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Great outing to the American Sign Museum today! The weather allowed us to sketch inside and out. #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching

The Throwdown, a collection of sketchbooks showing sketches of the Sign Museum in a variety of media. Pencil, ink, watercolor, marker, and colored pencil are all represented here.

The sketchers outside the Cincinnati Sign Garden. More than two dozen artists attended the outing today.

A close up of the sketchers and some of the signs from the Garden, including IGA, Spanky’s, Whirlpool, Frisch’s, Lenhardt’s, and Slush Puppy.

November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM

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November’s schedule is live! Come join us with sketching materials in hand. #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching

November sketch events for Urban Sketchers Cincinnati.

November 6, 10 am. Urbean Sketchers at The Fix.

November 15, 10 am. Third Saturday sketch out at Voice Of America.

November 20, 5:30 pm. BoUrban Sketchers at MPH Brewing.

November 28, 10 am. Special 4th Friday at Krohn Conservatory.

October 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM

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Beautiful sketching day at the Cincinnati Zoo for our regular outing. Nice work everyone, and great to see you there! #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching #cincinnatizoo

A collection of seven sketchbooks showing various facets of the Cincinnati Zoo. Tigers, elephants, and Halloween decorations were featured this month.

The proud sketchers pose with their sketchbooks. Seven made it to the Throwdown, but one had to leave early and her sketch was gorgeous too!

October 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM

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In addition to the official outing to USS Nightmare in Covington, there was an impromptu outing to the No Kings Rally in Smale Park. #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching #nokings

Three sketches of the No Kings demonstration in Cincinnati.

October 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM

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Impromptu sketch outing to Cincinnati’s Public Landing for the River Roots Festival! #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching

Sketches of the festival by Cincinnati Urban Sketchers included sketches in ink, graphite, and watercolor.

Six hardy sketchers braved the traffic, parking, and festival crowds to gather on the Purple People Bridge for a view of the riverboats at the Public Landing.

Cincinnati’s own Belle of Cincinnati and River Queen were front and center, with nearly a dozen other boats keeping them company.

October 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM

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October's Events are here, filled with spooky sketching! As usual, check events for details here or on the blog: uskcincinnati.blogspot.com

A list of sketch outings for the month of October.

September 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM

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Four die-hard sketchers turned up on a beautiful morning, braving strollers and small children, to sketch at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens. #urbansketchers #urbansketching

The four intrepid sketchbooks! The top book shows pencil studies of gorillas and painted dogs; the middle book shows a panorama of the zoo entrance; bottom left features several bird sketches; bottom right is an ink sketch of red pandas in their enclosure

September 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM

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If it's Friday, it must be the zoo! Join us September 26, 9am, at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanic Gardens, 3400 Vine St. Bring your favorite art supplies and sketch your favorite animals!
#urbansketchers #urbansketching

A watercolor sketch of a pair of bald eagles. In one corner is a stamp reading "Zoo Fridays--Urban Sketchers Cincinnati"

September 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM

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Excellent outing to the Heart of Northside today! Great work, everyone, and thanks for coming! #urbansketching #urbansketchers

Heart of Northside is headquartered in this 19th century church. Their mission is to improve the dietary opportunities and habits of the community, resulting in better cardiac health. The building is used as a community centerpiece, hosting concerts, meetings, and events as well.

The Throwdown. Twenty or more sketchbooks of all sizes depict the Heart of Northside, inside, outside and the surrounding area. Artists used all manner of media including ink, pencil, watercolor, and marker.

More than 20 sketchers posed on the church steps to show off their sketchbooks, including one hammy photographer.

September 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM

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September 12, 10 am: join us to sketch at the Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton! Admission and parking is free, but it’s about an hour from Cincinnati so leave plenty of time. #urbansketching #urbansketcher

A helicopter and sketch at the Museum of the US Air Force.

September 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM

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Is it September already? Then here's the outings scheduled for the month! #urbansketchers #urbansketching

A list of the Cincinnati sketch outings for the month of September. Check each outing for details on the blog: https://uskcincinnati.blogspot.com/

September 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM

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A perfect day for sketching at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanic Gardens! Thanks for coming, everyone, and great work! #urbansketching #urbansketchers

A collection of sketches from the outing to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanic Gardens. Sketchers used a variety of media, including ink, pencil, watercolor, and more. Some chose to sketch animals, such as tigers, elephants, zebras, giraffes, hornbills and kangaroos; others chose to render sketches of buildings or scenes around the zoo.

The proud group of sketchers, showing off their books.

August 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM

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Many thanks to Cincinnati Public Radio and Selena Raeder for allowing us to sketch in their beautiful (air conditioned) building! Nice job, everybody! #urbansketchers #urbansketching

The Urban Sketchers Cincinnati group turned out in large numbers today, including new and experienced sketchers.

The Throwdown, a collection of the sketches done on site today. Media included pencil, ink, watercolor, and marker. Several sketchers chose to render the lobby, while others liked the wall display of a waveform of broadcaster Tana Weingartner's voice.

August 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM

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Third Saturday Sketch Outing: Cincinnati Public Radio HQ.
Join us at 10am, Saturday August 16, at 2117 Dana Ave. to sketch the beautiful new broadcast facility...indoors or out! Throwdown at 11:45. Parking on street, or across from the building. See you there!
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The headquarters of Cincinnati Public Radio, where we will hold our August Third Saturday Sketch Outing.

August 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM

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Thanks to Kyle Stauber for this handy guide to the open events of the Ohio Regional Urban Sketchers Summit! All of these events are open for anyone to attend; Saturday's main events are sold out. Please come and sketch with us! #urbansketching #urbansketchers

A list of open events for the Ohio Regional Urban Sketchers Summit in Cincinnati.

August 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM

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So much fun planned for August, including the Ohio Regional USK Summit! Come on out and join us. It's free to attend and free of judgement! #urbansketching #urbansketchers

A list of the August Sketch Events.
August 7, 10 am: Urbean Sketchers at Sidewinder Coffee.
August 8-10: Ohio Regional USK Summit. Check website for details.
August 16, 10am: Third Saturday Sketch Out at WVXU Headquarters.
August 21, 5:30pm: BoUrban Sketchers at Blind Lemon.
August 29, 9am: Zoo Friday at the Cincinnati Zoo.

More details on each event as it approaches, or check uskcincinnati.blogspot.com for more information.

July 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM

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Today’s outing to Glendale was a huge success, with gorgeous works created by our crew. Great work, everybody! #urbansketching #urbansketchers

The Throwdown from today’s Glendale OH sketch outing. Sketchers used markers, pencil, ink, watercolor and more to create their art.

The Urban Sketchers Cincinnati turned out in force to sketch the beautiful village of Glendale Ohio.

Just a few of the many sketchers scattered through the town square.

July 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM

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Third Saturday Sketch Outing: Glendale town square, 10am July 19! Throwdown at 11:45. Join us and sketch the amazing architecture of Glendale. #urbansketching

Glendale Town Square. Meet us there Saturday, July 19 at 10am for our Third Saturday Sketch Outing!

July 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM

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Third Saturday Sketch Outing: Glendale town square, 10am July 19! Throwdown at 11:45. Join us and sketch the amazing architecture of Glendale. #urbansketching

July 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM

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Urban Sketching talk at the Reading Branch Library, July 8 at 6:30 pm. Jeb Brack, one of our group admins, will talk about the history of Urban Sketching, what it means, and how to do it. Please join us and bring your sketchbook to share!
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