Detlef Surrey - Illustration
@detlefsurrey.bsky.social
EXIL Podcast launch event, Nov 10, #staatsbibliothekberlin.
Episode 1 is dedicated to Lily Renée (1921–2022) Forced to flee Vienna in 1939 -in the 1940s known as a successful female #comicartist.
EXIL =collaboration between the Leo Baeck Institute NYC | Berlin #lbi and the @bpb.de #urbansketching
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
EXIL Podcast launch event, Nov 10, #staatsbibliothekberlin.
Episode 1 is dedicated to Lily Renée (1921–2022) Forced to flee Vienna in 1939 -in the 1940s known as a successful female #comicartist.
EXIL =collaboration between the Leo Baeck Institute NYC | Berlin #lbi and the @bpb.de #urbansketching
Meeting Urban Sketchers Vienna in the Naturhistorisches Museum, sketching together dinosaur skeletons and having a nice drink and chat afterwards. Thank you Vienna!
And thank you, Oliver Hoeller for being such a patient and entertaining guide to Vienna!
#Urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketchbook
And thank you, Oliver Hoeller for being such a patient and entertaining guide to Vienna!
#Urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketchbook
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Meeting Urban Sketchers Vienna in the Naturhistorisches Museum, sketching together dinosaur skeletons and having a nice drink and chat afterwards. Thank you Vienna!
And thank you, Oliver Hoeller for being such a patient and entertaining guide to Vienna!
#Urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketchbook
And thank you, Oliver Hoeller for being such a patient and entertaining guide to Vienna!
#Urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketchbook
East Germany 1986. In an old sketchbook, I discovered sketches from 1986 of a guided tour to VEB Schwarze Pumpe, GDR, organized by SEW Westberlin. It was quite a peculiar experience at the time. #urbansketching #ddr #schwarzepumpe
You can view it on my sketch blog: sketches.surrey.de/1986/11/17/v...
You can view it on my sketch blog: sketches.surrey.de/1986/11/17/v...
VEB Schwarze Pumpe, DDR 1986 – Detlef Surrey Skizzenblog
In einem alten Skizzenbuch entdeckt: 1986. Informationsreise mit der SEW Spandau zum DDR Kombinat VEB Schwarze Pumpe. Die westberliner Genossen...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
East Germany 1986. In an old sketchbook, I discovered sketches from 1986 of a guided tour to VEB Schwarze Pumpe, GDR, organized by SEW Westberlin. It was quite a peculiar experience at the time. #urbansketching #ddr #schwarzepumpe
You can view it on my sketch blog: sketches.surrey.de/1986/11/17/v...
You can view it on my sketch blog: sketches.surrey.de/1986/11/17/v...
Humboldt Forum Berlin
October sketching meetup of Urban Sketchers Berlin on Sunday at the Humboldt Forum, followed by chat and drawing at Café Lebenswelten. Very nice, as always. Thank you Eva Hoefflin for organizing!
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #sketchbook #drawingonlocation
October sketching meetup of Urban Sketchers Berlin on Sunday at the Humboldt Forum, followed by chat and drawing at Café Lebenswelten. Very nice, as always. Thank you Eva Hoefflin for organizing!
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #sketchbook #drawingonlocation
October 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Humboldt Forum Berlin
October sketching meetup of Urban Sketchers Berlin on Sunday at the Humboldt Forum, followed by chat and drawing at Café Lebenswelten. Very nice, as always. Thank you Eva Hoefflin for organizing!
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #sketchbook #drawingonlocation
October sketching meetup of Urban Sketchers Berlin on Sunday at the Humboldt Forum, followed by chat and drawing at Café Lebenswelten. Very nice, as always. Thank you Eva Hoefflin for organizing!
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #sketchbook #drawingonlocation
Every day, a lone barrel organ player sings in front of the Russian House in Berlin, Friedrichstraße , protesting against the war and Russian aggression against Ukraine.
#reportagedrawing #urbansketching #berlinusk #urbansketches #reportageillustration #standwithukraine
#reportagedrawing #urbansketching #berlinusk #urbansketches #reportageillustration #standwithukraine
September 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Every day, a lone barrel organ player sings in front of the Russian House in Berlin, Friedrichstraße , protesting against the war and Russian aggression against Ukraine.
