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Ticket Purchase Required
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Extensive Walking
Extensive Walking
Includes Biking
Includes Biking
Lunch Included
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Field Session

FRI-FS-09: Ah-HAAAA! Sketching Minneapolis

Friday, October 27, 2023
9:15am – 5:00pm CT
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 102AB

Sponsored By 
SOLD OUT Extensive Walking Lunch Included
5.00 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AICP, FL, NY/non-HSW
Ticket price: $110 per person; includes catered lunch, sketchbooks. Extensive walking.
Minneapolis SkylineJoin fellow drawing enthusiasts for a day of on-location sketching in downtown Minneapolis and explore the history of its urban spaces. Bring your favorite drawing and coloring materials, weather-appropriate clothing, and comfortable walking shoes. Accordion style sketchbooks will be provided. Walking required. Participants’ sketchbooks will be displayed in the SKETCH! Lounge.






Learning Outcomes:

  • Explore the historic and current urban spaces of downtown Minneapolis and its relation to the Mississippi River landscape in a sketch discovery tour.
  • Discover a variety of the best road-tested materials for sketching, quick multi-media techniques, collage, and journaling that can be used for design explorations and capturing spirit of place.
  • Use thumbnails, rapid sketching, simplified perspective, and other field techniques to quickly explore alternative compositions and to select a strong central sketch idea.
  • Learn strategies for editing, composition, simplifying detail, and using color strategically to make sketching less rigid and more accessible.