Cockatoo Island afternoon sketching - Saturday 22 March

To coincide with the first official Urban Sketchers workshop in Australia we are pleased to announce a sketching event open to everyone - both to sketch Cockatoo Island in the late evening and also to provide an opportunity for those that where unable to attend the workshop to check out what was done.

Meeting at 4:00pm in order to catch the end of the Expressive Urban Sketching workshop and then start sketching at 4.30pm till 7:00pm. We will meet back at the cafe at 7pm for a show and tell and finally heading off for dinner for those that are interested.

Please note Saturday 22 March is the opening weekend for the Biennale of Sydney  and it is expected that the island will be packed with people visiting the exhibitions.

There are special ferries operating but you need to book a ticket beforehand for these and might not be still operating at 7.30pm…but normal ferry services will be operating as well so recommend you use those instead. Although it will be very busy we do not expect that arriving at the island at this time will be quite as crazy.

Please note exhibitions close at 5pm.

Anzol factory (2), Mortlake, Sydney

The next section of this old paint factory. The trucks were busy in the driveway this week removing the  items stored in the grounds by renters, so it looks like demolition draws nearer. I'm going to have to get the rest of the building down soon !

USKSYD: Sydney Park St Peters

A great day today in St Peters with the Urban Sketchers Sydney gang. A huge thanks to Rod for hosting the event. He gave us maps, a little background to the area and then took us on a tour of old St Peters area including the amazing graffiti zone of May Lane.

The idea was to sketch in the park (an old brickworks) for the first half of the morning and then head to the back streets but most of of us didn't leave the park. We have decided we need to go back next month to explore those lanes.

Here is the group photos and a slideshow of work done today.