Urban sketching is the practice of drawing the world around you, even if it’s the world you’re used to seeing all the time. You can learn to see, appreciate and render the world you live in with the ...

Alena Niehaus, an urban illustrator in Dallas, hopes her drawings and videos encourage people to slow down, notice places they pass every day and discover the history woven into the city.

It was one week before Christmas and Rosedale Center buzzed with shoppers and twinkling holiday displays. Amid the bustle, it would be easy to miss people perched at tables and on benches at the ...

The Madison chapter of the Urban Sketchers meets all over the city: museums, coffee shops, parks and more. The group split up to sketch, eventually reuniting for a “throwdown,” where everyone throws ...