Urban Sketching

Join Julie Ourceau to learn more about the history of Exhibition Place and the range of architecture styles featured on site, while developing your observational and urban sketching skills. Each workshop session will focus on a different architectural style, featuring a specific building and its surroundings.

• These workshops are open to all abilities and skill levels.
• Sketchers can choose their individual drawing media (pencil, charcoal, markers, watercolour, etc.).
• Basic supplies will be provided , but participants are encouraged to bring their own supplies. Suggested sketching materials include: a sketchpad, graphite pencil (HB or RB), pencil sharpener, ruler or set square, stool or other portable seating, and a camera or phone (for reference images).
• For questions, please contact community@explace.on.ca.
• Each workshop is approximately two hours long and participants are asked to meet at the entrance to Heritage Court, (19 Nunavut Rd.).
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• Proceeds from these workshops will be donated to our neighbour, CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health).

Julie Ourceau has studied architecture and landscape architecture in Toronto and Paris and is both a passionate environmentalist and educator. She has a keen interest in ecological restoration and social engagement in public spaces, which she combines with extensive experience in developing technical drawings, graphic maps, photorealistic renderings, collages, and hand sketching techniques. She enjoys sharing her skills through local sketching workshops, merging her enthusiasm for architecture, landscape, teaching, and people.