April Event – Save the Date April 26

Heads up! The tentative plan is to sketch at the Hawai’i Book and Music Festival at Honolulu Hale on April 26. It looks like the organizers have not updated their website so I cannot confirm the event yet. But keep the date open so we can gather and sketch together. I’ll update this post when I find more information.

Keep sketching,
Terri

Celebrate Art in the Downtown Honolulu Alongside Other Artists

There’s energy when you are creating art with other creatives.

Thank you Urban Sketchers for celebrating sketching in our city! Thank you to all other plein air artists. You are an inspiration just sketching near you. There’s nothing better than a community that lifts each other up.

Next Event: Hawaii Book and Music Festival on April 26 on the grounds of Honolulu Hale. Bring friends and we can sketch together!

Until next time,
Terri

How About a Little Music with Your Sketch (Updated)

Do you like to sketch while listening to music? Now, we can all sketch to the soothing live guitar music at the Guitars & Plein Air in the Park in downtown Honolulu!

Join us:

Guitars & Plein Air in the Park
Saturday, March 1, 10am to Noon
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park Memorial Park
1041 Bethel Street

This event is hosted by the Downtown Art Center and Hawai’i Theatre. Beside showcasing live music free to the public, there is also a Quickdraw Plein Air Painting Competition. If you want to participate in the competition, check-in time is 9:30 a.m. and judging will start at 2 p.m. You can find more details here. This is totally optional. Urban Sketchers O’ahu will be meeting at our regular time at 10 a.m. and sketching until 11:30, then gathering to share our sketches and take a group shot.

If attending, please RSVP uskoahu@gmail.com by Friday, Feb. 28. I look forward to seeing all of you on March 1!

UPDATED 2/26/25: Our wonderful friend, Artist Mark Brown has offered to bring a table for us to display our sketches for this event. We normally sketch in our sketchbooks, but for this event, it would be great if we participated with a single finished framed artwork. Remember, if you are entering it for the competition, you should check in at 9:30. Other details: Participants should either provide a wired frame for their work or use a gallery-wrapped canvas. Judging will occur between 2:00 and 2:45 PM, with the final announcement made at 3:00 PM, marking the conclusion of the event. There is no cost to participate in this art competition. THREE winners will be chosen, in First, Second, and Third place.

Happy sketching,
Terri

Sketching on the windward side

We had a small group at Ho’omaluhia this morning, enjoying some conversation and sketching. It was a fairly clear morning as we sat in the shade at the picnic tables. Sorry, I forgot to take pictures until the end.

February event – Ho’omaluhia, Feb. 15

Hello all, I (Noah) will be taking the wheel on this month’s sketching event:

Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden
45-680 Luluku Rd.
Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi 96744
Saturday, Feb. 15, 9:30 am – 12 noon

Let’s meet at the picnic tables near the visitor center:

Please RSVP to uskoahu@gmail.com by Friday, February 14

thanks, Noah

Cheers to Urban Sketchers in Chinatown

I had a packed weekend schedule planned including attending the parade in Chinatown on Saturday. Of course things never go as planned and I had to just sit on the sidelines. Oh well.

I’m glad someone of you got to sketch the festivities of Chinatown or nearby.

Keep sketching,
Terri

Ring in the Year of the Snake with Sketches

Join the festivities in Honolulu’s historic Chinatown to welcome the Lunar New Year.

The festival includes entertainment, lion dances, firecrackers, food vendors and a Lunar New Year parade on Saturday, January 25 from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. The parade starts at 4:30 p.m. on Hotel Street from the State Capitol to River Street. Here is a link to all the events: chinatown808.com.

We will not be sketching together for this event. I encourage sketchers to sketch in person from the event on January 25. Then send your sketches to uskoahu@gmail.com by Sunday, January 26 at noon. I will post all of our sketches Sunday night.

We will resume sketching as a group in February.

Happy sketching,

Terri

Small Group Makes Merriment

Maybe everyone was busy. Maybe it was traffic. But it was three of us sketching at Honolulu Hale this morning. Thank you to Nia and George who spent part of their morning sketching the merriment at Honolulu Hale.

Wishing you all the merriest of Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Terri

It’s a Christmas Miracle on King Street

Congratulations to all Urban Sketchers O’ahu! We sketched 11 locations in 2024! Now for the finale. That’s right. It’s the last Urban Sketchers O’ahu event for 2024. Please join us:

Honolulu Hale
December 14, 10am to noon

Let’s meet in front of Shaka Shaka and Tutu Mele. This year marks the city’s 40th Honolulu City Lights celebration. This was last year’s meet-up.

Parking is free at the municipal parking lot. Entrance is on Beretania St.

Be sure to RSVP by Friday December 13 at uskoahu@gmail.com so I know to expect you.

Happy sketching,
Terri