#reportagedrawing #urbansketching #berlinusk #urbansketches #reportageillustration #standwithukraine
#reportagedrawing #urbansketching #berlinusk #urbansketches #reportageillustration #standwithukraine
The @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social on @urbansketchers.bsky.social founder Gabi Campanario @gabrielcampanario.com -> www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...
The Seattle sketcher who started a worldwide movement
A remarkable feat by this Seattle-area artist: His urban sketchers group went from 17 members in 2009 to 299,000 worldwide, in 514 cities and more than 70 countries.
www.seattletimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social on @urbansketchers.bsky.social founder Gabi Campanario @gabrielcampanario.com -> www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...
Rettet die Bäume am Tempelhofer Damm!
Kundgebung am 27. September 2025 um 12.30 Uhr, gegen die Fällung von knapp 200 Bäumen und den Verlust weiterer 100 Bäume am T-Damm durch Wurzelschädigungen während der Sanierungsphase 2027 bis ca. 2037. Es sollen nur etwa 28 Bäume übrig bleiben!
Kundgebung am 27. September 2025 um 12.30 Uhr, gegen die Fällung von knapp 200 Bäumen und den Verlust weiterer 100 Bäume am T-Damm durch Wurzelschädigungen während der Sanierungsphase 2027 bis ca. 2037. Es sollen nur etwa 28 Bäume übrig bleiben!
September 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Rettet die Bäume am Tempelhofer Damm!
Kundgebung am 27. September 2025 um 12.30 Uhr, gegen die Fällung von knapp 200 Bäumen und den Verlust weiterer 100 Bäume am T-Damm durch Wurzelschädigungen während der Sanierungsphase 2027 bis ca. 2037. Es sollen nur etwa 28 Bäume übrig bleiben!
Kundgebung am 27. September 2025 um 12.30 Uhr, gegen die Fällung von knapp 200 Bäumen und den Verlust weiterer 100 Bäume am T-Damm durch Wurzelschädigungen während der Sanierungsphase 2027 bis ca. 2037. Es sollen nur etwa 28 Bäume übrig bleiben!
Meeting with Gabi Campanario from Seattle, the founder of Urban Sketchers, (who vitited Berlin to participate in the Berlin Marathon) at Neptunbrunnen fountain. It was great to meet and sketch and talk together! ¡Hasta la próxima! :-).
#uskberlin #urbansketchers #urbansketching
#uskberlin #urbansketchers #urbansketching
September 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Meeting with Gabi Campanario from Seattle, the founder of Urban Sketchers, (who vitited Berlin to participate in the Berlin Marathon) at Neptunbrunnen fountain. It was great to meet and sketch and talk together! ¡Hasta la próxima! :-).
#uskberlin #urbansketchers #urbansketching
#uskberlin #urbansketchers #urbansketching
Sketching with Gabi Campanario (great to meet you in Berlin!) from Seattle. Neptunbrunnen fountain, with Marienkirche and Fernsehturm TV tower.
#uskberlin #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketchbook #sketchingonlocation

#uskberlin #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketchbook #sketchingonlocation

September 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Sketching with Gabi Campanario (great to meet you in Berlin!) from Seattle. Neptunbrunnen fountain, with Marienkirche and Fernsehturm TV tower.
#uskberlin #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketchbook #sketchingonlocation

#uskberlin #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketchbook #sketchingonlocation

Sketches from the Urban Sketchers Germany Meeting 2025 in Stuttgart.
View from the town hall onto the market square. Schlossplatz.
#uskstuttgart2025 #urbansketchers #uskstuttgart #urbansketching
View from the town hall onto the market square. Schlossplatz.
#uskstuttgart2025 #urbansketchers #uskstuttgart #urbansketching
September 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Sketches from the Urban Sketchers Germany Meeting 2025 in Stuttgart.
View from the town hall onto the market square. Schlossplatz.
#uskstuttgart2025 #urbansketchers #uskstuttgart #urbansketching
View from the town hall onto the market square. Schlossplatz.
