Urban Sketchers Hyderabad marks 300th event with month-long weekend sessions

Urban Sketchers Hyderabad marks 300th event with month-long weekend sessions

Members sketch the Abids book market | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Urban Sketchers’ Hyderabad chapter(USk-H) celebrates a key milestone — its 300th event — this month. This global community of artists practising drawing on location has turned this occasion into a month-long celebration. “Instead of celebrating the milestone as a single event in a day, […]

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Illustrated cities of Instagram

Illustrated cities of Instagram

India’s big cities are racing towards a sprawling homogeneity, devoid of history, culture and personality. Old cafés, storefronts and buildings — with their Art Deco, Indo-Saracenic, Gothic styles — are disappearing, often replaced by a big retail chain. It’s getting harder to find those elements that once differentiated a Delhi from a Mumbai, or a […]

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Drawing inspiration from cityscapes are Urban Sketchers in different Indian cities

Drawing inspiration from cityscapes are Urban Sketchers in different Indian cities

A splash of red here, a dab of white there, some fine lines in black, followed by a sweep of blue…. At the end of two-and-a-half hours, the watercolours on the white paper take on the shape of the heritage building of P Orr and Sons in Chennai. A work in pen and ink focusses […]

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