The idea of SketchCrawl is that of a global drawing marathon: taking a day to journal and draw all that is around you. So far 85 cities including St. Louis have been listed on the SketchCrawl forum where sketchbook artists can confirm their participation. The St. Louis Drawing & Painting Meetup Group also has it listed on its calendar. But there is no need to sign up just show up with your sketchbook. Stay as long or as little as you like. The schedule is roughly as follows:
All sketchbook artists are welcome to meet up at 9 am at Citygarden downtown at the corner of Market & 8th to embark on our day. At 11am we will move to the artist-friendly Cafe Cioccolato at 816 Olive for a midday progress check, photos, coffee and of course some of their wonderful chocolates. At noon we'll take the eastbound Metro from the 8th & Pine stop to the 5th & Missouri station on the east end of the Eads Bridge on the Illinois side of the river. We will walk across the Eads pedestrian deck back to the Missouri side as a group. The views of the city, the Mississippi and the Gateway Arch are unobstructed, dramatic and very sketch-worthy. Artists will finish the day at a location and time to be determined, probably someplace on Washington around 4pm, to view all the sketches everyone has completed, take more photos, libations perhaps, etc. Sketchcrawl is free of course but artists will need cash for their own food & drink as well as fares for the Metro($2.25).
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