Tag: Pen & Watercolour Wash
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.
Day 11-15 of The 100 Day Project
15 days into my 100 day Project and I’m learning how to improve my 15-minute building sketches.
Day 6-10 of The 100 Day Project
10 days into my 100 day Project and I’m learning how to improve my 15-minute building sketches.
Caricature Portrait inspired by Earthsworld photo
Today’s Earthworld portrait challenge resplendent with bath teeth.
2023 Caricatures
Being commissioned to create a birthday sketch inspired me to explore the art of caricature.
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!
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.
Loose Watercolour Technique for Urban Sketching
Sometimes you don’t go looking for your watercolour style choices, they’re just happy accidents.
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
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.
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