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Jing Zhang

WS03 – Sketch Trees in an Urban Context

An architectural designer, artist, illustrator, and educator, Jenny Jing Zhang has been sketching and drawing since she was a child. Growing up, she had the opportunity to sketch on location in many different cities in her native China.

She continued to develop a passion for both art and the built world and in 2013 graduated with a Master’s degree in Architecture from Texas A&M University.To this day, her architectural training shapes her sketch explorations, mirrored by her use of sketching as an essential design tool as an architectural designer working in Chicago. Her specialty is freehand ink drawings with light watercolor expression. Inspired by the quote from Paul Klee: “A drawing is simply a line going for a walk,” she enjoys using loose lines and letting the line guide her on the paper.

Jenny joined Urban Sketchers Chicago in 2016 and volunteered for the 2017 World Symposium hosted by USK Chicago. She taught workshops at USK Chicago seminars in 2019 and 2022 and shared her sketching experience with urban sketcher groups, including USkTalks and several local chapters. In 2022, Jenny was awarded a fellowship to reside and conduct urban sketching in Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy.

Find Jing online at:
Instagram: @jennymouse2003