Sketching from Voinovich Park/North Coast Harbor

The group's sketches from Sunday, July 26, 2018

Jeff Suntala, Janet Dodrill, Carla Blackman, Terese Berzinskas. A bit cold and drizzly to start until Nuevo allowed us to sketch from the restaurant's second floor!

Let's Sketch the Cleveland Botanical Garden

Date: Sunday June 24, 2018

Time: 1:00-3:30PM

Meeting Place: Front Entrance outside

Cleveland Botanical Garden

11030 East Boulevard

Cleveland, OH 44106

Join us to sketch inside or outside the gardens.

Meet outside the front entrance at 1:00 and again at 3:30.

Note different times. Parking is available below the gardens.

Catch fellow Urban Sketcher, Karen Koch's show in the Guren Art Gallery at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, "Trees I have known...and a few shrubs."

She's showing there with Shannon Casey May 21 - July 9.

More info here: http://www.cbgarden.org/

West Side Market Artists

From our outing to the West Side Market, some of the 15 artists that sketched and an exterior sketch.

Since opening to shoppers on November 2, 1912, the West Side Market- Cleveland’s oldest continuously operating municipally owned market, has anchored the historic Ohio City neighborhood. Designed by renowned local architects W. Dominick Benes and Benjamin Hubbell, the grand 241′ x 124′  structure has 44-foot high Guastavino tile vaulted ceiling, and a clock tower, which stands 137′ tall. In 2008, the West Side Market was designated as one of “10 Great Public Places in America,” by the American Planning Association and continues to offer an authentic and culturally diverse shopping experience. The West Side Market celebrated its Centennial in 2012.

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Let's Sketch the West Side Market

Sunday April 22, 2018

1:30 -4:00 (market closes at 4:00)

Let's meet in the balcony for a view above the inside of the market.

Parking behind the market or take public transportation - W. 25th St. RTA is on Detroit across the street.

Here's a link to more about this historic Cleveland icon:

http://westsidemarket.org/about/ 

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Let’s draw Public Square from the Renaissance Hotel Lobby

Join us for a hot drink and sketching Cleveland’s Public Square from the hotel lobby. And, of course, a warm, elegant interior with a marble fountain. There’s also food or drink service from the bar.

Location: Renaissance Hotel Lobby, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44113

Date: Sunday Jan. 28, 2018
Time: 1:30pm-4:00pm

Parking: There are a few surface lots across the street or Tower City parking underneath, also many RTA trains and busses.

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/clebr-renaissance-cleveland-hotel/

From the Women's International Air & Space Museum sketch outing in February.  This is a flight simulator training plane.  It reminds me very much of things you see from TWA in the 1960s.

Cleveland International Film Festival Community Partner

We were chosen as a community partner for the 40th Cleveland International Film Festival.  Everyone is eligible to receive a $2 discount on tickets whether purchasing tickets online, over the phone, in person at the box office, or at standby by using the code USCLE.

Our film is Parisienne which plays Monday, April 4th at 8:30pm and Tuesday, April 5th at 3:45.  More information is available at The Cleveland International Film Festival website.  This screening and nearly all of the other screenings are at Tower City Cinemas in downtown Cleveland. 

Please keep in mind the seating policy for the films.  Ticket holders line up in the hallway at least 20 minutes prior to the screening. 

Please join us for our partner film, or one of the many other great features, shorts, or documentaries that are available until Sunday, April 10th, 2016. 

February 2016 Sketch Outing

Join us for our monthly sketch outing on Saturday, February 27th, 2016 from noon to 2pm at the Women's International Air & Space Museum at Burke Lakefront Airport.  It is located at 1501 North Marginal Road, Cleveland, OH.  There is a paid lot in front of the airport.  If the weather is really cold, I would suggest paying for parking as the nearest free parking is going to be on Lakeside (east side of East 9th).  Admission to the museum is free. 

We do have permission to sketch in the museum, but please be respectful of other visitors and travelers making their way through the museum and airport.  Stools should be fine, but please leave paint and bottles of ink at home. 

A reminder that we did move the sketch outing to Saturday which does open up more indoor venues for us. 

If you have any questions or comments, please leave a note on this posting or on our Facebook page.

View of the Cuyahoga River from the 32nd floor of the Terminal Tower.

Terminal Tower casting a shadow over Public Square.

July Sketch Outing

Sunday, July 26, 2015
2:00p-4:00p
Sketch the Lakefront
Join us as we meet up in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1100 Rock and Roll Blvd, Cleveland, OH

There is plenty of places to sketch along the lakefront, so feel free to explore and find the perfect spot to sketch.

Sketch Outing NBA Finals

Join us Saturday, June 6th, 2015 from 10am-Noon at the Q Arena to sketch how the arena will be decked out for the NBA Finals.

We will meet at the overhang pictured above (right under the giant "C") at the intersection of Ontaria, Prospect, and Huron.  We will hold this sketch outing in the event of a little rain, as we can sketch from under the overhang.  In the event of major rain, please watch us on Facebook or on our blog to see what the plan will be. 

Eight years ago, I had wanted to sketch the NBA Finals displays/decorations, but I lost track of time, and before I knew it, it was over.  I missed out.  Don't miss out this time around.  Come and sketch with us, on June 6th.

Keep in mind, this is a Saturday, and it is earlier in the day than normal.  We're not going to sketch on the Sunday, as parking will probably be very expensive due to the Cavs game that night.  And, we're going earlier on Sunday to avoid parking issues that will come closer to the Indians' game. 

