See the world one drawing at a time

Nowadays when I travel, I tend to buy postcards to augment my collection of not-so-well taken photographs - so that I have at least a somewhat semi-interesting collection of visual reminders of my travels. While I used to sketch things from my travels when I was a kid, I didn't really ever take it further than childhood doodling.

I've recently discovered that there is a whole urban sketching movement. While it is sometimes about travellers sketching memories from their wanderings, more often than not, it's people wanting to visually capture a snapshot of the urban surroundings where they live & work & play.

What a cool idea. It appeals to my childhood memories of sitting down for a quick sketch, scratching my pencil across the page, collecting a one-off memory of a person, place or event.

Gabriel Campanario showcases different artists and different locations from around the world, to demonstrate the subtle & unique beauty of sketched art in The art of urban sketching : drawing on location around the world. It's made me want to dig out some of my old sketchbooks and perhaps even start a new one.

What would you capture in an urban sketch of Auckland?