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Urban Sketching for Beginners

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Overview

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Urban Sketching is a great way to document what you see around, it will help you understand your city better. Also Sketching on a daily basis can improve your way of observing things.

In this class I'm going to help you understand the basics of Urban Sketching, how to measure accurate proportions, how to do perspective sketches, hw to arrive at your own style of urban sketching and many more.

Join me and lets explore the world through our sketches!

Syllabus

  • Let's get started
  • A PEP talk before we start
  • Materials you'll need
  • My Urban Sketching Palette
  • Assessing the scene
  • Creating the thumbnail sketch
  • Understanding Proportion & Perspective
  • Drawing a streetscape ONE point perspective
  • Drawing a streetscape TWO point perspective
  • Let's get Sketching Trees, mountains & people
  • Adding Watercolor to your Sketches
  • Identifying your style
  • Class Project 1 The Church on the Hilltop
  • Class Project 2 The Bougainvilleas and the Blue door
  • Bonus Lesson The Island of Burano, Venice 1
  • Bonus Lesson The Island of Burano, Venice 2
  • Thank you for joining

Taught by

Zaneena Nabeel

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