Category Archives: Tips for the Travel Sketcher

5 Tips for Creating Depth in a Sketch

Posted on April 1, 2020 by

We may get the shapes right, the colors right, and yet the sketch looks flat, why? Objects need context for them to make sense to our brain. Here are few tools to help add depth and dimension to your sketches. … Continue reading →

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How to sketch a tricky scene

Posted on March 27, 2020 by

Some of the scenes before us are more challenging to capture than others; we sketch then we are frustrated. Usually it is because we fail to follow the tried and true steps that have brought us success in the past. … Continue reading →

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Adapt your sketching style to the situation

Posted on November 10, 2019 by

What is your Travelsketching style? Trick question! You need more than one to make it work. Here are some examples of the different styles I have used on this trip to Tokyo and Seoul, with explanations as to why I … Continue reading →

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3 Times not to travel-sketch

Posted on October 8, 2019 by

Yes! I always have something with me so I can sketch, always. Yes! Sketching always beats taking selfies. Yes! Sketching makes travel exponentially more rewarding and memorable. Travel-sketching is all about capturing the moment, slowing down enough to actually look and … Continue reading →

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Three reasons to dig out your viewfinder.

Posted on August 21, 2019 by

Someone may have given you one as a gift or you picked one up out of curiosity – a viewfinder. Or you were shown the neat trick of using your hands as a viewfinder, reminiscent of movie directors in comedies … Continue reading →

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What is your sketching style?

Posted on July 30, 2019 by

If you follow sketching posts on the web you find that travel and urban sketchers are all over the place as far as technique, style, and content. Most artist in any medium will develop a style that is distinctly theirs … Continue reading →

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What I learned about sketching from birds

Posted on April 2, 2019 by

Most of us have something that intimidates us when we think of doing a sketch. Some fear buildings because of perspective issues, others its people and faces, for me it is (was) birds. Past attempts were usually disappointing. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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