2016-2018
- Member of the worlwide “Urban Sketching Orgnization” & founder of the Nablus urban sketching group
personal workshops
-Free Hand sketching instructor at al najah University --Free Hand sketching instructor at Birzeit University -Free hand sketching instructor/ Urban sketching workshop with Riwaq (center of architectural conservation) In corroboration with Tom Kay sketching competition.
A picture of one of My workshops/tour in Village of “Abwein” , a village next to ramallah city
What is Urban Sketching ?
Urban Sketchers is a global community of artists that practice drawing on location in cities, towns and villages they live in or travel to. -In 2018 i have started my own series of Urban sketching tours/workshops among all Palestinian cities , starting from Nablus , Ramallah , Tulkarm , and lately Bethlehem , My target was to :
1. encourage the concept of Urban Sketching in Palestine and its cities/Villages. 2. shed light on the impact of sketching/Arts on Health and wellbeing and how it can be sometimes a way of contacting with others. 3. Focus on the concept that says : “ ART IS FOR EVERYONE � what ever was your background , wherever you come from , your career , your place , we all can pick a pen and sketch . 4. Strengthen our relationship with the city and the surroundings through sketching the daily scenes of our life
Posters of some of the Workshops I made in 2017 & 2018
A glimpse of 2018 Summer workshops
Urban Skethcing Tours/Workshops
Sketching Europe
Urban Skethcing Tours/Workshops
Sketching Ramallah
Urban Skethcing Tours/Workshops
Sketching Nablus
MY Atelier.
A picture of one of My workshops/tour in Village of “Abwein” , a village next to ramallah city
My Instagram Account @ mais_sketchbook