{"id":7095,"date":"2022-05-05T11:11:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T11:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/?p=7095"},"modified":"2022-05-05T11:22:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T11:22:28","slug":"sketching-new-brunswick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/sketching-new-brunswick\/","title":{"rendered":"Stressbusters 2022: Sketching New Brunswick"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7097\" style=\"width: 283px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_1965.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7097 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_1965-283x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_1965-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_1965-965x1024.jpg 965w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_1965-768x815.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_1965.jpg 1118w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Self Portrait by Art Librarian Megan Lotts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Finals coming? Stressed out? Try grabbing a pencil as your next distraction tool. You can&#8217;t draw? Oh well, these are actually sketches, meant to give you a short mental break (just like reading). The point is to do something completely different which is engaging, creative, and enjoyable. Then, if the outcome is decent, you never know\u2013\u2013your mom may put it up on the fridge, just like she did many years ago.<\/p>\n<p>As the participants of several Urban Sketching workshops can attest, after only a couple of minutes of sketching, you will notice a lot more details\u2013\u2013all the nuances and colors around you that you might have missed without this activity. Immersing fully in something creative, whether drawing or writing, is the best way to discover new perspectives, or to discover perspectives to begin with.<\/p>\n<h4>Stressbuster Galleries: Urban Sketching New Brunswick<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/new-brunswick-town\">New Brunswick in Sketches: The Town<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/new-brunswick-campus\">New Brunswick in Sketches: The Campus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/Lotts-Nov-2021-out-the-window.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7100 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/Lotts-Nov-2021-out-the-window-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/Lotts-Nov-2021-out-the-window-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/Lotts-Nov-2021-out-the-window-768x940.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/Lotts-Nov-2021-out-the-window.jpg 837w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a>What is <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/urban-sketching-runb\/\">Urban Sketching<\/a>?<\/h4>\n<p>It&#8217;s a movement created in 2007 by Seattle journalist and illustrator, Gabrile Campanario, encouraging drawing spaces and places on location, rather than drawing from photographs.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is simple: sketch what you see, in- or outdoors, and share it online. It&#8217;s diverse and inclusive, bringing together an international group of people who \u201cshow their world one drawing at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The best part: you don\u2019t need to be an artist, an expert, or someone who draws all the time!<\/p>\n<p>Using the hashtag <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> #Rutgersurbansketching<\/span>, it is now a tradition at Rutgers to dedicate the month of November to walking around on campus and sketching, with or without <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/grab-a-pencil-urban-sketching-is-back\/\">weekly prompts<\/a> or instructions. Urban Sketching workshops are open to anyone who wants to try it. As previously stated,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>The Rutgers Urban Sketching project encouraged the Rutgers-New Brunswick campuses to think about life in new ways during a stressful time. During the pandemic, people are in need of activities, like urban sketching, to help them connect, share, and escape their everyday lives. Sketching scenes from daily life elevated seemingly mundane moments, allowing us to see our own world from a different perspective. Urban sketching also relieves stress, hones observational and analytical skills, and forces us to take a moment to stop and \u201cdraw the roses.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>More on Urban Sketching<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out some artwork created during Urban Sketching 2021 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.rutgers.edu\/urbansketching\/home\">online exhibit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Urban sketching in the scholarly literature: <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.rutgers.edu\/urbansketching\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a collection of resources from Rutgers University Libraries<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.rutgers.edu\/urbansketching\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at the Urban Sketching project guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>More Stressbusters<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/category\/stressbusters\/\">All Stressbuster posts<\/a> by Books We Read<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/gallery\/\">All Galleries<\/a> by Books We Read<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_2055.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7099 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_2055-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_2055-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_2055-1024x922.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_2055-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_2055-1536x1382.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_2055.jpg 2040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/Megan-Lotts-office-2021-scaled.jpg\">\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7101 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/Megan-Lotts-office-2021-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/Megan-Lotts-office-2021-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/Megan-Lotts-office-2021-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/Megan-Lotts-office-2021-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/Megan-Lotts-office-2021-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/Megan-Lotts-office-2021-2048x1463.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finals coming? Stressed out? Try grabbing a pencil as your next distraction tool. You can&#8217;t draw? Oh well, these are actually sketches, meant to give you a short mental break &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/sketching-new-brunswick\/\" class=\"\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stressbusters","category-urban-sketching"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stressbusters 2022: Sketching New Brunswick - Books We Read<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/sketching-new-brunswick\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stressbusters 2022: Sketching New Brunswick - Books We Read\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Finals coming? 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