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Book Synopsis The Urban Sketcher by : Marc Taro Holmes
Download or read book The Urban Sketcher written by Marc Taro Holmes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make the world your studio! Capture the bustle and beauty of life in your town. Experience life as only an artist can! Join the rapidly growing, international movement of artists united by a passion for drawing on location in the cities, towns and villages where they live and travel. Packed with art and advice from Marc Taro Holmes, artist and co-founder of Urbansketchers.org, this self-directed workshop shows you how to draw inspiration from real life and bring that same excitement into your sketchbook. Inside you'll find everything you need to tackle subjects ranging from still lifes and architecture to people and busy street scenes. • 15 step-by-step demonstrations cover techniques for creating expressive drawings using pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor. • Expert tips for achieving a balance of accuracy, spontaneity and speed. • Practical advice for working in the field, choosing subjects, coping with onlookers, capturing people in motion and more. • Daily exercises and creative prompts for everything from improving essential skills to diverse approaches, such as montages, storytelling portraits and one-page graphic novels. Whether you are a habitual doodler or a seasoned artist, The Urban Sketcher will have you out in the world sketching from the very first page. By completing drawings on the spot, in one session, you achieve a fresh impression of not just what you see, but also what it feels like to be there . . . visual life stories as only you can experience them.
Book Synopsis The Art of Urban Sketching by : Gabriel Campanario
Download or read book The Art of Urban Sketching written by Gabriel Campanario and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. Authored by the founder of the nonprofit organization Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), this beautiful, 320-page volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long historical tradition and how it is being practiced today. With profiles of leading practitioners and discussions of the benefits of working in this art form, this inspiring book shows how one can participate and experience this creative outlet through modern-day social networks and online activity. You'll find more than 600 beautiful, contemporary illustrations, as well as artists' profiles and extended captions where these urban sketchers share their stories, how they work, sketching tips, and the tools behind each drawing. With sketches and observations from more than 50 cities in more than 30 countries, TheArt of UrbanSketching offers a visually arresting, storytelling take on urban life from different cultures and artistic styles, as well as insight into various drawing techniques and mediums.
Book Synopsis Urban Watercolor Sketching by : Felix Scheinberger
Download or read book Urban Watercolor Sketching written by Felix Scheinberger and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide that shows painters, drawers, doodlers, and urban sketchers how to bring their drawings to life with colorful, bold, yet accessible painting methods. Watercolor sketching is a rapidly emerging technique that enlivens sketches done in pen or pencil with the expressive washes, glazes, and luminous hues of watercolor . This lushly illustrated resource teaches artists on the go how to sketch with watercolor, rendering subjects efficiently and without inhibitions. Readers are guided through all aspects of the medium, from fundamental techniques including wet-on-wet, glazing, and washes; materials and supplies; and little known tips and tricks for getting the most out of watercolor (for example, just sprinkling a little salt on your painting creates a texture that's impossible to achieve with a brush.) A strong focus color theory provides a solid foundation for enhancing drawings with vibrant hues.
Book Synopsis Sketch Now, Think Later by : Mike Yoshiaki Daikubara
Download or read book Sketch Now, Think Later written by Mike Yoshiaki Daikubara and published by Urban Sketching Handbooks. This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban sketcher Mike Daikubara gives beginners a crash course in location sketching that you can use in any city or town in Sketch Now, Think Later.
Book Synopsis An Urban Sketcher's Galway by : Roisin Cure
Download or read book An Urban Sketcher's Galway written by Roisin Cure and published by Columba Press (IE). This book was released on 2019-07-17 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Galway artist Roisin Cure presents snapshots of life in the City of the Tribes in bold ink and vibrant watercolor. Her sketches show the beautiful details of Galway's pubs, the musicians and buskers, the exquisite medieval stonework, the marine environment, the vibrant nightlife culture, and the local colorful characters. These striking pictures are accompanied by recollections of conversations the artist had while sketching. This book is a unique souvenir of Galway, of a city that is famous for the arts and yet has so little in the way of visual art. It is a very timely book, released in advance of Galway 2020, when the city celebrates being European Capital of Culture.