#uskstuttgart2025 #urbansketchers #uskstuttgart #urbansketching
Sketches from the Urban Sketchers Germany Meeting 2025 in Stuttgart.
Opening and closing events with the exhibition at the Stadtpalais and drink & draw at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart.
It was superbly organized by the USK Stuttgart organizing team! :)
#uskstuttgart2025 #urbansketchers #urbansketching
Opening and closing events with the exhibition at the Stadtpalais and drink & draw at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart.
It was superbly organized by the USK Stuttgart organizing team! :)
#uskstuttgart2025 #urbansketchers #urbansketching
September 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Sketches from the Urban Sketchers Germany Meeting 2025 in Stuttgart.
Opening and closing events with the exhibition at the Stadtpalais and drink & draw at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart.
It was superbly organized by the USK Stuttgart organizing team! :)
#uskstuttgart2025 #urbansketchers #urbansketching
Opening and closing events with the exhibition at the Stadtpalais and drink & draw at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart.
It was superbly organized by the USK Stuttgart organizing team! :)
#uskstuttgart2025 #urbansketchers #urbansketching
Sketches from the Urban Sketchers Germany Meeting 2025 in Stuttgart. The "Palast der Republik" on Börsenplatz is an extremely lively place, where hundreds of guests gather every evening to chat and have a drink.
@uskstuttgart2025 @urbansketchers @uskstuttgart #urbansketching #uskdeutschlandtreffen
@uskstuttgart2025 @urbansketchers @uskstuttgart #urbansketching #uskdeutschlandtreffen
September 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Sketches from the Urban Sketchers Germany Meeting 2025 in Stuttgart. The "Palast der Republik" on Börsenplatz is an extremely lively place, where hundreds of guests gather every evening to chat and have a drink.
@uskstuttgart2025 @urbansketchers @uskstuttgart #urbansketching #uskdeutschlandtreffen
@uskstuttgart2025 @urbansketchers @uskstuttgart #urbansketching #uskdeutschlandtreffen
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Urban Sketching made the CBS Evening News! youtu.be/gmDF2hKpDnI?...
Urban sketching movement pops up around the world
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
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September 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Urban Sketching made the CBS Evening News! youtu.be/gmDF2hKpDnI?...
13th Urban Sketchers Symposium 2025 in Poznań.
Some of my sketches ...
#usksymposium #usk2025poznan #usksmposiumpoznan2025 #urbabsketchers #urbansketching #carnetdevoyage #sketchbook #skizzenbuch
Some of my sketches ...
#usksymposium #usk2025poznan #usksmposiumpoznan2025 #urbabsketchers #urbansketching #carnetdevoyage #sketchbook #skizzenbuch
September 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
13th Urban Sketchers Symposium 2025 in Poznań.
Some of my sketches ...
#usksymposium #usk2025poznan #usksmposiumpoznan2025 #urbabsketchers #urbansketching #carnetdevoyage #sketchbook #skizzenbuch
Some of my sketches ...
#usksymposium #usk2025poznan #usksmposiumpoznan2025 #urbabsketchers #urbansketching #carnetdevoyage #sketchbook #skizzenbuch
Humboldtforum Berlin, Festival "Durchlüften".
Saturday Jul, 9, Son Rompe Pera.
#usk #urbansketching #urbansketchers #uskberlin
Saturday Jul, 9, Son Rompe Pera.
#usk #urbansketching #urbansketchers #uskberlin
August 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Humboldtforum Berlin, Festival "Durchlüften".
Saturday Jul, 9, Son Rompe Pera.
#usk #urbansketching #urbansketchers #uskberlin
Saturday Jul, 9, Son Rompe Pera.
#usk #urbansketching #urbansketchers #uskberlin
Three days in Strasbourg on my way back from Urban Sketchers Lyon to Berlin. A very nice afternoon with Strasbourg sketchers Lolo Wagner and Nathyi Regner, who taught me how to say “cheers” in Alsatian: “S’gilt!” 🙂
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #travelsketch #sketchbook
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #travelsketch #sketchbook
June 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Three days in Strasbourg on my way back from Urban Sketchers Lyon to Berlin. A very nice afternoon with Strasbourg sketchers Lolo Wagner and Nathyi Regner, who taught me how to say “cheers” in Alsatian: “S’gilt!” 🙂
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #travelsketch #sketchbook
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #travelsketch #sketchbook
Some more sketches from 12e Rencontre Urban Sketchers France - Lyon 2025, June 7-9. Merci beaucoup, USK Lyon !!
