The Urban Sketching Handbook Techniques for Beginners: How to Build a Practice for Sketching on Location (Urban Sketching Handbooks, 11)

**In** The Urban Sketching Handbook: Techniques for Beginners, **artist and Urban Sketcher correspondent Suhita Shirodkar shares essential skills for sketching architecture, people, and everyday objects on location.** You'll learn the basics of value, color mixing, and perspective through helpful studies and exercises, whether at home, in studio, and on location. __The Urban Sketching Handbook: Techniques for Beginners__ is perfect for anyone who’s just getting started in this fascinating art form, or who wants to develop their observational and drawing aptitude by reinforcing basic concepts. **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 with an elastic band closure—perfect to toss in your backpack or artist’s tote. Cover Half Title Title Copyright CONTENTS About This Series Introduction I Starting Out KEYS II What to Sketch: Objects III What to Sketch: Places IV What to Sketch: People V Bringing It All Together Contributors Acknowledgments About the Author The Urban Sketching Handbook: Techniques for Beginners guides artists to build a strong foundation in observational drawing and painting to establish an urban sketching practice.