Travel Sketching Essentials: A Great Sketch in 5 Steps

Your project for this class will be to build a complete sketch of a lively urban scene, step-by-step, using a reference photo I’ll provide or one of your own. Better yet, head outdoors and capture a scene you like on-the-spot! Remember to relax, work step-by-step, and enjoy the process—this is a judgement-free zone.

Gather your materials as described in lesson two. Take it step-by-step:

Draw a horizontal eye level line.
Add a few people along the eye level line.
Add the big shape(s), and smaller shapes within the big shape(s).
Add details.
Add darks.
Add color.

BAM! You’ve done it!