In The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People, urban sketcher and workshop instructor Róisín Curé shows how to make your figures more than just anonymous bystanders by sharing the basics of drawing people on the go as well as how to successfully render poses, faces, and expressions.

Following an essential section on proportion, you’ll find tips, tricks, and examples for surmounting the intimidating prospect of capturing ever-shifting subjects, plus techniques for portraying poses accurately and distilling details that convey personality and emotion, whether individually, in small groups, or in crowds.

Bring figures and people to life on the page and tell an authentic visual story with The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People.

The Urban Sketching Handbook series offers location artists expert instruction on creative techniques, on-location tips and advice, and an abundance of visual inspiration. These handy references come in a compact, easy-to-carry format—perfect to toss in your backpack or artist’s tote.
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The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People helps artists develop skills and confidence to overcome the challenges of drawing people on the go, introducing and applying useful tips and techniques.
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About This Series
Introduction
 
KEYS
I Tools & Supplies  
II Challenges
III Proportions
IV Poses & Actions
V Color & Light
 
GALLERIES
I On the Move
II Light & Shadow
III Creative Color
IV Capturing Memories
 
Challenge Yourself
Contributors
Acknowledgments
About the Author
 
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The Urban Sketching Handbook series offers detailed, step-by-step visual instruction on how to develop observation and sketching skills for all aspects of the featured topic.

Product details

ISBN
9781631599316
Published
2020-12-22
Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Height
203 mm
Width
127 mm
Age
01, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
112

Biographical note

Róisín Curé holds a first-class honors and a master’s degree in Geology from National University of Ireland. In addition to founding the Urban Sketchers Galway chapter and serving as the Galway correspondent for Urban Sketchers, she offers sketching workshops and tutorials in Ireland and throughout Europe. She lives in Galway, Ireland.