About This Series
The Urban Sketching Handbook series takes you to places around the globe through the eyes and art of urban sketchers. Each book offers a bounty of lessons, tips, and techniques for sketching on location for anyone venturing to pick up a pencil and capture their world.
Architecture and Cityscapes by Gabriel Campanario
People and Motion by Gabriel Campanario
Reportage and Documentary Drawing by Veronica Lawlor
Understanding Perspective by Stephanie Bower
The Urban Sketching Art Pack by Gabriel Campanario
Working with Color by Shari Blaukopf
101 Sketching Tips by Stephanie Bower
Drawing with a Tablet by Uma Kelkar
Techniques for Beginners by Suhita Shirodkar
Drawing Expressive People by Róisín Curé
The Complete Urban Sketching Companion by Gabriel Campanario, Stephanie Bower, and Shari Blaukopf
This powerful sketch of the artist’s mother is, to me, what drawing expressive people is all about. One feels that this is a characteristic pose: The true master can capture all there is to know of a person’s soul through line and simple gesture, without strict adherence to anatomical precision.
NICOLA MAIER-REIMER
Espresso
A5 (5¾” × 8¼” | 14.8 × 21 cm); pencil and watercolor.