Even though I had a week at the USk symposium in Toulouse, I only got around to sketching three buildings. The rest of the time I sketched people, and attended workshops.

A collection of photos of the city of Toulouse and the urban sketchers who attended this year’s symposium. We had some fan girl moments

At the Urban Sketcher’s Symposium in Toulouse I attended the Peter Rush demonstration to experience his method of capturing s street scene that includes adding in, rather than ignoring, street signs, traffic lights, posts, recycle bins, and other street furniture and urban elements that give the street it’s personality. I took inspiration for this style of sketching along onto Saturday’s Sketch Crawl in Toulouse, and have started to use it now that I’m back home.

The Urban Sketcher’s Symposium in Toulouse was a four day event and I sketched people every day during the workshops, lectures, and demonstrations, as well as while I was exploring the streets of Toulouse.

Just got back from the Urban Sketcher’s Symposium in Toulouse and here’s my gut reaction and initial thoughts about the workshops, lectures, and demonstration events I attended.

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 sketched my art supplies for the urban sketcher’s symposium in Toulouse. I like ink lines and watercolour, but I’ve had to pack a few extra supplies because of the workshops I’m attending.