Description
In this step-by-step video, you will acquire the techniques necessary for city life sketching. Draw in your background and create composite figures of the people walking by-their fast movements will add detail and intrigue to your urban sketchbook, and artist Marc Taro Holmes will give you tips on when and where to add detail and where to keep gestural sketches. Learn how to layer your drawing with watercolor paints and realistically design your city!
This video features how to draw people with easy techniques, instruction on how to paint moving subjects, sketching strategies with pencil, pens and watercolor, and more!
Watch a preview of Urban Sketching: Drawing People in Places now!
Materials:
Surfaces
140-lb. cold-pressed watercolor paper
Sketchbook bound with multi-media or watercolor paper
Media
.7 mechanical pencil
Fine line fountain ink pen
Chisel-tip ink pen
Brush pen (sable- or nylon-tipped cartridge pens)
Platinum Carbon waterproof ink
Semi-moist watercolor and/or tube color
Several round brushes in a variety of sizes
Old round brushes for scrubbing and texture effects
Other
Kneaded eraser
Tissue
Art tape
Light-weight boards
Bulldog clips
Travel palette (Marc uses Winsor & Newton)
Brush travel kit (as needed)
Water containers (two small with lids)
Paper towels
Spray bottle
Travel easel and portable stool (as needed)
About the Author:
Marc Taro Holmes has worked as an art director and conceptual designer for Electronic Arts, Microsoft, and Disney. His work as an artist has inspired digital artists to create interactive adventures, as seen in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings film adaptation. He is a renowned sketch artist and his drawings are based in cities, landscapes and exotic locations.
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