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suburbansketch.bsky.social
Some #urbansketching at the Apple store last week, looking out at the Michigan avenue bridge. Great views here of the Riverwalk.

#urbansketchers #usk #uskchicago #chicago #sketchbook #livesketch #mixedmedia #michiganave
April 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
intercombustionart.bsky.social
2024 in review.
Happy New Year to all of you. May 2025 be a good one!

#art #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #usk #urbansketchers #chicago #uskchicago #cincyurbansketchers #daytonurbansketchers #bourbansketchers #sketches #sketchbook #localart #localartist #internalcombustionart
January 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
davidroberts-art.bsky.social
Enjoyed USkChicago meetup at iconic Auditorium Theater Sunday
January 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
suburbansketch.bsky.social
I posted these on the Urban Sketchers Chicago page because a few people were curious about the materials I used for this.... Here ya go! #urbansketchers #uskchicago #mixedmedia
May 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
intercombustionart.bsky.social
This is my second sketch of the Sunday morning sketch walk at the Chicago Urban Sketchers seminar. This is Mister J’s on the corner of State and Pearson. As a bonus, I got a dog, fries, and a drink when I finished sketching. :-)

#usk #urbansketchers #uskchicago #seminar
August 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
davidroberts-art.bsky.social
In remembrance of this 81st anniversary of D-Day. My plein air-urban sketch at American Cemetery in Normandy France
#D-Day #urbansketch #uskchicago
June 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
davidroberts-art.bsky.social
My Urban Sketch of Chicago’s iconic “Bean” is Evanston Made Members Group Show at Evanston Art Center 5/30-6/30 opening reception Saturday 5/31 5-8p. Show features original art by 150 members of Evanston Made, nonprofit arts org @urbansketchers.bsky.social #uskchicago #evanstonmade #evanstonartist
May 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
intercombustionart.bsky.social
Here’s a lunchtime sketch from Lakefront Park during the Chicago Urban Sketchers seminar last month. A few people, trees, flowers, and the Drake Hotel sign- just an afternoon in the park.

#usk #urbansketchers #uskchicago #seminar
August 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM
davidroberts-art.bsky.social
Flat on my back, just one of those days, so as I stretched my piriformis, I sketched from the floor with a Van Gogh palette of color pencils. #uskchicago #urbansketchers #vangogh
September 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
davidroberts-art.bsky.social
#SketchingontheDarkside Today’s UrbanSketch at the Purple Line bridge over NorthShore Channel near CTA Central St Station Evanston. #uskchicago #carandache #stillmanbirn
April 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
davidroberts-art.bsky.social
Tiny Post Card Sketch at Evanston Metra Station #urbansketch requires Tiny Pencils for a tiny Post Card Urban Sketch on #royaltalens postcard.
Love my credit card size pencil set I found at Portland Oregon Japanese Gardens by #NakabayashiCo EvanstonMade USkChicago
June 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
intercombustionart.bsky.social
This is my first sketch of the Sunday morning sketch walk at the Chicago Urban Sketchers seminar. We stopped at Holy Name Cathedral (735 N State St), and I kept this sketch loose.

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August 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
intercombustionart.bsky.social
After lunch on the Saturday of the Chicago Urban Sketchers seminar, I joined the sketch walk. We didn’t have much time (~30 mins) here, at Connors Park, so I worked with minimal planning. Building is Archbishop Quigley Center.

#usk #urbansketchers #uskchicago #seminar
August 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM
davidroberts-art.bsky.social
I’ve had several questions about this. I used carand’ache supracolor pencils, White, Indigo Blue, Scarlet with highlight dot of GellyRoll pen white and orange to place him at the pool’s waterfall edge where he appeared. #birdsofinstagram #uskchicago #urbansketchers #carandache #gellyrollpen
April 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
colley-don-o.bsky.social
Near noontime at a coffeehouse, somewhere in the belly of a lively & thriving Midwest city.
Been absent on BlueSky for awhile. Building a following and getting interactions on BlueSky has been way below my expectations. Dreadful, really. Not ready to quit, yet.
#uskchicago #coffeeculture #fictional
February 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
intercombustionart.bsky.social
This is the first of my sketches from the Chicago Urban Sketchers seminar. It was a quick one that I did in the shade. Our sketch walk stopped at a street market. I got a croissant after this and kept walking.

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August 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM
intercombustionart.bsky.social
Here is my last sketch from the Chicago Urban Sketchers seminar, which I did on Sunday afternoon (July 12). Jenny started with a great demonstration, and I sketched the group.

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August 11, 2026 at 12:38 PM
intercombustionart.bsky.social
My second sketch from the Chicago Urban Sketchers seminar is Lance, who had to compete with a guy with a microphone spewing hatred. Security couldn’t require the guy with the mic to leave, and, eventually, the police came and the guy with the mic left.

#usk #urbansketchers #uskchicago #seminar
August 4, 2026 at 7:55 PM
intercombustionart.bsky.social
The Sunday of the Chicago Urban Sketchers seminar, I went back to Palette and Chisel for Amanda’s talk about her reportage grant. She walked an ancient pilgrimage route through Italy, documenting a disease that is killing olive trees. What a powerful talk!
#usk #urbansketchers #uskchicago #seminar
August 10, 2026 at 12:24 PM
intercombustionart.bsky.social
My afternoon sketch walk ended at the Chicago Water Tower. Every time I’m here, I’ve managed to forget just how tall 182.5 feet is. Also, a fun fact: this tower was one of the few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

#usk #urbansketchers #uskchicago #seminar
August 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
tedgordonart.bsky.social
The figure session we were planning on was off for the day and we were going to miss the start of a second, so we did some urban sketching at the library.
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#drawing #sketch #sketching #artist #chicagoart #chicagoartist #art #uskchicago #urbansketchers
@oakparkil.bsky.social
Digital painting from life of people seated in the library with stacks of books in the background on an iPad, held by the artist in front of the scene Digital painting from life of people seated in the library with stacks of books in the background on an iPad, held by the artist in front of the scene
December 16, 2024 at 3:37 AM