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One of the captivating things about urban sketching and checking out the work of other artists is the subject matter they decide to commit to paper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some sketchers document political marches or make a record of important social movements or issues. Some sketch incredible architecture while some favour more mundane everyday scenes. Still, other sketchers love to capture covert portraits of unsuspecting cafe or public transport dwellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I find interesting is the fact any and every subject matter can be sketched and seeing it through someone else\u2019s artistic interpretation makes it even more fascinating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I especially love seeing how urban sketchers interpret food<\/strong> (and beverages) and dining experiences in their sketchbooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food sketched on location can be a bit of a challenge<\/strong> especially if it has just been served to you hot in a yummy restaurant and you just want to eat it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two solutions to this challenge<\/strong>: only sketch cold food and\/or sketch faster! There\u2019s no better impetus to learn how to sketch quickly<\/a><\/strong> than very tasty food getting colder and colder by the second. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if you could get your sketching skills to the point where you can capture what you want in your sketchbook quickly and with minimal fuss?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will open a lot of doors for you when you want to draw bigger more complex things. Sketching food can develop your eye so that you are catching the essence of the subject with minimal lines right there and then. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sketching food can also help to develop your observation skills as the food needs to be recognisable and perhaps appealing too (if it looks appealing to start with)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sketching food tells a story in itself<\/strong>: what you make at home; what snacks you buy on the go; when, where and what you eat at a restaurant – food illustrations could become the subject of an entire sketchbook!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liz Steel <\/strong>started a project of sketching the food she ate each day. She had to stick to a specific diet and by sketching her food, replaced a written log that you may usually keep when undertaking something like this. It helped her to be more conscious of the food she was eating as she had to sketch every item.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 7 tips for mastering food sketching are at the end of this post – I recommend you whet your appetite by checking out the examples of food sketches below first before getting to the tips!
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Examples of Food Sketches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Anyone who has read a few of my posts will know I\u2019m a huge fan of Liz Steel\u2019s <\/strong>work (aren\u2019t we all)? I love the way she can sketch so quickly and loosely yet totally nails her subject matter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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