#usklyon2025 #urbansketching #urbansketchers #sketchbook #carnetdevoyage #usklyon
#usklyon2025 #urbansketching #urbansketchers #sketchbook #carnetdevoyage #usklyon
June 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Some more sketches from 12e Rencontre Urban Sketchers France - Lyon 2025, June 7-9. Merci beaucoup, USK Lyon !!
#usklyon2025 #urbansketching #urbansketchers #sketchbook #carnetdevoyage #usklyon
#usklyon2025 #urbansketching #urbansketchers #sketchbook #carnetdevoyage #usklyon
12e Rencontre Urban Sketchers France, Lyon 2025
USK Lyon hosted the 12th USK France meeting 2025 in Lyon, June 7-9. 1000 sketchers captured their impressions the of the beautiful city. Merci Lyon, c'etait super !!
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #usklyon2025 #sketchbook #carnetdevoyage
USK Lyon hosted the 12th USK France meeting 2025 in Lyon, June 7-9. 1000 sketchers captured their impressions the of the beautiful city. Merci Lyon, c'etait super !!
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #usklyon2025 #sketchbook #carnetdevoyage
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
12e Rencontre Urban Sketchers France, Lyon 2025
USK Lyon hosted the 12th USK France meeting 2025 in Lyon, June 7-9. 1000 sketchers captured their impressions the of the beautiful city. Merci Lyon, c'etait super !!
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #usklyon2025 #sketchbook #carnetdevoyage
USK Lyon hosted the 12th USK France meeting 2025 in Lyon, June 7-9. 1000 sketchers captured their impressions the of the beautiful city. Merci Lyon, c'etait super !!
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #usklyon2025 #sketchbook #carnetdevoyage
Amsterdam sketches. On a short trip to Amsterdam I meet Haarlem sketcher and friend Anne Rose Oosterbaan to chat and draw together. Thank you for the great afternoon!
May 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Amsterdam sketches. On a short trip to Amsterdam I meet Haarlem sketcher and friend Anne Rose Oosterbaan to chat and draw together. Thank you for the great afternoon!
Skizzentage Weimar - A motivated group of sketchers from Weimar invited us again this year to sketch together, create, eat together, exchange ideas and explore Weimar!
May 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Skizzentage Weimar - A motivated group of sketchers from Weimar invited us again this year to sketch together, create, eat together, exchange ideas and explore Weimar!
Visiting an old friend in Wallersdorf, Germany. Enjoying an after work drink in his carpenter’s workshop. #urbansketch #urbansketching #sketchbook #onlocarion
April 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Visiting an old friend in Wallersdorf, Germany. Enjoying an after work drink in his carpenter’s workshop. #urbansketch #urbansketching #sketchbook #onlocarion
I will have the pleasure to be part of the 13th International USK Symposium in Poznań ! My Lecture: „The Wall Revisited – Search For Traces with my Sketchbook“ (LS 02)
It will take place on Saturday. August 23rd.
Hope to see you there! 🙂
It will take place on Saturday. August 23rd.
Hope to see you there! 🙂
March 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I will have the pleasure to be part of the 13th International USK Symposium in Poznań ! My Lecture: „The Wall Revisited – Search For Traces with my Sketchbook“ (LS 02)
It will take place on Saturday. August 23rd.
Hope to see you there! 🙂
It will take place on Saturday. August 23rd.
Hope to see you there! 🙂
Berlin, Brandenburger Tor, March 9, 2025.
Demonstration in support of Ukraine in the fight against the Russian war of aggression.
@campact #standwithukraine
Demonstration in support of Ukraine in the fight against the Russian war of aggression.
@campact #standwithukraine
March 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Berlin, Brandenburger Tor, March 9, 2025.
Demonstration in support of Ukraine in the fight against the Russian war of aggression.
@campact #standwithukraine
Demonstration in support of Ukraine in the fight against the Russian war of aggression.
@campact #standwithukraine
March 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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