A week from May 1st to May 7th is International Urban Sketchers Week ! Every year, Urban Sketchers celebrate the art and values of on-location drawing throughout the week. Local chapters across the world are joining by organizing a variety of events and activities. Urban Sketchers Vancouver has prepared a list of drawing prompts to encourage the habit of sketching daily. We hope these prompts will inspire you to sketch and share all week long! Grab a sketchbook, art supplies, and maybe even a friend (or two, or a group!) and share your sketching stories and posts on Instagram and our Facebook group using the hashtags #uskweek2025 #uskvan and #uskvancouver . Also tag @usk.vancouver and @urbansketchers to share with the global community who will be celebrating with us together!  Daily prompts May 1st: Art supplies May 2nd: Cafe life May 3rd: Mountains May 4th: Blooms May 5th: Break time May 6th: Transport May 7th: Collections If you notice we have "Blooms" on May 4th and w...

  As part of celebrations of International Urban Sketchers Week running from May 1-7, we are hosting a sketching meetup at Burnaby Blooms ! We had a meetup at the same location last year, though it was rainy. Hope the weather is better this year to enjoy this event at its best. The Burnaby Blooms Festival is held every year at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and Deer Lake Park. Let's join this event with our sketchbooks and match the energy of the surroundings. May 4, 2025 (Sun) Meeting spot & time: Outside the Shadbolt Centre overlooking Deer Lake at 1:30 pm Throwdown: Same as the meeting spot at 4:00 pm *We will update closer to the date if anything changes. There are plenty of sketching opportunities here with the picturesque Deer Lake park, the Shadbolt Centre. There are rhododendrons in bloom at this time of the year and if you're into people-sketching, the event itself will provide a great opportunity. Read more about the event here . This is a free admission event...