What is the Urban Sketchers Symposium? I am going to assume you know of the official Urban Sketchers non-profit organisation. Each year they hold a symposium in a different city around the world. USK chapters from any city can put a proposal forward to the Urban Sketchers Executive Board to hold the symposium in their …
Urban Sketchers Symposium: What To Expect – Facts, Figures & Feelings! Read More »
Lately – ok for a little while now – I have just been obsessed with certain urban sketchers. And guess what, ok you probably guessed from the title of this post – but they are ALL Spanish… Is there just a certain style that comes with being Spanish? I don’t know. but I love it. …
Travel sketching allows you to capture destinations and memories with paper and pencil. With travel sketching, the way you see the world around you changes. You become more appreciative of the places you’ve visited and will remember them more vividly even if you have already left. Besides becoming more appreciative, Darren Fisher shared that drawing …
Have you wondered how you can practice your watercolour skills but not in a boring traditional way? Well, check out these 5 gems to get you comfortable with those tricksy paints… 1. Make a Mixing chart Before you do anything. Make a watercolour mixing chart (see my post on how to do this here). Ok, …
5 Awesome Watercolour Exercises to Improve Your Urban Sketching Read More »
It’s an issue that comes up time and again. How to find time for urban sketching (which I have a specific post on here) and how to get quicker at sketching. Many people don’t have 2-3 hours on a regular basis to commit to urban sketching. And if they do, they want to achieve more …
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So, you’ve heard of urban sketching and you want to give it a go. You know that the essence is sketching from life, out on location but now what? What do you need to get started with urban sketching? What are the best art supplies for urban sketching? To get started with urban sketching you …
First things first, go and get a cheap exercise book with plain paper in it, like the ones that school kids use. They are cheap and you won’t mind filling the pages with nonsense – otherwise known as drawing exercises. In this post, we are going to go over a number of drawing exercises that …
I just finished the 4th and final demo from Ian Fennelly’s Urban Sketching for Beginners course. As well as talking about some of the things within this sketch, I’d also like to think about the bigger picture and what I have personally learnt from this course. Here are the best 5 things I learnt from …
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In this post we shall take a look at sketching birds in ink and watercolour in a variety of styles, using different processes. I also want to touch on a little composition and perspective too. I took my own reference photos (included below) that you can use to practice with. These are the processes of …
Sketching Birds in Ink and Watercolour: How to Achieve Different Styles Read More »
Have you been wondering what the best way to learn urban sketching is? There are so many courses and workshops, free and paid, it can be super confusing to know where to start. Today I want to take a look at one of the options out there and share with you how I found Ian …
