{"id":756,"date":"2020-08-12T12:56:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T12:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbansketchingworld.com\/?p=756"},"modified":"2023-06-12T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T18:04:56","slug":"line-and-wash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbansketchingworld.com\/line-and-wash\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Sketching Examples: Line and Wash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you wondered what the term ‘line and wash’ means? I suppose it says it right there in the phrase but it took me a while to really understand what the term referred to, much less how utilise this sketching technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turns out I have pretty much always been using a line and wash method, picked up from watching the work of other urban sketchers. Now, however, I know what it means, I know there are different approaches to take and exercises to develop skill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that’s exactly the knowledge I am going to share with you in the post below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What does line and wash mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A sketch in line and wash (also sometimes referred to \u2018pen and wash<\/strong>\u2019 or \u2018ink and wash<\/strong>\u2019) means that both linework and watercolour are used together in the sketch or artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think this would probably describe 99% of my work. When I think of ‘line and wash’ though, I tend to think of the work of someone like Simone Ridyard, where most of her work is sketched with ink lines and she throws in splashes of watercolour accents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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