It was one week before Christmas and Rosedale Center buzzed with shoppers and twinkling holiday displays. Amid the bustle, it would be easy to miss people perched at tables and on benches at the ...

SEATTLE — You may find Eleanor Doughty in a variety of places. Near MOHAI, admiring the boats out on the water. At a local cafe, patrons under her watchful eye. But no matter where she is, she usually ...

Flash mobs for dancing, for singing and even for playing music have been documented in viral videos, but a new movement has people gathering together in San Francisco to create a different kind of art ...

When Shruti Vijay’s husband started studying at Northwestern, she took up urban sketching in Evanston as a hobby. Now, Vijay’s artwork has become a staple of the community, and she has been teaching ...

Each week, somewhere in Brisbane a group of people armed with sketch books, tablets and water colours sit together and capture two hours of city life. These urban sketchers are custodians of the ...

Urban sketching is the practice of drawing the world around you, even if it’s the world you’re used to seeing all the time. You can learn to see, appreciate and render the world you live in with the ...

Karen Voyer-Caravona is a Louisville resident who uses watercolor sketching as a therapeutic outlet. Voyer-Caravona is a member of Urban Sketchers Jeffersonville, a local chapter of a global urban ...

Many travellers snap pictures during their trips, but others find that slowing down to illustrate a place helps them appreciate it in a more meaningful way. Back in the 1800s, French artists like ...

Ammi Cabrera, left, and Deja Williams, right, sketch the inside of the MCAD building on a recent Saturday during SketchMIA. Caitlin Granfield For the Miami Herald During SketchMIA, an architecture ...