#Time2Sketch 2024
Event date:
12 September 2024
12:00 - 13:00
About
#Time2Sketch is a national drawing competition designed to give participants a creative break and support the architectural community. Participants will have one hour to draw around a set theme, which will be announced at 12pm on Thursday, September 12th, 2024.
The competition entries will be judged, and prizes will be awarded to the top three most imaginative and creative sketches. Selected sketches will also be featured in the iconic #Time2Sketch colouring book, designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
To make things more interesting and fun, you can participate individually or as part of a team with your colleagues!
Why Participate?
#Time2Sketch encourages practices and organisations to create a space for participants to come together and sketch. Sketching is a powerful tool for lowering stress levels and promoting relaxation. This “feel good fun” activity is not only beneficial for wellbeing, but also plays a fundamental role in raising funds for ABS.
Supporting ABS through fundraising and donations is essential for us to keep offering critical assistance. Your generosity helps individuals rebuild their lives during times of redundancy, financial difficulties, health issues, or other crises. Become part of our amazing community of fundraisers and make a positive impact today.
How to Enter
Sign Up: Register for an individual or team ticket.
Receive the Theme: On Thursday, September 12th at 12pm, participants will receive an email with this year’s theme.
Create Your Sketch: You have one hour to sketch your response to the theme. Remember, submissions could be included in our colouring book! All sketches must be black and white, and digital sketches are accepted.
Submit Your Entry: Email your sketch to events@absnet.org.uk by 1:00pm. Please include your registered name in the file name.
Judging and Prizes: Our panel of judges will select the top three sketches, and winners will be contacted within two weeks.
Share Your Work
We’d love to see your sketches! Share your work on Instagram, LinkedIn, or X using the hashtag #Time2Sketch2024 and tag @ArchBenSoc. Show us how you, your practice, or your organisation is getting involved!
Join us for #Time2Sketch and experience the joy of drawing while supporting a great cause. Ready, set, sketch!
Sign Up Today!Meet the Judges
We are thrilled to introduce the esteemed panel of judges for this year’s competition. They bring a wealth of experience and a keen eye for creativity and innovation in the architectural and artistic realms. Each judge has a unique perspective and a deep appreciation for the art of sketching, ensuring that every submission will be thoughtfully evaluated. Their combined expertise will help us identify the most imaginative and creative sketches, awarding prizes to the top three entries. Get ready to impress these incredible judges with your artistic talent!
Carolin Göhler is a Chartered Landscape Architect and horticulturalist with extensive work experience especially in the public and third sectors in the UK and overseas. Work specialisms include horticulture; design and implementation of gardens, urban, natural and heritage landscapes; charity and land management. She is also the President Elect of the Landscape Institute.
A strong advocate for the importance of sustainable and quality landscapes as they are essential for health and wellbeing benefitting all – people and nature. Carolin will be looking for a good interpretation of a theme, composition, style, colour and humour where relevant!
Eddie Weir is the current President of the Architects Benevolent Society and the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT), serving his second term. He is also Vice-Chair of the Northern Ireland Construction Professionals Council and a board member of the NI Construction Group. A Chartered Architectural Technologist with a first-class degree from Ulster University, Eddie is the founder of Architectural Design Partnership.
“I’m delighted to judge this year’s #Time2Sketch competition. As a judge… I will be looking for those pieces of work that will inspire the emotional responses that we have for art. I look forward to seeing creativity and different interpretations of the theme. This is such a special event and so close to all of our hearts. I make no secret the fact that I truly admire and am “in awe” of the amazing work that the Society does for our Architectural Family and for me it is lovely to be part of such an incredible organization”.
Marc Cairns (he/him) is Managing Director of New Practice, a women and LGBTQIA+ architecture firm in Glasgow and London. New Practice leads in embedding social value through community engagement, retrofit, and spaces for community. Marc advocates for social and environmental sustainability, and represents New Practice at industry events. He is also a founding member of Open Plan Scotland and a director of Many Studios.
Marc does not look for precise articulation of architectural form, but an insight into the personality and thinking of the person drawing in that particular moment in time.
Judge, #Time2Sketch originator, and Architectural Technician, David Gilhooley holds the World Record for Sketch Portraits, won Channel 5’s ‘Watercolour Challenge’ Yorkshire Region and is Head Judge for Yorks Society of Architects Denis Mason Jones Award for Architectural Sketching.
David will look for good composition, detail and rendering in your entries.
