Ink and watercolour sketch of my favourite Conceição walk street
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My favourite pedestrian street in Conceicão

I keep capturing this little street with different sketching styles. Probably more to come…!

Ink and Tombow sketches of people of One Week 100 People art challenge
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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.

Ink and watercolour sketch of local Spar shop in Cabanas
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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.

Ink and watercolour sketch of two people having dinner and drinking wine.
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Missing sketching people

So good to break my people-sketching drought. I much prefer capturing people to buildings.

Portuguese house with balcony and flowers Ink and Watercolour
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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.

House and Garden in Cabanas with Calla Lily 'Captain Ventura'
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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 based on EarthsWorld photo
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Caricature Portrait inspired by Earthsworld photo

Today’s Earthworld portrait challenge resplendent with bath teeth.

Nuno Caricature ink and watercolour
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2023 Caricatures

Being commissioned to create a birthday sketch inspired me to explore the art of caricature.

Urban sketch on Turkish Airlines flight home
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Urban Sketching Trip to Turkey

Taking time to sketch visual reminders of our 4 weeks in Turkey.

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Travel Painting Kit for Turkey

My very paired-down art kit for a 4 week trip to Turkey. Traveling Light!

pen sketch portraits on a train ticket
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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 sketch cafe scene chairs and customers
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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 books
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Hahnemühle Watercolour Sketch Book for Urban Sketching

A review of the Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, which is ideal for urban sketching.

Sketch from Photo
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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 postcard series
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Gentes do Mercado 2022 Urban Sketch postcards

Our urban sketch postcard series featured on the Direção Regional de Cultura do Algarve website

Ink Bottle Find Your Line Tutorial by Jen Dixon
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Find a Looser Sketching Style Tutorial

How adjusting your sketch speed or where you hold your pen helps you find your sketching style

Cambodia Kep Crab Market
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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.

Great Gesture Drawing Tips
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LoveLifeDrawing – 11 Steps to Great Gesture Drawing

This gesture drawing tutorial had some good tips for developing urban sketching people skills

Sketch of a group of people outside a bar
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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.

Sketching my Art Table
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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.

O Nuno Urban Sketch
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2 Urban Sketchers I discovered this month

Here’s a couple of urban sketchers I discovered this month with simple sketching styles

Urban Sketch People
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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.

Natural Wines Cabanas Urban Sketch in East Algarve Magazine
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My Sketch featured in East Algarve Magazine

My sketch of a local wine bar featured in East Algarve Magazine.

Tavira Gentes do Mercado Urban Sketch event
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Urban Sketch Algarve Exhibition Tavira

My Algarve Urban sketches on show at a Tavira Market exhibition