Day 2 at the Urban Sketchers Symposium was off to an early morning start with a panel discussion with instructors from the previous day's workshops.
![9am Panel discussion, CCCB](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2879/9270378539_9bd3a4f85c_o.jpg)
Eduardo Bajzek's 10am workshop was an eyeopener. Eduardo uses markers in such a painterly fashion. His two mantras are: 'Large to Small' and 'Mass not Line'.
![Notes from the workshop 'Straight to Masses' by Eduardo Bajzek](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5479/9270378615_2d001b49ed_o.jpg)
Lynne Chapman's 'Sketches that Sing' workshop dealt with the use of color in non traditional ways, and with mark making.
![Lynne-Composite](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2858/9273293262_07fb4cacfc_o.jpg)
Choni Naudin lead the Bookbinding demo at Sant Lluc. What a gorgeous setting it is for a workshop!
![Inside Sant Lluc, Barcelona. Bookbinding demo](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5464/9273166154_85e5983c34_o.jpg)
Norberto's 'Dynamic Ink' workshop was all about using non-waterproof ink in sketching. It was so liberating to draw and then see the water make some of the lines disappear. I did a quick little sketch before heading out to the next workshop.
![Norberto Composite](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7378/9270585491_ebe32a5d1c_o.jpg)
I just HAD to run over and catch an hour at Jim Richards' 'Life between Buildings: Capturing the Energy' workshop. What's not to love in a workshop that encourages you to draw the crowds. Have you ever drawn a crowd of people and noticed they look like layers of people floating around a page? Here's a little tip from Jim that I will never forget: however many people you have in a scene, all of their eye level, whether they're close or far from you, is at the horizon. We sketched the crowd at the Placa Catalunya: the tourists, the little kids, the balloon sellers and the pigeons.
![Placa Catalunya, Barcelona](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2814/9270378325_6095b85c49_o.jpg)
And a sketch in the early evening. The Sant Pere Nolasc church near CCCB, Barcelona. It's Friday and the crowds are already gathering at every bar and cafe.
![Sant Pere Nolasc church near CCCB, Barcelona](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3695/9273165670_b6a041fc7b_o.jpg)
If you're wondering why these posts go up in the wee hours of the morning, imagine this: 23 Urban Sketchers at one table. A dinner that arrived with long pauses between courses. Almost everyone at the table was sketching.
![Dinner, Day 2 of Usk, Barcelona](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3829/9270645451_688a99b9ca_o.jpg)
Day 3 of the symposium coming up tomorrow. Can't get enough of Usk Barcelona? Go to the Usk Barcelona flickr group to see lots more from Barcelona.
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