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 […]
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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
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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
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One of the keys to a successful urban sketch is drawing elements in perspective. Perspective is a fundamental skill in drawing in which we can make objects on a 2D surface appear 3D. This makes the results of learning perspective super satisfying. Most urban sketchers are not slaves to perspective. We are not architectural illustrators
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A lot of blog posts and videos focus on how to get started with urban sketching and I myself have a video on that very subject matter, which you can find here. However, not that many resources cover how you can improve your urban sketching. In this post, I wanted to share some creative exercises
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We urban sketchers are always looking for the best tools to use on our sketching adventures. Whether you’re out to sketch for an hour here or there or take specific week-long sketching ventures, it’s important that you have a set of materials that work for you both in terms of practicality, affordability and usability. Here
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Do you sit down to sketch or paint sometimes and you just don’t know what to do or where to start? I do. I have some time and I want to practice but then all inspiration disappears and I’m left twiddling my thumbs wasting precious painting time on trying to decide what to do. That’s
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A Lightbox is something I have considered purchasing in the past. Not really for anything directly to do with urban sketching of course but for some other illustration work I think it could have made life easier. Leaning on a window doing my best to trace an initial sketch is not ideal. In the last
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If you have read a lot of my posts or have watched quite a few of my videos over on Youtube then you have probably heard me express my love for Craftsy. I am so glad they are back! To celebrate, I want to tell you about the best (in my humble opinion) urban sketching
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