Drawing Foundations: Urban Sketching

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Sketching the Everyday

• Capturing movement and change in the urban landscape
• Pencils, inks, pens, and sketchpads
• Watercolor and acrylic marker pens
• Urban sketching vs. landscape sketching
• The casual observer vs. the epic documentary maker

2. Structure, Mark Making, and Choosing the Right Materials

• Thinking in straight lines: One building at a time
• Light and shadow
• Matching materials and marks to your subject: Pencil sketch
• Matching materials and marks to your subject: Pen sketch
• Matching materials and marks to your subject: Color
• Challenge: How much detail is enough?
• Solution: Will sketches a harbor scene

3. Architecture, Perspective, and Making Depth Work

• Cityscapes, rooftops, and panoramas
• Twilight and nightlight
• Early morning light
• Capturing a panoramic
• Perspective: 1 point and 2 point
• Challenge: Sketch realistic windows and doors
• Solution: Will sketches a building

4. Cafes, People, and Movement

• Cafes, bars, and restaurant scenes: A single figure
• People: Groups and scale
• Cafes, bars, and restaurant scenes: Groups
• Challenge: Sketch people and movement
• Solution: Will sketches a street busker

5. Monuments and Street Furniture

• Monuments
• Natural elements in the city
• Lampposts, telegraph poles, and benches

6. Bringing It All Together

• Challenge: Bringing it all together
• Solution: Bringing it all together in sketching
• Solution: Bringing it all together in watercolor

Conclusion

• Goodbye