KEY II
COLOR
Color can greatly affect a sketch. When utilized well, you can make a viewer feel the warmth of the sun, or the chill of rain. Color can be the easiest way to give a sketch a sense of realism or it can be a fun way to make a creative departure from what is in front of you. As with any part of a sketch, color comes down to artist’s choice. Every urban sketcher has their favorite pigments and learns how to make those work for them. To really embrace a lighting scheme, the trick isn’t in the specific colors you use, but in how the colors you use relate to each other and in how you choose to employ them.
KATIE WOODWARD
Trinity Church, ...
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