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City sketching

EE THE WORLD ONE SKETCH AT A TIME.’ This is the mantra of the worldwide Urban Sketchers (USk) community, originally started in an online forum by Seattle-based artist and illustrator Gabi Campanario. The London USk chapter formed in 2012 with six members – James Hobbs, Katherine Tyrrell, Zhenia Vasiliev, Adebanji Alade, Barry Jackson and Olha Pryymak – and this year celebrates its 10th anniversary. Since its beginning, the London chapter’s popularity has grown and, at the meet up in February this year, there were over 60 people sketching throughout the day. We share our love for

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