Day 8
20-05-2015
The final day has come: Exhibition Day
We set up all of the boxes, drawings and sketchbooks into a sculpture like ensemble, we got a few visitors for our exhibition as well, but the result looked really good which made all of us happy.

Day 7
19-05-2015
On Tuesday we finished doodling on the boxes, for my box I chose to use different Romanian patterns that are usually used on clothing.

Day 6
18-05-2015
This week we moved indoor in SpacePortx where we started doodling on the boxes to create the final exhibition piece, along with sketching we also had some creative activities such as SketchJam which implied a group of people would start sketching a word and than exchange the sheets of paper and someone else would continue with another word what the first one started. The results were fantastic and very funny.

Day 5
16-05-2015
On Saturday we took part in the Chorlton Art Festival where we went to sketch and people also got to join us in sketching. After a few hours of sketching we started building our exhibition from the boxes we decorated on Friday and exhibited all of our drawings from that day.

Day 4
15-05-2015
On Friday we started preparing the exhibition pieces (boxes) for Saturday's Chorlton Arts Festival.
We decided on the arrangement of the boxes as well as the colour we should paint them and proceeded to paint

Day 3
13-05-2015
Interview with David Steeden from Manchester Urban Sketchers

Profession
Industrial Valuer

Favourite technique
Black ink and watercolours

For how long have you been sketching?
“A long, long time. I could say over 50 years"

Why did you start sketching?
“When you sketch, you get to understand a building, you start researching and finding out more about its history, you get more from it than just by taking a photograph"

Why did you join the Manchester urban sketchers?
"Because their purpose was sketching outside, and that’s what attracts me. For some people it might be the fear to sketch alone and other people watching them, but I just feel that sketching in a group is more productive"
Tips on sketching:
“The line does not have to be perfectly straight, its charm stands in the imperfection, and to be honest it makes the final output look more professional"

Day 2
12-05-2015
The second day started with a landmark: Piccadilly Gardens and followed with the always crowded Market Street, and as the weather got bad we were forced to end the day sketching inside the Arndale Centre from where we got chased away by security.

Day 1
11-05-2015
We started our week with the brief for the following two weeks of the Sketchfest event, after which we went into the city centre at the Central Library and Albert Square to start drawing.