Quasi Bar couples looking at their phones. Three sets of people at the local bar, sketched in ink and watercolour
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What Makes Your Urban Sketch of People Successful?

An in-depth post about how to evaluate whether your people sketch is successful. Discussing the merits of technical accuracy vs. the value of finding and conveying the story in your sketch. Peppered with examples, this article talks about how to get your sketch to show a story, rather than telling a story. And using text to turn your sketch into reportage.

Suhita Shirodkar portrait in a pink shirt. Source from the promo video for the Toulouse urban sketchers symposium.
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Sketching Suhita Shirodkar from USk video in ink and watercolour (Day 45)

Day 45 of sketching people. Sketches of Suhita Shirodkar, an urban sketchers who is presenting a lecture and demo at the next Urban Sketcher’s Symposium in Toulouse.

Suhita Shirodkar Craftsy Class
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Urban Sketching Figures with Suhita Shirodkar

My Sketcher Spotlight on urban sketcher Suhita Shirodkar, and a review of her figure sketching made simple class. Looking at line of action, drawing verbs, and exaggerating gestures. It’s all about identifying shapes, and making your figures expressive and loose

Suhita Shirodkar beach sketch
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Suhita the Obsessive Sketcher featured on my Bodrum Website

Suhita Shirodkar is a self-confessed obsessive sketcher, and she’s graciously allowed me to feature her watercolour on my Bodrum Peninsula Travel Guide site.