Tag: Urban Sketching
Day 21-30 of The 100 Day Project
30 days into my 100 day Project and I’m putting what I’ve learnt so far, into my 15-minute building sketches.
My favourite pedestrian street in Conceicão
I keep capturing this little street with different sketching styles. Probably more to come…!
One Week 100 People 2024
This year’s One Week 100 People challenge was great for honing my style and getting me using my Tombow pens for shading instead of watercolour.
Day 16-20 of The 100 Day Project
20 days into my 100 day Project and I’m learning how to improve my 15-minute building sketches.
Missing sketching people
So good to break my people-sketching drought. I much prefer capturing people to buildings.
The 100 Day Project 2024
The 100 Day Project is starting on February 18th 2024. I’m taking part. Are you?
Urban Sketching Trip to Turkey
Taking time to sketch visual reminders of our 4 weeks in Turkey.
Travel Painting Kit for Turkey
My very paired-down art kit for a 4 week trip to Turkey. Traveling Light!
How to use Life Drawing as Practice for Urban Sketching
I’ve always thought Life Drawing was so different from urban sketching. But recently I’ve realised there is an overlap.
Urban Sketching on the Train: Sketchbook vs. my Train Ticket
Sketching on different papers is an interesting way to experiment with different tools and techniques with great results.
Urban Sketching meet up at Loulé Mercado and Saturday Market
See what inspired me to draw during a day out at Loulé Market with the Urban Sketcher’s Algarve group.
Loose Watercolour Technique for Urban Sketching
Sometimes you don’t go looking for your watercolour style choices, they’re just happy accidents.
Tonal Challenge with Watercolour
Discover how I’m approach June’s Tonal challenge with my current urban sketching watercolour kit.
Tutorial: Urban Sketching Carrot People with Andrey Shmatnik
Find out what I learned from Andrey Shmatnik’s Urban Sketching Tutorial on Etchr.
Get out of your Creative Block with Blind Contour
Find out how I overcame by creative block by using Blind Contour sketches to get inspired and motivated to sketch again.
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.
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.
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.