#Time2Sketch 2022

Thank you to everyone who took part in #Time2Sketch 2022. Together with your help and our amazing sponsors the event raised £5,167 towards our cost of living crisis appeal.

Congratulations to our winners:

1st place: John Warburton – Bouys House Staithe
2nd place: Ceri Davies – Inside Outside
3rd place: Alvaro Valdivia a l’Onions – The Joy of Pompidou

Each and every submission was truly spectacular and our judges had a difficult time. Prizes kindly donated by Green & Stone of Chelsea.

About #Time2Sketch

Participants have an hour to draw around a set theme released on the day. The top three most imaginative and creative works are selected by a fantastic panel of judges – this year LionHeart, Amy Francis-Smith and David Gilhooley – and prizes are awarded. A selection of sketches are also chosen to feature in our celebrated #Time2Sketch colouring book.

Colouring Books

The #Time2Sketch 2022 colouring books have landed! We are absolutely delighted to say you can now order #Time2Sketch colouring books direct from us.

This year’s colouring books have been kindly designed and printed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris- and they are looking fabulous! 20+ sketches for you to colour in, with ruled lines, squares and dots to cater to your every thought. The perfect desk decoration for the New Year, our colouring books are great no matter your age, bringing a little bit of fun to your working day – and fundraising for those in need in the architectural community.

You can buy yours now by clicking here.

Details

The theme will be released on the day at 11:55am through email, our social channels and our website. Submissions will be through email communications@absnet.org.uk with entries accepted until 1:30pm.
This year, we will be accepting digital sketches
Submissions should be in black & white – no colour
We’d love for you to share your work with us on Instagram or Twitter and to see how you, your practice or organisation has taken part! Use #Time2Sketch2022 and tag @ArchBenSoc.

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Mental Health & Wellbeing

#Time2Sketch is intended as a wellbeing event to ensure participants can step away from their desks for an hour. We encourage practices and organisations to create the space for participants to come together and sketch together. Sketching can be a powerful tool to lower stress levels and promote mental relaxation.

Cost of Living Crisis Appeal

This year, all proceeds raised will go directly to our Cost of Living Crisis Appeal to help those in need within the architectural community. The rise in energy bills, food costs and inflation has resulted in more people struggling than before, through no fault of their own. We’re doing everything we can to ensure people receive essential support, but we need your help.

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Introducing the judges

This year’s competition judges are: LionHeart, Amy Francis-Smith and David Gilhooley.

LionHeart
LionHeart is an Award Winning Poet, BBC Radio London Presenter, and an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for his contribution to architecture. Named one of the first Associate Artists of The Royal Albert Hall in over 150 years.

I’m really excited to see the imagination, and creative courage of these sketches! Things that make me go WOWWWW or Oooooo are always a win in my eyes, so give it your best!

Amy Francis-Smith
Amy Francis-Smith is a multi-award winning Disabled Architect, Inclusive Designer and Consultant on accessible architecture, Project Lead at Pinnegar Hayward Design and the outgoing Vice-President of the Birmingham Architectural Association. As an ambassador for ABS, Amy helped form a fundraising partnership with the BAA and continues to champion their great work, having benefited personally herself from their support.

#Time2Sketch is the perfect chance to get back into being creative for creativity’s sake! I’m more interested in passion and energy than technical craft, so that blows the competition wide open!

David Gilhooley
Judge, #Time2Sketch designer and Senior Technician David Gilhooley holds the World Record for Sketch Portraits, recently won Channel 5’s ‘Watercolour Challenge’ Yorkshire Region and is a Judge for the Denis Mason Jones Award for Architectural Sketching, having won it several times. David will be looking for skill, line quality and an eye for detail in your entries.