Invitation for an International Sketch Swap: MTL – NYC – Girona – Sao Paulo

Hey everyone! I’ve been talking with some of the other regional Urban Sketchers blogs about a fun project.

One of the most interesting things about Urban Sketching is that it’s a global movement. There are sketch groups like ours all over the world.  We have a shared passion and each group is filled with people who are potential friends.

Mark Leibowitz (NYC) has proposed the idea of an exchange of original art.

A ‘Sketch Swap’ between urban sketching artists in Montreal and a person in one of the other three participating cities. (NYC, Sao Paulo, Girona).

Sounds like fun! I’m in!

Here’s the idea:

• Everyone who is interested, (and lives in Montreal!), mail me at marc.taro(at)gmail.com. BEFORE FEB FIRST! Please put ‘sketch swap’ in your subject line.
• Each participant will be (randomly) paired with a buddy in one of the other cities.
• Before the swap day (early Feb – date to be announced) we all email our sketch-partners and exchange mailing addresses.
• We all send our sketches by mail. I’d recommend we all do it on the same day – I think its more fun if the exchanges happen promptly.
• Sketches don’t have to be large – postcard size to 8×10. (I can say from my etsy experience, keeping a package under letter size keeps the cost down, and gets through the mail system faster :)
• Remember to put a (slightly larger) cardboard backing behind your sketches.
• I’m going to keep the sketches I send out a surprise, but we encourage you to post pictures of the sketches you get back.
• I hope everyone has fun, and makes a sketching friend we stay in touch with!