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Pencil Urban Sketching
Just a pencil and a book: line, hatching, values, measuring with the pencil, people in motion, the 10-minute sketch.
6 Modules · about 120 min
- 1One Pencil, One Book: Grades and PaperYou'll learn which pencil grades and paper types are genuinely suited to urban sketching – and how to turn the eraser from a correction tool into a drawing tool.15 min
- 2The Line: Weight, Speed, PressureYou'll learn how to create lines of varying weight with a single pencil through pressure, speed and grip – and where it's better to leave the line out altogether.20 min
- 3Values with hatching: the five tonesYou'll learn how to bring light and shadow into your pencil sketches using a five-step value scale and purposeful hatching.20 min
- 4Measuring with Your Pencil: Proportion and PerspectiveYou'll learn to take proportions and angles directly from the subject with your pencil and use them to build a solid street perspective.20 min
- 5People and Movement in the CityYou'll learn to suggest passers-by with just a few strokes, place them correctly in space and make movement visible – no faces, no hands, no standing still.20 min
- 6The 10-Minute Sketch: Choosing and Leaving OutYou'll learn to reduce a city scene to its essentials in ten minutes – with a fixed sequence, a clear focus and the courage to leave almost everything out.25 min
Pictures from the courses
These pictures were made in painting courses with children. All painted by hand, none on a computer. Click to enlarge.
Published with the kind permission of the young painters.