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It’s already been a week since I came back from my trip to Bretagny, but I’m still under the strong influence of this wonderful adventure… I received an invitation from Lapin to be a part of the USk group at the 9th festival of Travel and Reportage Sketchbooks « ici & ailleurs » in Brest. After the expo, Lapin invited us to join him on the trip to the Ouessant island. I had no idea what I was going to! It was a little over a week, but I felt that I had spent at least a month with a wonderfully crazy group of fellow sketchers 😊 I’ll share here the first part of my trip – staying in Brest during the festival at the so welcoming house of Irene, one of the enthusiastic volunteers, preparing the expo together, enjoying glancing at each other’s sketchbooks, going out for some more sketching, having meals together and sketching again, and ending our days by late drink&draws, including crazy Posca Portrait Parties 😊 I'll start with some photos from the expo, just to give the...

September is coming to its end - it was the month full of sketching events. This month Urban Sketchers Israel had their second group exhibition, taking part in Illustration Week Tel Aviv. The expo was called "Sketch It @ Loveat" and it told the story of the coffee shop "Loveat" through sketches made on location in different areas of the coffee shop, inside and outside. 27 members of USk Israel gave their authentic view and told their story about the place. The expo took place in one of the central branches of the coffee shop, so both the sketching team and customers could recognize themselves in the sketches. During Illustration Week the group also held 3 sketchcrawls for the wider audience. At the opening event, visitors were invited to do spontaneous on-location sketches and to take part in the expo on a special "live" wall. It was a lot of work, but I think it was worth it! It felt like our annual party - celebrating another great year of s...

Our first exhibition  is going to close at the end of this week. Now it's time to take a breath. It was a great experience. Urban Sketching is something that turned over my second nature for the last 8 years, I can't imagine myself without a sketchbook and pencils in my bag, always ready to capture small and big moments, turning my regular life to a journey. When I've established almost 3 years ago Israel branch of USk , I didn't suspect to nothing, just to find some local sketchers to share with them my addiction. Now, after 22 Sketchcrawls, active blog , 680 members in constantly growing FB group ,  I can say we have a real community, where I met wonderful sketchers, and some of them turned to be my good friends! This exhibition gives an opportunity to peak into our sketchbooks. It built not by artists, but by geographical areas of Tel Aviv - city we sketched most, still open for a last few days until the 6.6.14. Thanks to everybody who made it happen, thanks to t...

I'm excited to invite you to our, Urban Sketches Israel, first expo, as a part of Illustration Week 2014.  F or the past two and a half years, we have been meeting once a month at different sites around the city to sketch together and observe with an attentive and fresh look   at   this unique urban landscape and its residents.   At the exhibition you'll be able to see works from 25 sketchers, each one with his own style and unique point of view. A lot of work had already done, there is still a lot preparation  left . If you're in Israel - hope to see you at the opening: 22.05, 20:00 . Come and see Tel Aviv, one drawing at a time! Our event on FB . For more info (in Hebrew).