Book Synopsis The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes by : Gabriel Campanario
Download or read book The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes written by Gabriel Campanario and published by Urban Sketching Handbooks. This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapesprovides keys to help make the experience of drawing architecture and cityscapes fun and rewarding, using composition, depth, scale, contrast, line and creativity.
Book Synopsis The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Perspective by : Stephanie Bower
Download or read book The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Perspective written by Stephanie Bower and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A good sketch starts with good bones—this guide from an architectural illustrator shows how to think like an architect and master accurate perspective. This book in the Urban Sketching Handbook series uses drawings and simple steps to explain the often challenging and overwhelming concepts of perspective in practical and useful ways for on-site sketching. Most books are either too abstract or don’t provide enough information that relates to what you actually do when you’re out in the busy, wide world about to start a drawing. Where do you start? How do you edit what you see to flatten and shrink it onto your paper? How does perspective work? The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Perspective helps you learn to think like an architect, to draw buildings and spaces by reducing what you see to simple, basic shapes, then adding layers in simple steps, and finally finishing your sketch with detail, tone, and color—in accurate perspective. Full of helpful tips, it even deconstructs sketches to show you how to create them! Once you understand perspective, it will change the way you see the world—you’ll see perspective everywhere. Key concepts explored in this volume include: Basic Terms * Basic Spatial Principles * Types of Perspective * Building a Sketch in Layers * Special Conditions
Book Synopsis The Urban Sketching Handbook Working with Color by : Shari Blaukopf
Download or read book The Urban Sketching Handbook Working with Color written by Shari Blaukopf and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to express yourself through color while painting on location with the in-depth tips and techniques of Working with Color, the fifth volume in the Urban Sketching Handbook series. Expert watercolorist, illustrator, instructor, and co-founder of Urban Sketchers Montreal Shari Blaukopf shares her essential color tips about color-water ratio, achieving bold color, avoiding muddy washes, painting in layers, and using wet-in-wet techniques. This essential handbook covers: supplies and materials sample color palettes color mixing using limited palettes monochrome sketches the power of complementary colors using evocative, expressive color With a focus on using watercolor with greater confidence and knowledge, the book also delves into pencil and ink and watersoluble pencils. The instructional text is enhanced with stunning watercolor illustrations by the author and other expert urban sketchers from beautiful locations around the globe. The illustrations include examples of color swatches showing value; mixing; illustrations of complementary, analogous, and neutral color schemes; and sample galleries. Working with Color is an indispensable guide for on-location artists looking to expand and strengthen their expressive use of color.
Book Synopsis Urban Sketching by : Thomas Thorspecken
Download or read book Urban Sketching written by Thomas Thorspecken and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a guide to how to sketch the world around you, for anyone who wants to know how to draw the exciting and ever changing events of everyday life. Discover your place in the world, one sketch at a time. Content includes the nuts and bolts of ske
Book Synopsis The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People by : Róisín Curé
Download or read book The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People written by Róisín Curé and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People, urban sketcher and workshop instructor Róisín Curé shows how to make your figures more than just anonymous bystanders by sharing the basics of drawing people on the go as well as how to successfully render poses, faces, and expressions. Following an essential section on proportion, you’ll find tips, tricks, and examples for surmounting the intimidating prospect of capturing ever-shifting subjects, plus techniques for portraying poses accurately and distilling details that convey personality and emotion, whether individually, in small groups, or in crowds. Bring figures and people to life on the page and tell an authentic visual story with The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People. The Urban Sketching Handbook series offers location artists expert instruction on creative techniques, on-location tips and advice, and an abundance of visual inspiration. These handy references come in a compact, easy-to-carry format with an elastic band closure—perfect to toss in your backpack or artist’s tote.
