Sketch Your World: Essential Techniques for Drawing on Location

Abstract

Sketch your World is a handbook for anyone seeking to explore the creative possibilities afforded by sketching on location. Combining practical instruction and creative inspiration, Sketch your World is designed to examine a range of techniques for capturing drawings whilst on the move, covering topics such as how to improve observation skills, draw moving subjects, and create depth and mood in order to convey a sense of atmosphere. The book also includes a variety of techniques for working with digital tools such as tablets and smart pens. Offering advice and featuring the work of some of today’s most inventive urban artists from all over the world, Sketch your World gives an insight into their inspiration and working processes, while detailed tutorials illustrate a range of techniques for readers to try, examining a variety of drawing and sketching media from pencils to water colors.