ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you to all the urban sketchers who so generously allowed their work and words to be reproduced in this book. Your excellence in what you do, passion for urban sketching, and support for this project made it possible. Thank you, Gabi Campanario, for your vision and work in creating an amazing community. A big shout-out to the hundreds of urban sketchers around the world who answered questionnaires and shared their thoughts, challenges, and advice for beginning sketchers: your input helped shape the content and direction of this book.

Many thanks to my editor, Joy Aquilino, art director, David Martinell, and the team at Quarto Books for bringing this book to life. And as always, thanks to my family for supporting my obsession with sketching and my projects: from my parents who always kept my crayon box and sketchbook supplies replenished when I was a kid, to my husband Hari, kids Kavya and Nishant, sister Suhag, and nieces Mohini and Mallika, who get to hear of and support the nitty-gritty of every project I work on, including this one