James Richards, USA

James Richards is a national award-winning urban designer, artist, writer and professor teaching design and drawing at the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington.  He is the author of the book Freehand Drawing and Discovery:  Urban Sketching and Concept Drawing for Designers, published by John Wiley & Sons, and his works have been featured in design publications, group and solo exhibitions internationally.  His most recent exhibition, “Hemingway’s Cuba,” was shown in Hemingway’s home during the 2015 Havana Art Biennial. He is a correspondent for USk’s international blog, and founded Urban Sketchers Texas.  Jim travels globally promoting the “Freehand Renaissance” through sketching workshops and conference speaking; he has drawn great urban places in over 40 countries around the world.

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Workshop F: Capturing Singapore’s Lively Urban Spaces

Location: Bugis Junction

Workshop description

Singapore’s public spaces—its squares, streets, plazas, and parks—teem with the energy of the city’s rich public life. Capturing the scene in a way that conveys that energy is a challenge, but can result in exciting compositions that are “truer than literal truth.” The focus of this workshop is the public realm that acts as the connective tissue between buildings, where the life of great cities takes place. Here, architecture acts as the backdrop of a stage set, and the “players” in the space—people in motion, vehicles, street furnishings, trees, birds—act in concert to bring life and energy to the scene. We’ll explore a step-by-step approach to capturing this urban exuberance and Singapore’s unique “personality of place.”

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For more information about the Symposium, including schedule and registration information, please visit the Symposium site.