Book Synopsis The Urban Sketching Handbook: Techniques for Beginners by : Suhita Shirodkar
Download or read book The Urban Sketching Handbook: Techniques for Beginners written by Suhita Shirodkar and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Urban Sketching Handbook: Techniques for Beginners, artist and Urban Sketcher correspondent Suhita Shirodkar shares essential skills for sketching architecture, people, and everyday objects on location. You'll learn the basics of value, color mixing, and perspective through helpful studies and exercises, whether at home, in studio, and on location. The Urban Sketching Handbook: Techniques for Beginners is perfect for anyone who’s just getting started in this fascinating art form, or who wants to develop their observational and drawing aptitude by reinforcing basic concepts. TheUrban Sketching Handbook series offers location artists expert instruction on creative techniques, on-location tips and advice, and an abundance of visual inspiration. These handy references come in a compact, easy-to-carry format with an elastic band closure—perfect to toss in your backpack or artist’s tote.
Book Synopsis Urban Sketching by : Isabel Carmona Andreu
Download or read book Urban Sketching written by Isabel Carmona Andreu and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban sketching is centered on observing and drawing the environment around you, and sharing your drawings with like-minded groups in person and through social media. This book encourages you to get involved by picking up a pen and a sketchbook and trying a range of techniques. It gives advice on composition and how to develop a personal style along with quick exercise ideas in line drawing and demonstrations in colour and paint. Packed with illustrations, this new book is an inspirational handbook that will equip you with the tools and ideas you'll need to embark and thrive on your own unique urban sketching journey. Get hooked on urban sketching, and share your passion for drawing and art with others.
Download or read book Sketching People written by Lynne Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing with a Tablet by : Uma Kelkar
Download or read book The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing with a Tablet written by Uma Kelkar and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Drawing with a Tablet: Easy Techniques for Mastering Digital Drawing on Location, readers will learn step by step how to create amazing drawings while on the go. In the sixth volume of the Urban Sketching Handbook series, popular artist and workshop instructor Uma Kelkar shows sketchers how to take their digital drawing to the next level. Whether you are new to sketching or wish to try the latest technology, this useful guide share expert tips and techniques for drawing on a tablet. With a focus on using the ProCreate tool, but with information that is relevant to other digital platforms, you will start with the basics, such as opening your file, choosing your resolution, determining your palette, and how to simplify your tools by creating a preferred set of brushes. The book also covers using layers and groups of layers, and shows you how to create a sketch from start to finish. Whether you are drawing at home, en plein air, on the go, or even at night, learn how to enliven your digital drawings and enhance your skills.
Book Synopsis The Urban Sketching Handbook Understanding Light by : Katie Woodward
Download or read book The Urban Sketching Handbook Understanding Light written by Katie Woodward and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Light is an informative guide to heightening the impact of your artwork by capturing the look and subtleties of light in any scene. In settings ranging from fields and mountains at daybreak to neon cityscapes at midnight, learn how to express light effects through color and value to improve and refine your drawings and paintings. Artist and urban sketcher Katie Woodward offers strategies for: Selectively translating values for maximum effect Using your sketchbook to experiment with the effects of natural as well as artificial light Considering many options for visual solutions through work contributed by experienced urban sketchers Master the art of rendering light with The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Light as your guide. The Urban Sketching Handbook series offers location artists expert instruction on creative techniques, on-location tips and advice, and an abundance of visual inspiration. These handy references come in a compact, easy-to-carry format—perfect to toss in your backpack or artist’s tote.
Book Synopsis Freehand Drawing and Discovery by : James Richards
Download or read book Freehand Drawing and Discovery written by James Richards and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features access to video tutorials! Designed to help architects, planners, and landscape architects use freehand sketching to quickly and creatively generate design concepts, Freehand Drawing and Discovery uses an array of cross-disciplinary examples to help readers develop their drawing skills. Taking a "both/and" approach, this book provides step-by-step guidance on drawing tools and techniques and offers practical suggestions on how to use these skills in conjunction with digital tools on real-world projects. Illustrated with nearly 300 full color drawings, the book includes a series of video demonstrations that reinforces the sketching techniques.
Book Synopsis 5-Minute Sketching: Architecture by : Liz Steel
Download or read book 5-Minute Sketching: Architecture written by Liz Steel and published by 5-Minute Sketching. This book was released on 2021-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
