ink and watercolour sketch of person in the waiting room
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Urban Sketching at Out Patients (Day 113)

Day 113 of sketching people in ink and watercolour. A return trip to the hospital, and filling the waiting time with sketches of other people waiting.

Line of people at lunchtime waiting for a table at a busy brasserie in Paris France. Ink and Watercolour Urban Sketch.
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Urban Sketching People in Paris in a variety of page layouts (Day 98, 99, 100)

In Paris for day 98, 99, and 100 of urban sketching people. Experimenting how to manipulate the line and colour on a page to create a sketch that has a clear visual path and a strong focal point.

Rooftops and washing line sketch in Tavira. ink and watercolour.
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How to Create A Vignette when Urban Sketching Buildings

I use the definition of a vignette from well-known urban sketchers to figure out how to improve my building sketches. I evaluate a recent vignette urban sketch of a church that wasn’t successful, and a couple of other urban sketches that were.