DRY TWIG & INK SKETCHING: A NEW WAY TO SKETCH

Artists: Gay Geiger & Art Esteban

Exploring and expanding your drawing style with the unique Twig and Ink drawing technique inspired by world-renowned Urban Sketcher KK (Ch’ng Kiah Kiean)

This event is FREE. All ages and all drawing levels & skills are welcome.

The Art Deco Weekend festival by the Miami Design Preservation League is thrilled to include for the first time the Urban Sketchers in our official program with a series of Sketchwalks, Urban Sketching demonstrations and “Drink and Draw” events. Join us as we draw the architectural gems of the Miami Beach Historic Art Deco District and capture the essence of the 1920s Art Deco Weekend Festival Events.

Urban Sketching Demonstrations

Urban Sketching Instructors conduct live sessions of sketching demonstration at on-street locations, from observation, guiding participants on different ways to interpret a subject matter in-view into a sketch. They demonstrate drawing and painting techniques with art material they favor, allowing sketcher’s of all levels and skills to explore new ways of looking at their surroundings and capturing stories into their sketchbook.

What to bring: Bring your sketchbook and sketching supplies of your choice. As this event is OUTDOORS be prepared with drinking water, portable chair/stool, and appropriate clothes for the weather.

Where: Demonstrations commence at the Urban Sketchers tent: Ocean Drive between 10th and 11th

ARTISTS: Gay Geiger & Art Esteban

Gay Geiger is an architect with SchenkelShultz Architecture in Orlando. She grew up in a small town in Wisconsin, learning to sketch from her father. She moved to Central Florida in 1980 and has been practicing architecture since 1987. While sketching buildings and entourage for many years, it wasn’t until 2015 that Gay was able to define her sketching interests as “Urban Sketching.” See more of Gay’s sketches on Instagram @gaygeiger.

A WORD FROM THE ARTIST: "Have fun, do not take yourself so seriously, others will do that for you.

Art Esteban is a landscape architect, off-road cyclist, and avid urban sketcher. His material of choice for sketching is ink applied with a twig. Art has attended several workshops at the Usk Symposiums held in Porto, Portugal, and Amsterdam, NL. Follow Art’s adventures on Instagram @artistotle_05.

A WORD FROM THE ARTIST: "Create from your heart, not from your eyes. When you do this, your work will speak volumes without saying a word"

URBAN SKETCHERS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising 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. #urbansketchers @urbansketchers

Visit USk main blog at www.urbansketchers.org for more information.

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