This was my 2nd Brisbane Sketchcrawl, and the 37th worldwide sketchcrawl. Inspired by the Brisbane Heritage Trail we started at Eagle St and ended in Southbank (it’s a relaxed pace and each stop for about 30-45mins)
1. Eagle St Pier
2. St Stephen’s Church (one of my ‘hidden” CBD greenspace gems)
3. Edward St/ Alice St (one of my favourite CBD blocks for buildings)
4. Botanic Gardens/ River
5. Southbank
To me, Sketchcrawl is much more than just drawing in urban spaces.
It supports urban design and place-making by
Other results and photos:
It’s happening this Saturday.
Brisbane Sketchcrawl with a special SIA session at Southbank.
Choose your weapons! 
What is a Sketchcrawl?
Sketchcrawl is a worldwide quarterly drawing meet-up that entices sketchers from all over the world to meet and and sketch their cities, and this happens on that day world-wide! See previous examples at http://www.sketchcrawl.com/
April 21st 2012 is the 35th Worldwide Sketchcrawl and it is happening in Brisbane!!!
Sketchers of all ages and abilities, are invited to participate in a planned circuit crawl where you, as part of a group of happy sketchers, will be making fantastic images of Brisbane via the River, with sketchbooks and pen, pencil, charcoal, paint, and even i-pads!
We invite illustrators, designers, animators, architects and artists to join us.
The plan is to “crawl” from QUT, Goodwill Bridge, Southbank, Brisbane Square
10am-3pm
Participation is FREE, and participants can do part or all of the circuit, whatever suits their needs and time constraints on the day.
Bring art materials and water, hat, and sun-screen. Bring your lunch or buy something at cafes close by.
This is a fun event and everybody is welcome, including children, partners and spouses and friends, and whether you’re an old hand or just want to try something new and creatively satisfying. It is also a chance to activate and observe our important urban public spaces.
We are also exploring where we can have a popup gallery of the day’s drawings.
For updated information on the Brisbane Sketchcrawl event go to our Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brisbane-Sketchcrawl/221548574555429
http://allthebuildingsinnewyork.blogspot.com/2011/11/lovely-press.html
A nice article in the Fin Review- “Wish” Magazine November 2011.
James Nevius: “Buildings are our best form of time travel. the people are gone, we don’t live in that era, so buildings are the gateway into the story of the city’s history and the people who lived there”…
“in New York there is a hight signal to noise ratio” ”so when you are on a street it can be hard to focus on a building because there’s so much going on. What is nice about these drawings is they divorce the buildings from the surrounding and noise, allowing you to really look at them”
Sitting outside of Heathrow, I thought it was nice to have a plaza since I haven’t seen many at airports. Airports are some fascinating public space and design spaces. I had met an San Fran architect at TED, we talked about their architecture design and details that help “user experience”. Places like Changi Airport in Singapore I think are quite amazing in making people comfortable in long transit times, and pay attention to little things like larger bathroom stalls (because people have luggage!)
As part of the Sketchbook Project, I chose “Travel with Me” as a theme, and aimed to fill it this trip. Funnily it has ended up all about AIRPORTS. My thoughts and drawings from all the airports on this trip - Brisbane, Edinburgh, Heathrow, Singapore, JFK. It is all scribbles about airport design, time differences, people sitting around, emotional baggage and real baggage.
