Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes

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Architecture and Cityscapes

Strive for authenticity, making marks

you can only make.

There’s no one way to sketch. The random splashes

of color that make Tia Boon Sim’s sketches so

“hers” wouldn’t work if drawn by Steven Reddy,

or vice versa. Reddy’s own voice comes across

through swoopy lines and saturated colors.

Each artist’s work speaks in its own way while

meeting the standards of the keys I go over in this

handbook: composition, depth, scale, contrast, line,

and creativity.

Ä TIA BOON SIM

Marina Bay Sands

10” x 10” | 25.4 x 25.4 cm;

Hero fountain pen model M86, ink

and watercolor on Daler Rowney

Aquafine paper; 1 hour.

 STEVEN REDDY

St. Spiridon Cathedral,

Seattle

8.3” x 11.7” | 21 x 29.7 cm;

Uni-Ball ink pen, India ink and

watercolor on Canson All-Media

9” x 12” | 23 x 30.5 cm spiral-

bound sketchbook; 2 hours on site

and 90 minutes in the studio for

coloring.

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Ä TIA BOON SIM

Marina Bay Sands

10” x 10” | 25.4 x 25.4 cm;

Hero fountain pen model M86, ink

and watercolor on Daler Rowney

Aquafine paper; 1 hour.

 STEVEN REDDY

St. Spiridon Cathedral,

Seattle

8.3” x 11.7” | 21 x 29.7 cm;

Uni-Ball ink pen, India ink and

watercolor on Canson All-Media

9” x 12” | 23 x 30.5 cm spiral-

bound sketchbook; 2 hours on site

and 90 minutes in the studio for

coloring.

Key VI: Creativity

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Developing your own drawing style takes time. Be patient.

You risk not finding it if you give up too soon. For every ten

sketches I make, I’m often satisfied with only one, but that’s

what keeps me going. Remember what Goya said at an

old age: “I’m still learning.”

Useful habits

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