There should be a lot of available parking within a few blocks of the arena, and of course, RTA is always an option, as this is only a couple of blocks from Public Square.  Paid parking garages will be available as well, including Tower City's and the casino's.

Please feel free to post a comment with any questions here or post a question on our Facebook page.  Not in our Facebook group?  Feel free to join!  We're at "Urban Sketchers Cleveland" on Facebook.

Have a great day, looking forward to seeing you!

MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art

Postcards from MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art, a mirrored jewel in Cleveland's crown designed by Farshid Moussavi. It rises 60 feet from a hexagonal base to a square top, certainly a challenge to sketch. More about MOCA here www.mocacleveland.org.

April 2015 Sketch Outing

Join us on Sunday, April 26, 2015 from 2:00-4:00pm at MOCA Cleveland for our monthly sketch outing.  We will meet outside the rear entrance to the museum.  This entrance is located facing the complex of student housing, restaurants, and CIA.  It is not the entrance facing the intersection (that you see in the above photo). 

There is ample paid parking in the surrounding university and museum structures, and there is limited street parking.  This location is easily accessible by the Healthline and the red rapid line.  The address is 11400 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. 

The weather should be chilly but mild, so outdoor sketching is a possibility.  Please be advised that if you decide to sketch inside MOCA that there is an admission fee, and please be careful what supplies you bring in, as museums typically only allow pencil. 

Sketchers of all levels and abilities are warmly welcomed to sketch with us.  Other than admission fees to venues, there is no other cost involved.  Meaning, we don't charge you a penny.

We look forward to seeing you!

November Sketch Outing

Join us on Sunday, November 30th from 2pm-4pm at the Rockefeller Greenhouse.  The weather outside might be frightening, but inside the greenhouse, it will be nice and cozy.  There is plenty of free parking, but there is limited seating inside, please feel free to bring a stool.  But, as always, be considerate of those who are walking around to visit this great space.

You can find the greenhouse just east of the Cultural Gardens and just south of 90.  The address is:  750 East 88th, Cleveland, OH.

We hope you can make it!

October Ad Hoc Sketch Outing

Saturday, October 18th, 2014 from Noon to 3pm.  4807 Wichita Ave, Cleveland, OH.  Wichita Ave is off of Pearl. 

Join us for a bonus sketch outing in October.  Let's get as much sketching in as possible before winter settles in.

We'll be sketching the Marin Family's Halloween display.  They've been doing this for a few years, and this year is the biggest yet.  They made these giant Transformers themselves, and they have them on display right now.

This is a residential street, so please be considerate of parking spaces, driveways, and lawns.  There is an empty parcel just slightly diagonal across the street from the display, so this is a good place for us to congregate.

Please comment to this post, if you have any questions.

Merwin's Wharf Sketch Outing

A great turnout today on such a beautiful early fall day.  We gathered at Merwin's Wharf which is a restaurant that is owned by the metroparks and sits right on a sharp bend in the river.  Everyone found such fun things to sketch, and it seemed like no two sketchers faced the same direction.  I actually found this scene from the parking lot.  Several others sat along the river.  It was great to see some new faces out sketching.

Let's hope that we have weather like this for one more outing the last Sunday of October. 

Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival

Met up my sketching friend this morning before the Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival started.  We sketched for a bit before walking around, shopping the booths, and getting some food.  This isn't one of my better sketches, and I don't think it does justice to how many booths were set up.

As a side note, the one booth is "SubRosa."  The guy in the booth was always in the way of the second half of the sign, but I thought at one point, I saw a "d," so I went with "Road."

September Sketch Outing

Sunday, September 28, 2014
2:00p-4:00p
Merwin's Wharf restaurant
1785 Merwin Ave, Cleveland, OH
Meet at restaurant entrance

Please join us for our September Sketch Outing.  We'll be meeting at Merwin's Wharf restaurant along the river.  It's owned by the Cleveland Metroparks.  Since we plan to sketch from their patio, weather permitting, it would be best if everyone orders at least a drink or food.  There will be other places to sketch in the general area to sketch, if you decide to not stay on the patio.  If it were to rain, we will sketch inside the restaurant.  Of course, you can choose to sketch inside if you want, regardless of the weather.

  I will post more specific directly this weekend, as the Columbus Ave bridge is still closed.  Please watch here or on our Facebook page for more information. 

All sketchers, all ages, all abilities, and all mediums are welcomed to join us.  We love to give tips to those just starting out.  If you have any questions, please feel free to post in the comments. 

We generally meet up at 2pm, and then scatter to sketch what we find interesting, and then we meet up at 4pm for photos and show and tell.  You are more than welcomed to start earlier, come later, or stay longer.  It's very addictive once you start up.

This may be our last good outdoor sketching event before the cold weather sets in, so please consider coming out with us. 

Sketching From Outlook Near Sokolowski's

It was a nice, but chilly morning, this past Sunday with a friend drawing from the overlook on Abby Road near the new bridge and Sokolowski's.  It give a great view of the downtown skyline.  Would be a great spot to sit and watch fireworks.

My friend was painting, and how the sun kept coming and going was causing her some problems.  But, since I knew she'd be working longer than I would, it was nice to do a sketch that involved more than what I would usually do.

I did find that sketching from further away did help me get the proportions better and work tighter.

Postcards from Edgewater Park

Wish you were there! It was a beautiful day to sketch at Edgewater Park on Lake Erie.