Sydney / Urban sketching
Three focused ways into Urban sketching. Read one guide at a time, then use your own notes to make the advice fit your circumstances.
Urban sketching
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.
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A pencil, waterproof pen and one colour can be enough. Test marks on a spare page before drawing on location, and keep your kit compact so setup does not consume the session.
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Add the date, general location and one observed detail in words. These notes make a modest drawing more useful later, especially when light and traffic conditions change before you can finish.
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