Author: Roving Jay
Hahnemühle Watercolour Sketch Book for Urban Sketching
A review of the Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, which is ideal for urban sketching.
One Week 100 People 2023 – Sketches 1 to 32
The first 32 people sketches for this year’s One Week 100 People.
Algarve Art Classes, Resources and Groups
Read about art classes, events, and other Algarve resources.
One Week 100 People 2023 Sketch Challenge
Need motivation to sketch people? Join the 2023 One Week 100 People sketching challenge in March.
Gentes do Mercado 2022 Urban Sketch postcards
Our urban sketch postcard series featured on the Direção Regional de Cultura do Algarve website
How to Reduce the Greens in my Palette
Here’s how I experimented to reduce the greens in my travel palette from 3 to 1.
Getting Inspired by The World of Urban Sketching
Get inspired by the World of Urban Sketching – a new book by Stephanie Bower. Full of sketcher’s insights and great drawings.
Find a Looser Sketching Style Tutorial
How adjusting your sketch speed or where you hold your pen helps you find your sketching style
Sketching People from Travel Photos
If you can’t get out and sketch, Sketching People from Travel Photos is a great alternative. Especially when you review your sketches to learn from them.
Online Life Drawing Classes and Resources
Online resources for Life Drawing sessions (artistic nudity).
LoveLifeDrawing – 11 Steps to Great Gesture Drawing
This gesture drawing tutorial had some good tips for developing urban sketching people skills
Toby Urban Sketch – People in a Scene
If you only have 15 minutes, try this YT tutorial from Toby Urban Sketch for 4 quick tips.
Random Urban Sketches to end the year
It doesn’t matter what subject or object you draw. It’s all good practice. Here’s a random selection of mine.
2 Urban Sketchers I discovered this month
Here’s a couple of urban sketchers I discovered this month with simple sketching styles
365 Days of Urban Sketch People (Book 1)
The beginning of my 365 Day of Urban Sketching People. Follow along on my journey to master capturing people live.
My Sketch featured in East Algarve Magazine
My sketch of a local wine bar featured in East Algarve Magazine.
Urban Sketch Algarve Exhibition Tavira
My Algarve Urban sketches on show at a Tavira Market exhibition
5 pens go sketching in Coimbra
Even for a quick little getaway, I still pack a sketch book and set of pens. Here’s what I took to Coimbra.
Small Urban Sketching People
Tips, Learnings, and challenges when adding small figures to your urban sketches.
Street Scene – Conceicao
I painted the same scene in two styles—Wobbly urban sketch and precise studio sketch.
First Train Trip to Faro
First train trip to explore Faro and photograph buildings and scenes that inspire me to sketch.
Tekenuurtje Weekly Art Challenge
I joined #tekenuurtje for the first time this week. It’s one of the few Draw This in Your Style challenges that features people.
Featured Artist in Relish Portugal Magazine
I am the featured article in this quarter’s magazine Relish Portugal. Check out my contribution here.
Discovering Fabrica Beach
We discovered Fabrica by accident during a cycle ride between Cabanas and Manta Rota