Urban Sketchers: Difference between revisions

Sketching in public as well as sketching members of the public creates interactions with the said public. The majority of these interactions are positive and good-natured. People are fascinated with the process of sketching and with observing an artist creating art in front of them, and compliments and support are abundant. In some instances, sketching in a café has produced a free coffee from a proprietor, and on a rare occasion sketching produced an invitation to sketch a cultural event that otherwise would be closed to an outsider. For example, a group of aspiring musicians, Flon Flon en Musette, were performing a street concert that was documented by an Urban Sketcher who happened to be on site. The sketch then made it onto the face of the group’s compilation CD and the sketcher was invited to a private concert. On a single occasion an objection to being sketched was noted, and an irate storeowner asked a sketcher to leave. It is worth noting that sketching on public property does not require permissions, it is a right guaranteed by the [[First Amendment of the US Constitution]].