HOT AIR BALLOON FESTIVALS

Up...UP and AWAY!

Join Virtual New York City Urban Sketchers today in a wild hot air balloon ride.

Let your imagination take flight as we sail the air virtually in yet another magical sketching voyage buoyed by the hot air balloon rides around the USA and WORLD. Visit familiar and exotic landscapes as you soar through the clouds up...UP and away. Hot air balloon rides are one of the most amazing and thrilling experiences known to human, from the  majestic views to the adrenaline rush of being launched up into the sky to the unique experience of being floated unto the heavens on brightly colored fire-lit globes.

Air ballooning is a popular excursion around the world particularly in areas known for unique and beautiful landscapes like Cappadocia, Namibia Desert, Serengeti, Bagan, Yangshuo, and Jaipur. Yet, you can also find balloon rides locally like this weekend in Reading, New Jersey or like The Great American Hot Air Balloon Festival in Fredericksburg, Texas. Let's not forget the most famous one in America: The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.  

What ever your destination may be for today's sketching event, be sure to sketch the majestic panorama of landscapes juxtaposed against the floating colorful creations in the sky.

VIDEOS
video intro: Hot Air Balloon History
The World's Largest Hot Air Balloon Fiesta
Flight over Bagan, Myanmar
Hot Balloon Rides Over Beautiful Place

HISTORY
The History of Hot Air Ballooning

AROUND THE WORLD
17 Best Hot Air Balloon Rides in the World
Incredible Balloon Rides Around the World
The 7 most amazing places to go hot-air ballooning

AROUND THE USA
Balloon Festivals in the USA
Hot Air Balloon Rides around the USA

PHOTOGRAPHY
FROMMERS
TRAVEL CHANNEL
In Pictures: International Balloon Fiesta 2018
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GETTY IMAGES-BRISTOL

in ASIA  (Bagan, Myanmar)
In AFRICA
Google- Hot Air Africa


All Virtual New York Urban Sketchers events are one session (10 am -12 pm EST) held on Saturdays. For participants wanting to challenge themselves sketching more of a particular locality or theme, you are welcome to do the EXTENSION SKETCH PROJECT below:

HOT AIR BALLOON Extension Sketch Project:
Choose of the following prompt to sketch:
     (a) interior of hot air balloons
     (b) people watching balloons launch
     (c) night view of hot air balloon rides
     (d) fantasy landscape with hot air balloon rides


*Please post your finished sketches
to the USK NYC Facebook Site
https://www.facebook.com/groups/240134366188347
Be sure to add the tag NUS.

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Facilitators of Virtual NYC Urban Sketchers

• Theresa Smith
• Lynda Greeley (Mama Bear)
• Cecilia Evasco (Maricel)
• Dina Schlesinger

with the assistance of Mark Leibowitz
founder of USK NYC
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web site design by Cecilia Evasco
for Virtual NYC Urban Sketchers
under the auspices of USK NYC
Scheduled for July 24, 2021


Coming UP:
Fairs of America (7/31)
Summer Olympics (8/7)
Under the Sea (8/14)
Pow-Wows (8/21)
Yosemite National Park (8/28)