To create a looser looking sketch you use your watercolour to lose your edges or replace your ink lines. Here’s a look at how using paint splatters or faded edges helps to create a looser looking urban sketches.

I revisit a loose watercolour sardine sketch I painted before I arrive din Portugal in 2022, and have another attempt at an empty can, this time with loose lines and loose watercolour and plenty of splatter.

My 2 sketches for Boatober 2025 Day 8, and my experimentation with splattering watercolour for skies.