Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes

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GALLERY II

PEN

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Sketching directly with pen can be intimidating, especially with a

subject as unforgiving as architecture. But the goal isn’t to produce

error-free illustrations. Every mark counts, even the misfires. They

show the drawing process and make the sketch more interesting than

if you fixed every misstep along the way.

Sketching with pen can also be liberating, like going for a

swim in cold water. Sure, it may feel scary at first, but once you are

flapping around for a while, you adjust to the temperature. You can

always get past the initial hesitation by making thumbnail sketches,

or marking dots on the page where you think the lines should go.

Dots are less obvious in case you are too worried about drawing

lines where they don’t belong.

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Gallery II: Pen and Ink

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“ I usually sketch with a Lamy

fountain pen with the nib

turned upside down for a

finer line. When people ask

me why, I tell them that I like

the tactile feel of a nib as

the wet ink flows through it

onto paper. I like the fluidity,

incisiveness, and decisiveness

of ink lines.” —Frank Ching

Á Nanjing Fuzimiao

7.7” x 7” | 20 x 17.8 cm; Fountain

pen on sketchbook; 30 minutes.

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“ I like the simplicity that a pen line conveys. Pen-and-ink

drawings are usually more striking than pencil drawings

because of the contrast. Even without tones or washes,

lines that meet at junctions and the overlapped lines can

all work together to produce drawing with depth and

clarity.” —Teoh Yi Chie

“ I prefer working in pen because it requires

a certain kind of assertiveness in one’s

decision making. Even if I’ve roughed

out the basic composition in pencil first, I

think my lines are a bit more confident and

somehow truer in pen.” —Paul Heaston

Ä Kampong Glam,

Singapore

12” x 9” | 30.5 x 23 cm; Hero

pen on Daler Rowney Aquafine

watercolor paper 300 gsm;

1.5 hours.

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à 29th and Umatilla

8.5” x 5.5” | 21.6 x 14 cm;

Staedtler Pigment Liner pen on

Stillman & Birn Epsilon Series;

about 3 hours.

“ I prefer working in pen because it requires

a certain kind of assertiveness in one’s

decision making. Even if I’ve roughed

out the basic composition in pencil first, I

think my lines are a bit more confident and

somehow truer in pen.” —Paul Heaston

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