My WN Travel Watercolour Palette
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Tonal Challenge with Watercolour

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

Carrot People Tutorial by Andrey Shmatnik
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Tutorial: Urban Sketching Carrot People with Andrey Shmatnik

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

Blind Contour to get you out of a creative block
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Get out of your Creative Block with Blind Contour

Find out how I overcame by creative block by using Blind Contour sketches to get inspired and motivated to sketch again.

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.

Urban Sketcher's in Action
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Algarve Art Classes, Resources and Groups

Read about art classes, events, and other Algarve resources.

Marc Taro Holmes One Week 100 People
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One Week 100 People 2023 Sketch Challenge

Need motivation to sketch people? Join the 2023 One Week 100 People sketching challenge in March.

Gentes do Mercado 2022 postcard series
Posted in Art Room Europe Portugal

Gentes do Mercado 2022 Urban Sketch postcards

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

How to mix olive green from my standard watercolours.
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How to Reduce the Greens in my Palette

Here’s how I experimented to reduce the greens in my travel palette from 3 to 1.

The World of Urban Sketching
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Getting Inspired by The World of Urban Sketching

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

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
Posted in Art Room Cambodia Ho Chi Minh City Otres Beach Vietnam

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.

Life Drawing poses
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Online Life Drawing Classes and Resources

Online resources for Life Drawing sessions (artistic nudity).

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

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5 pens go sketching in Coimbra

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

Small Urban Sketching People
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Small Urban Sketching People

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

Side Street Conceicao
Posted in Art Room Portugal Tavira

Street Scene – Conceicao

I painted the same scene in two styles—Wobbly urban sketch and precise studio sketch.

Faro Architecture and street scenes
Posted in Art Room Europe Faro Portugal

First Train Trip to Faro

First train trip to explore Faro and photograph buildings and scenes that inspire me to sketch.