Urban Sketching Essentials

Description

Urban sketching means drawing the streets, buildings and people around you on location, and this toolkit covers the essentials in seven PDF lessons. It starts with a guide to supplies, then teaches basic drawing techniques for city scenes.

You read about perspective and composition, working with ink and line quality, and an introduction to watercolour. A lesson on light and shadows adds depth to your drawings, and the last lesson brings everything together in a first complete urban sketch. The PDFs include a number of exercises to practise between outings. After reading, you should be able to pack a small sketching kit, plan a scene on the page and finish a simple drawing outdoors.

Who it is for: beginners who want to sketch the places they see in everyday life.

What’s included
7 PDF lessons · 38 pages · about 14,000 words
One ZIP download that is yours to keep — read on any device, no subscription or app needed.

Course programme

1. Essential Urban Sketching Supplies Guide
2. Basic Drawing Techniques for Urban Scenes
3. Understanding Perspective and Composition
4. Working with Ink and Line Quality
5. Introduction to Watercolor Techniques
6. Capturing Light and Shadows
7. Putting It All Together: Your First Urban Sketch