Happy Holidays from Urban Sketchers O’ahu

Posted: December 13, 2025 | Author: Terri Dux | Filed under: USkO | Tags: oahu urban sketchers, urban sketchers, usk, USkO | 2 Comments

Thank you to everyone who took time from their busy holiday schedules to sketch at Honolulu Hale this morning. What a beautiful day it turned out to be!

It’s always fun to be an Urban Sketcher!

SAVE THE DATE:
Our next sketching event will be January 24, 2026!

Until then, have a wonderful, safe Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Keep on sketching,
Terri, Ivan and Noah

Get Ready for a Holly Jolly Time at Honolulu Hale

Posted: December 1, 2025 | Author: Terri Dux | Filed under: USkO | Tags: event announcement, oahu urban sketchers, urban sketchers, usk, USkO | 3 Comments

It’s that time again when we gather at Honolulu Hale to sketch the holiday festivities. Whether you choose Shaka Santa and Tutu Mele or inside City Hall, you’ll find a merriment of joyfulness to sketch. Let’s meet:

Dec. 13, 2025
Honolulu Hale
10 a.m. to Noon

If attending, RSVP at uskoahu@gmail.com by Dec. 12 so I know to expect you. It’s our last sketching event of 2025, so I hope you can join us!

Until then, happy sketching!

We See the World One Sketch at a Time

Posted: November 24, 2025 | Author: Terri Dux | Filed under: USkO | Tags: urban sketchers, usk, USkO | 2 Comments

Someone asked me a great question the other day and I was so glad she did. “Are we a national organization?” she asked.

Who We Are
Urban Sketchers is a worldwide nonprofit organization of sketchers who love to draw from the cities where we live. We are global community of sketchers who sketch from direct observation what we see on location. Besides elevating the awareness of art to our community by sketching in public, our drawings tell the story, recording the time and place. We share our sketches with each other and then to the world, one drawing at a time.

Where We Are
As of this date, Urban Sketchers chapters are in more than 70 countries, in 514 cities.

I did a quick look at other Urban Sketchers chapters this weekend on Instagram. And this is what I found. Some groups sketched the same day as we did. Others sketched within the same week.

And here is our post to Instagram @urbansketchersoahu:

Spread the Word

Sketching with us is absolutely FREE. There is no membership or application process. Most importantly, KNOW that art is for everyone. So spread the word! Invite you friends, family and coworkers!

Until next time, happy sketching,
Terri

When Sketching Becomes Meditative

Posted: November 22, 2025 | Author: Terri Dux | Filed under: USkO | 2 Comments

If this was the first time or the hundredth time sketching in urban Honolulu, we are so glad to share our love of urban sketching with you. Art is amazingly meditative and when it’s at such a calming place like Kunawai Springs Urban Park, how can you not feel peace?

Thank you to a lovely group of O’ahu Urban Sketchers today. The weather was perfect for a nice shady day of sketching the fish, ducks, pigeons, or trees in this peaceful urban setting.

The intimate park kept us all in the same area which was nice. A lady walking in the park stopped to tell me thank you for sketching in the park this morning. She said it made being in the park feel special.

Thank you also for sharing your suggestions for sketching locations for 2026! Looking forward to a great year sketching!

SAVE THE DATE
We’ll be sketching at Honolulu Hale on Dec. 13. Hope you can join us for a merry time!

Happy sketching,
Terri

Do You Know of this Hidden Gem in the Middle of Honolulu?

Posted: November 10, 2025 | Author: Terri Dux | Filed under: USkO | 4 Comments

Nestled in the heart of bustling Honolulu is a tranquil oasis, Kunawai Springs Urban Park. The park is an artist’s dream with natural greenery and peaceful water features. Perfect for us Urban Sketchers.

Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025
10 a.m. to Noon
Kunawai Springs Urban Park
645 Kunawai Lane

There is ample street parking. The park is heavily shaded. You may want to bring your own chair. If attending, please RSVP at uskoahu@gmail.com by Nov 21 so I know to expect you.

