Urban Sketching

Urban Sketching is the practice of drawing on location in cities and towns, capturing a spontaneous response to people, places and moments in time. I really enjoyed this project, as I was not limited by media, which allowed me to create different textures and I felt challenged when depicting truthful scenes. 

Inspiration

I have been inspired by multiple artists through out this project including, Patrick Vale, Paul Hogarth and Lucinda Rodgers who all work in a similar style using ink and variation in line to convey depth. Where as another artist who has influenced me is Emma Carlisle, who is an avid sketchbook artist who depicts more rural settings but uses such powerful lines and vibrant colours which I found interesting and wanted to capture an essence of within my own work. You can see more of my research on sketchbookshere.

My Sketchbook work

I have used a mixture of media within my own sketchbook work including watercolour, ink, posca pens, markers and pencils in order to understand which media works best when drawing on the go and at speed. 

Inspiring sketchbook flip through:

Unfortunately I do not speak German, so I could not understand what was being said, but the video I have embedded (left) had some beautiful urban sketches created using ink. I was absolutely in awe of the detail in each sketch so I couldn't not share it.