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Urban sketching is a movement created in 2007 by Seattle journalist and illustrator Gabrile Campanario. Although similar to plein air painting (to paint outdoors), a term which was made most well-known by the French Impressionists during the 19th century,  urban sketching looks at the ideas of visual storytelling in a virtual environment and the educational value of on-location drawing. This movement encourages drawing spaces and places on location, rather than drawing from photographs. Urban sketching brings together an international group of people who “Show their world one drawing at a time.” The goal is simple: sketch what you see, in- or outdoors, and share online.  You don’t need to be an artist, expert, or someone who draws all the time.

About Urban Sketchers (from the website: http://www.urbansketchers.org/p/our-mission.html) - Urban Sketchers was formed in 2007 and is an international nonprofit dedicated to fostering a global community of artists who practice on-location drawing.

Mission
Our mission is to raise the artistic, storytelling and educational value of on-location drawing, promoting its practice and connecting people around the world who draw on location where they live and travel.

Learn more about Urban Sketching at Rutgers- New Brunswick

at the following link: https://libguides.rutgers.edu/urbansketching/home

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