Worldwide Sketchcrawl Day 2010

Here are some more photos of us all hard at work, during the Wakefield Sketchcrawl on May 15th: Wordwide Sketchcrawl Day.


The one above is in the orangery garden at Beam, below we are loitering on a bridge, drawing each other and the Chantry Chapel:

This is my in my museum corner drawing the Victorian doll:


And here we are rewarding ourselves with a nice lunch in the sun:

If you would like to join up to take part in a sketchcrawl in your area, join the Sketchcrawl forum.

My goodness - don't look at that double-chin...

Thanks again to Dave Hanvey for the photos - we were all far too busy scribbling!

Sketchcrawl no 3: Cafe's & Cathedrals

Here are a few of the drawings that folks from in and around Sheffield did in their sketchbooks on Dec 4th's sketchcrawl. It's really interesting to see how various different people have tackled the same subjects.

Sian Hughes:

Abi Goodman:

Bryn Hughes:

Thomas Forde:




Jane Horton:

If you want to find out what it's all about, or read about other Sheffield sketchcrawls, there's plenty on my main blog here. Or you can visit the sketchcrawl home site created by the sketchcrawl founder Enrico Casarosa, to check out sketchcrawls in your home town.

Weston Park Sketchcrawl

Yes, the 1st one was such fun, we did it again almost immediately. As it happens, International Sketchcrawl Day was last Saturday, so some of the same folks as last time, plus some new ones, met up for another day of sketching.

We started in Weston Park Museum, drawing various stuffed animals, pinned insects and odd exhibits of all kinds:

Jane Horton:












Micheal Lee:

Cath Dunn:

Nicola Kirkman:


Louise Taylor:





Bryn Hughes:
Dorothy Rasen:

Lynne Chapman:

Sian Hughes:













We ate a packed lunch and then the boldest of the party braved the outdoors, to draw in the grounds around the museum:

Sian Hughes:





Bryn Hughes:
Louise Taylor:

Lynne Chapman:





Dorothy Rasen:







Of course, it rained almost immediately, so after a damp and rather chilly hour and a bit, we retreated indoors again for a final warm-up sketch:

Sian Hughes:



Micheal Lee:

Lynne Chapman:

We rewarded ourselves with a drink at the nearby University Arms and passed all the sketchbooks round. As you can see, one or two people still couldn't stop sketching!

There always exciting to see the variety of techniques and all the different ways people interpret the same subjects.



If you look carefully above, you can see that one person even brought an iPad instead of a sketchbook (Jane's iPad drawings are at the very top).



What an amazing day out. Please email me if you'd like to take part next time - everyone is welcome, whatever your age, experience or ability, and it's all free. What could be better eh?