Free Download The Complete Urban Sketching Companion: Essential Concepts and Techniques from The Urban Sketching Handbooks-Architecture and Cityscapes by Shari Blaukopf, Stephanie Bower, Gabriel Campanario
English | August 18, 2020 | ISBN: 163159933X | 256 pages | MOBI | 18 Mb
Draw the exciting elements of your world with confidence using the tips, techniques, and ideas in The Complete Urban Sketching Companion. Packed with information and visual inspiration on sketching architecture, cityscapes, people, and motion, plus lessons on perspective and adding color, this collection will have you filling sketchbook after sketchbook with compelling artwork.
The popularity of theurban sketching movement has grown worldwide, and it’s easy to see why. Sketching on the go is exciting, rewarding, and creatively satisfying. With so many choices of what to sketch and how to sketch it, you need a companion to offer valuable insights, enlightening tips, and tons of ideas and inspiration. The Complete Urban Sketching Companion is that helpful guide to take along on your next overseas adventure, or to your favorite café around the corner.
This book includes key drawing techniques and strategies from four books in the Urban Sketching Handbook series: Understanding Perspective, Working with Color, Architecture and Cityscapes, and People and Motion.Learn how to draw unique buildings, urban landscapes, and lively street scenes, incorporating interesting elements and striking color and lighting. Get tips on sketching with accurate perspective with easy methods and great examples to guide you along. Discover ways to capture motion, whether it’s a group of dancers or commuters on the move. Become confident in adding color to artwork by learning about different mediums and color mixing techniques.
In The Complete Urban Sketching Companion you’ll also find:Simple tools and materials to get startedWays to build a well-composed sceneTechniques for drawing urban environments to scaleHow to construct a sketch in layersTips for rendering different types of perspectiveStrategies for creating dramatic shadowsHow to include a range of color values to create depthIdeas for interpreting movement and gestureMethods for drawing individuals and crowdsGet started on your urban sketching adventures today, and start capturing life.