See you soon,
Terri

Sketching the Cuteness at PetWalk Proves to be Fun and Challenging

Posted: October 25, 2025 | Author: Terri Dux | Filed under: USkO | Leave a comment

What a beautiful (and windy) day to be sketching outdoors in Waikiki.

Sketching at the Hawaiian Humane Society’s Annual PetWalk was entertaining and fun. So many cute four-legged friends and many were wearing the cutest costumes. If only, they stood still and posed for us sketchers. LOL.

Thank you Urban Sketchers O’ahu for coming out and sharing your sketches. It’s always an inspiration to sketch as a group. We learn a lot from each other.

We’re looking at Nov. 8 or 22 for our next gathering. Will post info soon.

Until then, happy sketching,
Terri

Ready to Sketch Cuteness at the PetWalk?

Posted: October 14, 2025 | Author: Terri Dux | Filed under: USkO | 4 Comments

Sharpen your pencils Urban Sketchers and get ready for cuteness as we sketch the Hawaiian Humane Society’s Annual PetWalk at Kapi’olani Park.

HHS PetWalk
Kapi’olani Park
Saturday, Oct. 25
8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Please note we are meeting at 8:30 instead of our normal time. The PetWalk starts at 8:30 so hopefully we can capture the PetWalk in progress through our sketches. Find more info about the PetWalk here.

Because it will be crowded, let’s not meet at the beginning of the event. Instead, please come at 8:30 or earlier and start sketching on your own until 10 a.m. We will meet at the Queen Kapio’lani Statue (see map) at 10 a.m. to share our sketches. Please RSVP at uskoahu@gmail.com by Oct. 24 so I know to expect you.

Happy Sketching,
Terri

A Community of Artists Flow into Chinatown

Posted: September 27, 2025 | Author: Terri Dux | Filed under: USkO | 1 Comment

How fun was it to see so many artists painting and sketching in downtown Honolulu this morning. You could feel the energy in the air!

Thank you Downtown Art Center and Mark Brown for inviting us to join your talented group of oil and watercolor artists with our humble sketchbooks. It was exciting just to be sketching on the same streets as you!

Thank you Urban Sketchers! You really stepped up with your sketch pads, pencils and pens! Also, it’s nice to see everyone’s sketch with the new Urban Sketchers O’ahu stamp.

SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, Oct. 25!

Keep sketching!
Terri

Here’s the Latest from Urban Sketchers O’ahu

Posted: September 21, 2025 | Author: Terri Dux | Filed under: USkO | Leave a comment

Happy September Urban Sketchers!

This past Saturday, I got to catch up with Mark Brown at Ala Moana Beach. He was teaching his Plein Air class with his faithful group of talented artist.

Mark is helping with the Downtown Art Center’s 5th Anniversary “From the HEART” which we Urban Sketchers O’ahu are invited to participate. If you haven’t RSVP to sketch with us on Saturday, please do so at uskoahu@gmail.com. There will be live music and a lot fun! (See previous post for map and more info)

Speaking of fun, did you see this segment about Urban Sketchers on the news? So proud to be a part of this sketching community: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmDF2hKpDnI&t=7s Thanks Ivan for letting me know about it!

And finally, I have our NEW re-inking custom rubber stamp! It’s a little smaller than the last one BUT it works so YAY!

Hope to see you all in Chinatown on Sept. 27!
Until then, happy sketching,
Terri

Are You Down to Sketch Our Town?

Posted: September 15, 2025 | Author: Terri Dux | Filed under: USkO | 4 Comments

Mark your calendar for our next Urban Sketcher O’ahu meetup:

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025
10am to Noon
Downtown Art Center

We are joining DAC in celebrating historic downtown Honolulu! DAC will be having a competition starting at 9 a.m.. If you are interested in entering, check out their rules here.

For the rest of us Urban Sketchers, we’ll be meeting at 10 a.m. to sketch the area and then meeting at 11:30 to share our sketches. Please email your attendance by Sept 26, so I know to expect you!

Until then, happy sketching!

Terri