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Stephanie Draws
@artventurer.bsky.social
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Urban Sketcher, Nurse, a few other professions
Interests from late Roman Republic, over great white sharks to mid-century modern homes
European, art supply addict, traveller close + far, interested in politics
USK Osna admin: hit me up to sketch OS + MS
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Naturagart, Ibbenbüren #ruralsketch of this lovely scene. First time using the small Hahnemühle cotton sketchbook.

#urbansketching #urbansketcher #zusammenzeichnen #watercolor #inkandwash #uskosna
Small watercolor sketch of a pavillon in a park with a lake in the foreground, held in front if the scene Fineliner Sketch of pavillon and greenery Sketchbook and palette
May 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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#softpastel #seascape of the Baltic Sea coast in #pastel on pastelmat
#pleinair #urbansketching #ruralsketching
Pastel painting of a pathway to the beach The painting on an easel during Plein Air session with the beach and ocean in bg The scene as a photo
May 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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#pleinair in #kühlungsborn, #Ostsee
#softpastel #pastell #urbansketching #ruralsketching #seascape #zusammenzeichnen #ostseepleinair #landscape
A pastel artwork of a wide sky with clouds and waves rolling onto the beach. The painting is lying in the sand on the painted beach Easel with pastel artwork of a wide sky with clouds and waves rolling onto the beach, seen in front of motive Easel and Chair with soft pastels at the beach, with Artwork on the easel.
May 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Mother with baby in stroller. I showed her the #sketch when they were leaving and she was nice enough to pose with the sketch of them. And took a photo of it herself
#urbansketching #urbansketcher #peoplesketching #zusammenzeichnen #usk #uskosna #watercolor
Mother with baby in stroller posing with the sketch of them Fineliner sketch of Mom and Baby in strollerat a playground, held in front of the scene Sketchbooks with urban sketches, watercolor palettes, brushes and coffee cup on a wooden table outside
April 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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April 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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#nationalsketchday in #enschede! Wonderful event by urbansketchers.nl More pics from event to follow

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The finished sketchbook page of Enschede Oude Market Sketch of Oude Market statue from Moeke cafe Jakobs church with markers, reduced palette Enschede market, "the Wall" (according to locals) with Jolly Jug and Pool Lounge Café and my sketch held in front
April 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Hey Daphny, did you have fun in Enschede too? I didn't see you there, but there were so many sketchers around.
April 21, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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More photos from location
My sketch The whole structure with my easel and sketch in front of it Sketchers sitting under and near the structure to draw Red brick side of arch with theater
April 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Münster, pseudo-classical structure on top of the 1st floor of the theater. It was a great day to #urbansketch and 1st time I used an easel. With #urbansketchersmünster
More pics in comments!

#urbansketching #watercolor #inkandwash #zusammenzeichnen
An easel with painting, palette, brush etc in front of a big pseudo-Roman 2-storey arch structure An ink and watercolor Sketch of the Roman arch with its shadow. Precise lines and loose coloring Me with the easel with sketch, palette, brush etc in front of the big pseudo-Roman 2-storey arch structure I sketched The fineliner sketch of the arch
April 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Done at our USk Osnabrück last #sketchwalk 40 minutes, Heger Tor, a Waterloo memorial

#urbansketching #urbansketcher #usk #uskosna #zusmenzeichnen #watercolor #aquarell #inkandwatercolor
A sketchbook with the Heger Tor motif in ink + watercolor held in front of the real thing Heger Tor in ink + watercolor
April 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Burg Hülshoff, home of poet Annette Droste-Hülshoff.

Not happy with #Hahnemühle Britannia: love how bright it is, but it was messy wet-on-wet. Had to change style after barely rescuing the water

