Urban sketching is an art form that captures the essence of cities, towns, and streets around the world. Just like with any art form, there’s a huge variety of styles and mediums urban sketchers use to convey their chosen stories. Artists like Lucinda Rogers, Lyndon Hayes, Tim King, and Pat Southern Pearce have redefined the …
The Vibrant World of Urban Sketching on Colour Paper Read More »
In this post, we will explore HOW to become more minimalist when urban sketching. If you have not read the first part of this series on Minimalis Urban Sketching with examples of incredible urban sketchers who embody this style, then go check it out here. And then come back to this post so we can …
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Minimalism in urban sketching is a style that emphasises the use of clean lines, limited colour palettes, and the deliberate omission of unnecessary details. By simplifying their sketches, these urban sketchers are able to capture the essence of a scene and convey its atmosphere with just a few well-placed strokes. Today I want to show …
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 …
