Urban Sketch Walk at St. Patrick’s Island

Do you like to draw? Grab some colored pencils and paper and join children’s book illustrator and author Carolyn Fisher at St. Patrick’s Island for a 3.6km walk with frequent stops to sketch. All ages and levels of experience welcome. Kids must be accompanied by a grownup.

Urban sketching is the practice of capturing a real place at a real moment in time — live and on-the-spot. For this urban sketch walk, we’ll sketch to observe the way that nature and humans live side by side in the middle of the city. We’ll jot our impressions, practice drawing techniques, play creative games, and feed our imaginations while taking a leisurely wander through St. Patrick’s Island park in the Bow River. At the end of the walk, we’ll stroll across the bridge for treats at a local coffee shop.

Supplies:

• Sketchbook if you have it; or a handful of paper, like 20 sheets. It doesn’t matter what kind of paper it is, it could be blank or lined or colored.
• A hard surface to set your paper on, like a clipboard or a hardcover book or a piece of cardboard.
• Colored pencils or colored Sharpies or markers or felt pens or highlighters, whatever you happen to have.
• A jacket or tarp to set on the ground to sit on.
• Hat, water, sunglasses, extra clothing layers, rainjacket (you can sit on it or use it for rain), sunscreen.

The meeting location for this walk will be shared with registrants prior to the walk. Please note that participants who are driving to the meeting location should be prepared to pay for parking.