#urbansketching #urbansketch #ruralsketching #watercolor #inkandwash #zusammenzeichnen #münsterland
March 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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#urbansketching meet-up of USk Osnabrück at the train station.
I challenged myself with a 30x40cm format pad.
Managed to mistakingly use watersoluble #ink for the lines instead of waterproof ink 😅 Need to mark that Fude. Thankfully the effect of smudging with #watercolor looked kind of interesting!
A large sketchpad with a watercolor + ink sketch of a historical train station in front of the real thing A large sketchpad with a watercolor + ink sketch of a historical train station with travellers and USk stamp Some members of USk Osnabrück and guests posing with their sketches
March 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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#surfing on the Hasewelle, an indoor wave at a sporting goods store in #osnabrück It was definitely challenging to catch + depict the rapid movements!
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #watercolor #lineandwash
Sketchbook page with various surfers shown Sketchbook with surfing sketches held in front of a young surfer on an indoor wave
March 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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She was sitting on the upper guest book and I pulled it out from under her so I could photograph her with her own portrait. She didn't go away, but clearly didn't approve.
She forgave me though
February 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Cat Café visit! This lady was inspecting her own portrait and that of a #cat colleague I sketched in the cafés guest book

#urbansketching #urbansketchers #catportrait #zusammenzeichnen #watercolor #inkandwash
A tiger cat sitting on a desk on 2 open sketchbooks with her own portrait + that of a fellow cat. Next to her are various drawing materials
February 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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The other page from Museum Industriekultur
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #watercolor #inkandwash #zusamnenzeichnen
Square sketchbook page with 3 different industrial motives from mining and transport Fineliner sketch of a historical wagon used for mining, held in front of the real thing Sketch of a giant wheel pump used in mining in front of the machine Sketch of giant rusted pipes in a mine with the pipes and tunnel seen beyond
February 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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With USK Osnabrück at Museum Industriekultur: a trip through regional mining + 19th century industrial revolution.
The 25x25cm #sketchbook is my biggest size, so this double page was a challenge! Advertised as a #watercolor book, the paper isn't well-suited for it 😬
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A large sketchbook double-page showing the ink and watercolor urban sketching motive described in the other photo of an industrial museum Sketchbook held in front of a large multi-storey room in the industrial museum, with exhibits, beams and a broken through 2 storey high, eyposed brick entrance to the next room The full sketchbook page photographed from above
February 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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I'm Stephanie and I sketch with USK Osnabrück in Northwestern Germany where I'm an admin - and of course whereever I happen to be!
Watercolor and acrylic sketchbook scene of church, castle and Christmas market in Braunschweig Sketchbook page with inked outline of Christmas market and church, held in front of the scene
January 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Foot path into the city from Neuchâtel castel down. The weather changed drastically a few times a day: I'd start sketching in sunshine, then came a rainstorm or lightning or heavy winds. Apparently normal at the lake.
#urbansketching #urbansketch #watercolor #inkandwash #sketchbook #zusammenzeichnen
A square watercolor page depicting a narrow cobble path between castle walls and old town homes down into the city, with a lantern hanging above. The golden stamp of the USK Suisse Symposium is in the lower right corner Narrow cobble stairs leading down from the Neuchâtel castel into the town, with a lantern hanging above the footpath. The sky is stormy.
January 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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There were like 150 sketchers sitting and sketching at that tiny harbor, it was great!
January 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Sunset at the Harbor, Drink & Draw
Throwback to #USK Suisse Symposium in #Neuchâtel this summer. I was terrified to add the water!

I kinda lost track bc I had 4 #sketchbook in use during those few days.
#urbansketching #urbansketchers #watercolor #inkandwash #aquarell
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January 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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The scene from the sketch above photographed Sketchbook with ink outline sketch held in front of the scene
January 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Last of the Christmas market #urbansketching, this one is #mixedmedia: #acrylic #marker, #ink and #watercolor I had a very very clear, bright sketch in mind - in hommage to the cold-sunny winter vibe - when I started and it came out like I wanted.

Scene and ink sketch in comment below!
A square sketchbook page showing church and castle with a christmas pyramid structure with windmills wings in front of a bright blue sky
January 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Don't worry, it's not a requirement! 😉 I'm also not a meal-sketcher. Best I manage is the odd drink.

(Btw: If they just do the food without its surroundings it's technically not even an urban sketch, even when done live on site)
January 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Christmas market in Osnabrück, Germany. I held it back bc it was a bitter-sweet motive due to terrorist attacks on this beloved feature of German winters last month.

#urbansketching #watercolor #aquarell #inkandwash
A sketchbook page depicting a Christmas market with caroussel, tree and stands in a sunny winter morning in front of colorful historic houses from the 17th century
January 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM