Sydney / Urban sketching

Begin with three large shapes

A focused guide from Margin Studio on Urban sketching.

Guide 01 / Sydney

Put the idea to work.

Give yourself ten minutes for the skyline, the street and one foreground form. Work from big relationships to details; a convincing sketch can survive a crooked window but rarely a misplaced horizon.

A short practice plan

  1. Give yourself ten minutes for the skyline, the street and one foreground form.
  2. Work from big relationships to details; a convincing sketch can survive a crooked window but rarely a misplaced horizon.

Continue exploring.

The other Urban sketching guides look at different parts of the practice. Take one useful idea into your next session.