent weather. Many enjoyed the beauty of the gardens and river

while others decided to sketch buildings in the adjoining QUT campus.

 

  

Saturday 5th – Brisbane Square – hosted by JJ Bell 13 sketchers met today (quite a turnout) to enjoy the variety of new and old buildings to draw from this location. 

  

Tuesday 8th – GPO Brisbane – hosted by Liane Worth

12 sketchers braved a rather showery day. There was plenty to draw however due to the rain, a local

coffee shop became our refuge, therefore limiting our view. Not to worry the coffee and the company was great!

 

Saturday 12TH – Captain Burke Park (Kangaroo Pt) – hosted by JJ Bell

This is a great location with river views, city views, interesting buildings and not to forget interesting

perspective views of the Story Bridge. 

Tuesday 15th – QUT Gardens Pt – hosted by JJ Bell

10 sketchers took part in this event, many capturing the beautiful buildings that are within this

university campus, while others were inspired by the Botanical Gardens that adjoin. 

 

 

Saturday 19th – Davies Park Markets, West End – Hosted by JJ Bell

5 sketchers arrived at this wonderful market location. There is so much to capture, experience and of

course eat at these markets. I’m sorry that I was unavailable to attend this event!

Tuesday 22nd – South Bank – Hosted by Brett Danvers

5 sketchers turned up today, most of whom found inspiration along the Rain Forest Boardwalk. This is a gorgeous spot within the parklands, full of tropical plants a creek and plenty of atmosphere. There was a little confusion regarding the meeting place, however each person did their own thing!

Saturday 26th – Brisbane Botanical Gardens – volunteer hosted by Peter Darmody (thanks for

stepping in to help, Peter!) Seven sketchers came out for this event, great turn up for Easter Saturday! The weather was fantastic, how could you not have a great day sketching. 

Tuesday 29th – Roma St Parklands – volunteer hosted by Susan Baggio (thank you for organizing a

great day Susan!).

6 sketchers (including myself, YAY, family duties over!) had a wonderful time in the parklands today.

It did turn out to be rather warm and humid, however fresh air, beautiful scenery and comradeship prevailed! 

  Thank you for taking the time to read us.

Happy Sketching!

 

USK Sydney and USK Hong Kong Sketch Swap - Part 3

Following on from Part 2, here is the final series of sketches swapped between Urban Sketchers in Sydney and Hong Kong from December 2015 to February 2016.

Oi Ling swapped with Sadami Konchi

Ming Lee swapped with Wendy Shorland

Peisea Low swapped with Barbara Gray

Sketchers were guided by the theme of choosing something representative of their city or an event special to them.  They were paired for direct swaps and are presented side by side (click on images to enlarge view). 

Queenie Chan swapped with Irah Lillen Rosete

Rob Sketcherman swapped with Rooi Ping Lim

Sandy Hau swapped with Jen Mak

Vanessa Leung swapped with Chris Breeze

Victor Law swapped with Judy Salleh

Wai Wai swapped with Julie-Anne Rogers

Back to Part 1 or Part 2. 

USK Sydney and USK Hong Kong Sketch Swap - Part 2

Following on from Part 1, here is the second series of sketches swapped between Urban Sketchers in Sydney and Hong Kong from December 2015 to February 2016.

Cynthia Pong swapped with Denise Gallagher

Elaine Chiu swapped with Liz Steel

Elina Klimova swapped with Phil Bamford

Sketchers were guided by the theme of choosing something representative of their city or an event special to them.  They were paired for direct swaps and are presented side by side (click on images to enlarge view). 

Gary Yeung swapped with Lionel King

Grace Tam swapped with Alison Grady

Guillaume How-Choong swapped with Tanya Hacko

Thank you again to USK Hong Kong for sharing your beautiful work with us!

Helen Chan swapped with Angela Williams (sketches are of Melbourne)

Magi Chen swapped with Marko Niketic

and Noble Wong swapped with Burger Sketch

Back to Part 1 , on to Part 3

USK Sydney and USK Hong Kong Sketch Swap - Part 1

On returning from the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Singapore last year, several of our local Sydney sketchers commented on how great it was to meet so many international sketchers in person. As a relatively isolated region from other countries we set out to find a way to grow our connections with overseas groups a little further, sharing our cultures, cityscapes and experiences with others, whilst we further develop our appreciation for theirs.

Alison Hui swapped with Philip Thrum

Alvin Wong swapped with Mike Botton

Bear Pang swapped with Diane Mah

 As you can see we chose to do a sketch swap, and elected for our first to be with Hong Kong as a result of meeting some of the lively, passionate, talented and dedicated group in Singapore. Thankfully they accepted our suggestion and now several months later we are celebrating a very successful sketch swap between Urban Sketchers Sydney and Urban Skechers Hong Kong. Thank you USK Hong Kong for sharing your beautiful work with us  and to Alvin Wong for your continued enthusiasm and dedication to help make this all happen! 

Ben Luk swapped with Chris Haldane

Carrie Leung swapped with Carole Solomons

Catherine Chan swapped with Julie Percy 

Sketchers were guided by the theme of choosing something representative of their city or an event special to them during December, January or February. Due to the number of sketches swapped (54 in total) our images will be shared online in a series of 3 posts. Sketchers were paired for direct swaps and are presented side by side (click on images to enlarge view). 

Chickita Kwan swapped with Lisa Foong

Chloe Yau swapped with Chantal Vincent

Collins Yeung swapped with Shelley Layman

Go to Part 2 or Part 3. 

BRISBANE USkers FEBRUARY ROUNDUP by Brett Danvers

USk Brisbane has had a great sketch-out every Tuesday and Saturday for the month of February. 

We gathered at some wonderful Brisbane sketching locations. We met for our first sketch-out for the month at the State Library; we were able to sketch the library-goers, the surrounding trees, and the view from the ‘Red Box’ of the Brisbane CBD across the river.

We twice visited historic Newstead House. On these sketch-outs we welcomed to our happy group new sketchers Chloe and Marnie Christine, and then gathered for lunch at the Breakfast Creek Hotel.

We welcomed some more new sketchers, Jock and Atsuko, to the group when we visited the Boundary Street Markets.

Other places we visited were the Gallery of Modern Art and the old Customs House, and we also made three visits to Southbank Parklands. On one of the visits to Southbank we were joined by Kurt from Toowoomba. As well as the official sketch-outs, some of the Brisbane USk sketchers were able to meet for an evening sketch-out for the Chinese New Year in the Chinatown Mall.

We would also like welcome Liane as an addition to our admin team,  to thank her for stepping up to organise two successful sketch-outs.