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

Have you thought about using Needle Tips pens for urban sketching? Read about the pros and cons here.

I’ve always thought Life Drawing was so different from urban sketching. But recently I’ve realised there is an overlap.

Sketching on different papers is an interesting way to experiment with different tools and techniques with great results.

See what inspired me to draw during a day out at Loulé Market with the Urban Sketcher’s Algarve group.

Sometimes you don’t go looking for your watercolour style choices, they’re just happy accidents.

Find out what I learned from Andrey Shmatnik’s Urban Sketching Tutorial on Etchr.

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

Get inspired by the World of Urban Sketching – a new book by Stephanie Bower. Full of sketcher’s insights and great drawings.

Tips, Learnings, and challenges when adding small figures to your urban sketches.

A recap of my first urban sketching event with the Algarve group at the Tavira Market

Looking for a quality podcast about urban sketching?

Here’s two key elements to master when you’re drawing groups of people in an urban sketch.

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

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

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

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.

If you only have 15 minutes, try this YT tutorial from Toby Urban Sketch for 4 quick tips.

It doesn’t matter what subject or object you draw. It’s all good practice. Here’s a random selection of mine.

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

The beginning of my 365 Day of Urban Sketching People. Follow along on my journey to master capturing people live.

My Algarve Urban sketches on show at a Tavira Market exhibition

Even for a quick little getaway, I still pack a sketch book and set of pens. Here’s what I took to Coimbra.

Discover how I’m approach June’s Tonal challenge with my current urban sketching watercolour kit.