Saturday, October 1 From September 29th through October 9th, Gallery 21 is hosting USk San Diego’s Explorations in Urban Sketching art show. Located in Balboa Park’s Spanish Village, the celebrated exhibition features urban sketches by local artists with varied media in sketchbooks and framed art. GALLERY 21Spanish Village Art Center1770 Village PlaceBalboa ParkOpen Daily 11am-4pm In conjunction with USk San Diego 2022 Seminar weekend, the gallery will be hosting a Saturday reception at 1:30pm. Please note: this is a time change from the evening ceremony originally planned. (The Parks Department forced us to call an audible.) Light drinks and appetizers will be served. Come join us for this wonderful event!…

Friday, September 30 Drink & Draw is a pop-up drawing session with a casual atmosphere where you’ll leave your cares behind and go home with a one-of-a-kind sketch. Kick off the USk San Diego 2022 Seminar by enjoying a few drinks with your fellow attendees in Little Italy. Little Italy 555 West Date StreetSan Diego, CA 92101 Piazza della Famiglia has become a central community gathering place to host farmers’ markets, concerts, cultural events, and more. The Food Hall has seven locally-driven food stations, a mobile outdoor chefs’ area featuring pop-up cooking demonstrations, and a full bar program complete with local beers and craft cocktails. Although tables and chairs with umbrellas…

Rather than drawing complete views, practice capturing the moment by quickly incorporating architecture, sounds, weather, and crowds into the sketch. Join your fellow Urban Sketcher attendees in exploring San Diego through on-location drawing, capturing what can be seen from direct observation. The work will be shared in a throwdown at the conclusion of each crawl so we can see how our observations, taken together, can paint a vivid picture of the walk. Balboa Park Saturday, October 1 1549 El PradoSan Diego, CA 92101 Adjacent to the world-famous San Diego Zoo, architectural landmarks abound at the National Register of Historic Places host of the 1915 Panama–California Exposition and 1935 California Pacific International…

Saturday, October 1 Workshops will take place at Balboa Park, with specific locations to be determined by the instructors. Any potential venues would be within short walking distance of the initial check-in site. All workshops follow the Urban Sketchers Visions & Values. OUR WORKSHOPS Simplify for Stronger Sketches by Julie Crouch Travel Sketch: Speed and Impact by Miran Moon Simplifying Perspective in Urban Sketching by Bob Murrin Find Your Joy in Line and Shape by John Pitblado Let There Be Light… and Shape… and Color! by Sarah Sullivan Adventures in Markmaking by Don Terlinden Sketching Tools and Tricks on Capturing People by Zhen Xu