About us

Urban Sketchers is a network of artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel to. Our mission is to ”Show the World, One Drawing at a Time.“ Visit our main blog at urbansketchers.org for more information.

Sketchers in the Vancouver metro area share their drawings on this blog.

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The mission of Urban Sketchers

Urban Sketchers started online as a flickr group in 2007 and later became a nonprofit organization. Our mission as a nonprofit is to raise the artistic, storytelling and educational value of location drawing, promoting its practice and connecting people around the world who draw on location where they live and travel. We aim to show the world, one drawing at a time.

This is the manifesto we follow:

1. We draw on location, indoors or out, capturing what we see from direct observation.
2. Our drawings tell the story of our surroundings, the places we live and where we travel.
3. Our drawings are a record of time and place.
4. We are truthful to the scenes we witness.
5. We use any kind of media and cherish our individual styles.
6. We support each other and draw together.
7. We share our drawings online.
8. We show the world, one drawing at a time.

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Public memo: How to Get Permission to Use Sketches

Hi There!

Thanks for your interest in the Vancouver Urban Sketchers meetup group!

Have We Visited You?
We sketch on site in many spaces of Vancouver and greatly appreciate the unique character held within its vicinity. For your social media sites, you’re always welcome to use these links:

www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Urban-Sketchers
www.facebook.com/VancouverUrbanSketchers
www.vancouver-urban-sketchers.blogspot.ca

How to Get Permission(s) to Use Sketches
Using* images created by our members requires consent from the individuals who authored those images.

*Using an image includes:

1. downloading photographs from our meetup site and repurposing them for your (or your organization’s) website, social media, physical print, or any other media
2. photographing members’ sketches yourself and repurposing them for your (or your organization’s) website, social media, physical print, or any other media

Further Questions?
If you have any questions not addressed here, please be in touch with our meetup Organizers, at www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Urban-Sketchers.

Sincerely,

Vancouver Urban Sketchers