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The Urban Sketching Handbook Color First, Ink Later: A Dynamic Approach to Drawing and Painting on Location
by Mike Yoshiaki Daikubara
I am not an artist, but I am constantly learning how to paint and draw.
The Urban Sketching Handbook Color First, Ink Later is an excellent guide to visualising and sketching urban environments.
The concepts are broken down enough that even I can understand them, and the step by step processes guide the reader in how to use loose, drippy colours to block out the scene before adding the details afterwards. The end result is a dynamic illustration - the sort I aspire to one day be able to create.
There is a comparison between colour first ink later and sketch first colour later, and each method has it's benefits depending on the preferred outcome.
The author/artist includes a breakdown of his own sketch and paint kits, and I do like that most of the photographs are taken from a camera above his sketchbook as he is working. It;s an inspirational book, and one I will refer back to as I continue my own journey through art.
~Many thanks to NetGalley for a providing copy of this book in exchange for an honest review~
The Urban Sketching Handbook Color First, Ink Later is an excellent guide to visualising and sketching urban environments.
The concepts are broken down enough that even I can understand them, and the step by step processes guide the reader in how to use loose, drippy colours to block out the scene before adding the details afterwards. The end result is a dynamic illustration - the sort I aspire to one day be able to create.
There is a comparison between colour first ink later and sketch first colour later, and each method has it's benefits depending on the preferred outcome.
The author/artist includes a breakdown of his own sketch and paint kits, and I do like that most of the photographs are taken from a camera above his sketchbook as he is working. It;s an inspirational book, and one I will refer back to as I continue my own journey through art.
~Many thanks to NetGalley for a providing copy of this book in exchange for an honest review~