Leisure Painter

A day in the life

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

An introduction to urban sketching

Adapting to circumstances

Sharing with others

TONY’S TOP TIPS

Be ready to sketch at any time

Enjoying the sketching process is more important than the end result

Take what you get on the day and move on!

To borrow and paraphrase from the urban sketchers’ website, urban sketching is drawing on location (in other words, not from photos, memory or imagination), indoors or out, capturing what you see from direct observation, using any kind of media in your own individual style, and sharing the end results. The sketching itself can be done either as part of a meet-up event organised by an urban sketching chapter or as a solo activity. Last month I gave you an

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