Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes

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Pencil is the most versatile and affordable drawing tool. Graphite

responds well to pressure, so you can easily create strokes of

varying intensity.

When drawing urban spaces in pencil, first make soft

construction lines to mark the horizon line and block out the main

parts of the sketch. These are the skeletons of the buildings you are

representing, but there’s no need to erase them. Let them become

part of the background as you build more confident lines on top.

A pencil lets you create strong areas of shade that add volume

to the scene. Rub the graphite with your fingers to smooth out the sky

or the texture of landscaped areas.

Line. Shade. Texture. A pencil, like a four-wheel-drive automobile,

can handle everything. Don’t underestimate it.

GALLERY I

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skeTch here!

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Á Feira da Santa Cecília

10” x 11” | 25.4 x 28 cm; 3B to

7B pencils and blending stump on

Cachet Daler Rowney; 1.5 hours.

“ I’ve developed the painterly

approach with different kinds

of media. Among them, I think

pencil is the easiest one, as

you can avoid being distracted

by colors and focus more on

masses.” — Eduardo Bajzek

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Architecture and Cityscapes

à Armenian Street

30” x 11” | 76.2 x 28 cm;

Graphite on heavy-weight

cartridge paper; about 2.5 hours.

Á Schulstrasse, Munich

6” x 5” | 15.2 x 12.7 cm;

Faber-Castell 2B pencil, Boesner

sketchbook; about 40 minutes.

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à Armenian Street

30” x 11” | 76.2 x 28 cm;

Graphite on heavy-weight

cartridge paper; about 2.5 hours.

“ Sketching in graphite allows me to control

the different tones, although they are in

black and white. Normally, I prefer to use

the softest graphite, which is 9B, together

with 6B and 4B.” —Ch’ng Kiah Kiean

Á Schulstrasse, Munich

6” x 5” | 15.2 x 12.7 cm;

Faber-Castell 2B pencil, Boesner

sketchbook; about 40 minutes.

“ Pencil is the most direct, versatile, and

sensitive drawing medium. You can do very

thin loose, lines or apply more pressure to

get intense lines or dark shadows through

hatching.” —Florian Afflerbach

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