My second workshop at the Toulouse Urban Sketcher’s Symposium with Veronica Lawlor which was all about reportage and capturing stories with your sketches. We did warm up exercises to familiarise ourselves with the area using vignettes and thumbnails, and let our stories evolve organically from the elements that interested and intrigued us.

My second workshop at the Toulouse Urban Sketcher’s Symposium with Richard Briggs which was all about sketching narrow street views. We did warm up exercises using continuous line to capture shapes, outlines, and edges.

My first workshop at the Toulouse Urban Sketcher’s Symposium with Dan Archer which was all about sketching people. We did warm up exercises of sketching people, and then went to the Victor Hugo market to sketch people with overheard conversations.

I’ve created a set of small watercolour canvases for portraits I do on location. They’re only 8cm x 6cm, and ideal for doing loose quick sketches to give to the subjects I sketch. On the back is a linocut self portrait I created last year.

I’ve been prepping these three books for my trip to Toulouse to attend the Urban Sketcher’s Symposium next week. Three are Hahnemühle watercolour books, and one is a hand-made matchbook swatch book that I made to consolidate some of my colour swatching ideas for painting the Pink City. I also made a spiral bound sketchbook for notes during my workshops and making thumbnail sketches.

Urban Sketchers Org daily prompt list calendar for March 2026

Purchasing tickets for my first Urban Sketchers Annual Symposium which is being held in Toulouse. A stressful ordeal that turned out ok, but it was a nerve-wracking journey to get there.

Day 48 of sketching people. Used the daily prompt from Urban Sketchers Org to sketch a couple of Toulouse-inspired sketches to minimise being overwhelmed by sketching complex buildings. Also a selection of ink sketches with tonal shading.

Urban Sketchers Org daily prompt list calendar for February 2026

Day 45 of sketching people. Sketches of Suhita Shirodkar, an urban sketchers who is presenting a lecture and demo at the next Urban Sketcher’s Symposium in Toulouse.

Day 41 of sketching people. Sketches of Delphine Zigoni, Len Grant, and Rita Sabler, three urban sketchers who are presenting a lecture at the next Urban Sketcher’s Symposium in Toulouse.

Day 40a of sketching people. A collection of sketches of instructors who are hosting workshops at the next Urban Sketcher’s Symposium in Toulouse. Sketched from their promo videos

Urban Sketchers Org daily prompt list calendar for January 2026