Attention DRAWING

The official zine of Urban Sketchers JUNE 2023

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Drawing Attention, the official zine of the Urban Sketchers organization, communicates and promotes official USk workshops, symposiums, sketchcrawls, news and events; shares news about USk chapters; and educates readers about the practice of on-location sketching.

Welcome to another issue of Drawing Attention, the zine about urban sketching across the world.

Thanks to this month’s Drawing Attention contributors:

Content P ubliC ation team: Anne Taylor, Jane Wingfield mailChim P layout: Jane Wingfield i ssuu layout: Anne Taylor

Writers: Monique Chaim, Jane Wingfield

Proofreaders: Miguel Chavez, Sylvie Kaos, Mona Kwon

Contributors: Carolyn Daut, Eric Ngan, Parka

Cover image: Carolyn Daut

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Here at DA, we don’t like to create FOMO – fear of missing out – but we had to take one quick look back at April’s Auckland Symposium –perhaps all the more special because three previous Symposiums had been cancelled since Amsterdam in 2019.

French urban sketcher Oliver Hoeller said it “felt like drinking sketching from a firehose!” Auckland made a huge impression on many Symposium firsttimers, including Onion Oh from Suwon, who drew 380 people during her four days in the city (below right).

Meeting people from all over the world who share a passion for urban sketching was unforgettable. The event organizers, our hosts in Auckland, and the large team of volunteers did a truly superb job making us feel welcome and looked after. Ngā mihi nui to everyone!

Back in our home towns, life is probably not quite so exciting but we all know we don’t have to travel overseas to find things to draw. This issue, we meet sketchers in Bahía de Cádiz who have so much beauty and variety right on their doorstep. Inhong Park has a heartfelt connection to the traditional ‘hanok’ architecture in her homeland of South Korea, and the countryside there. Carolyn Daut took a life-changing trip in her own country, walking and sketching the 2,000 mile Appalachian Trail over five months.

You can check out more possible trips and regional events but make sure you enjoy what you do at home, too: Irena Spector has a great exercise you can try, and there are a range of new books to get into, as well.

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to this issue, including new volunteer proofreaders Miguel, Sylvie and Mona. A big part of urban sketching is sharing our stories with others, so please get in touch with us; we are always interested to hear from you. Wishing you much inspiration!

Anne Taylor (NZ), with Jane Wingfield (USA) Content Publication Team drawingattention@urbansketchers.org

A huge thank you to everyone for making this 11th USk Symposium such a positive and unforgettable experience.Our project team had an aim to embody the Māori term of manaakitanga, which means to host with kindness, hospitality, and generosity. This unfolded as an undemanding task when all participants came to New Zealand with open