USK Workshop with Brindarica RoseNovember/December 2026 (Zürich, Switzerland)About the workshop:Ferrari on Paper introduces a fast, spontaneous approach to urban sketching, focusing on drawing directly from observation with confidence and clarity. The session explores how speed, intention, and simplicity can transform everyday moments into lively sketches.Participants will complete four rapid observational sketches and two small watercolour studies within the 3.5‑hour session. Although the pace is energetic, this format has been successfully delivered by Brinda at the Swiss USK Symposiums in 2021, 2022, and 2024, consistently receiving highly positive feedback. The structure is designed to support sketchers who wish to develop quicker decision‑making, stronger visual prioritisation, and efficient watercolour techniques.This workshop is shaped by the realities of sketching with limited time — capturing scenes between commitments, during short pauses in daily life, or in those unexpected pockets of waiting. It offers strategies for making the most of 10–15 minutes on a commute, a brief moment in a waiting room, or the gap before collecting a child from an activity.Participants will learn how to work with speed, intention, and clarity, becoming more agile and confident when sketching on the go — a true “Ferrari on paper.”Learning GoalsHow to find focal points and draw with 4 speed sketches in 4 directionsHow to work with a charcoal pencil to accentuate a view point.Paint fast with two complimentary colours in big shapes.Loosen up, and see the beauty in your ‘half-finished’ sketches.Timetable3.5 hours of instruction on either date:28th November or 5th December 2026; 14.00-17.30hrs at Zurich BahnhofWorkshop Part 1: A5 papers with pencilHow to find focal points and draw with 4 speed sketches in 4 directions.How to work with a charcoal pencil or 6B to accentuate a view point.Paint fast with two complimentary colours in big shapes.Loosen up, and see the beauty in your ‘half-finished’ sketches. Workshop Part 2: A4 paper or your USK diary with watercolours or brushpensWith loose watercolours, and strategic use of ‘paper-whites’, you will colour big shapes with warm and cold colours.With a busy place like Zurich Bahnhof, with movement, colours, people, stalls, and the Christmas market, you will find enough subjects, learn to skim through them, filter out one subject with which you connect the most.Workshop FeePer participant: 90 CHF;Participants can book through Eventbrite:November: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/urbansketching-with-brinda-in-zurich-bahnhof-tickets-2003071813716?aff=28NovUSKZHDecember:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/copy-of-urbansketching-with-brinda-in-zurich-bahnhof-tickets-2003073422528?aff=oddtdtcreatorCancellation:Cancellation is free up to 5 days in advance.LanguageThe workshop will be held in English/German.Suggested Materials:Pencils (4B, 6B)Watercolours and brushesWatercolour paper or sketching diary.A comfortable sitting stool, and weather appropriate clothing.Register hereRegister hereAbout the InstructorBrinda is a passionate urban sketcher and a watercolourist from Switzerland, born in India, she has sketched in the snow, sea and sand. As a working mother, she also has less free time, hence utilise every opportunity she gets to sketch on the go, like a Ferrari on paper. She mostly uses pencils, watercolours and charcoal pencils. As an urbansketching instructor in three Swiss Sketching Symposiums 2021, ‘22 and ‘24, and as an art teacher for adults, with more than 10 years of experience, she loves to share her experience with students, and help them with challenges, and keep them motivated. She travels a lot too. In 2024, she sketched with the USk groups from Wales in UK, and Scotland, then in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and also with the USk group in San Jose, Costa Rica. She is also one of the co-founders of Aargau Urban Sketchers Group in Switzerland. Any queries: Please contact Brindarica Bose: brindarica@gmail.com; View her work on @artistbrinda and website www.brindarica.artThe post USk Workshop – Ferrari on Paper appeared first on Urban Sketchers.