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Mike Yoshiaki Daikubara

The Urban Sketching Handbook Color First, Ink Later: A Dynamic Approach to Drawing and Painting on Location

The Urban Sketching Handbook Color First, Ink Later: A Dynamic Approach to Drawing and Painting on Location

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The Urban Sketching Handbook: Color First, Ink Later by Mike Daikubara is a guide to creating vibrant, dynamic, and fun art on location by starting with a loose watercolor sketch and adding details in ink. The book offers step-by-step demonstrations, an extensive gallery of on-location sketches, and expert instruction on creative techniques, on-location tips, and visual inspiration.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 112 pages
Publication date: 18 January 2022
Publisher: Quarry Books


Discover a fresh and exciting way to create art on location: begin with a loose, colorful watercolor sketch, let that layer dry, and then add intricate details in ink. The outcome? Sketches that are more vibrant, dynamic, and fun!

Designer, urban sketcher, and author of The Urban Sketching Handbook: Sketch Now, Think Later, Mike Daikubara is your guide to this captivating method in The Urban Sketching Handbook: Color First, Ink Later.

Start with a comprehensive overview of the process, from optional light pencil sketches to finishing touches. Follow along several step-by-step demonstrations that apply the approach to a range of subjects, from still life to figures to architecture. Get inspired by an extensive gallery of on-location sketches.

You'll learn how to let watercolor do the heavy lifting in urban sketching and enjoy the spontaneous effects and delightful surprises you'll see in your artwork.

The Urban Sketching Handbooks 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.

Also available from the Urban Sketching Handbooks series:

Understanding Light

Panoramas and Vertical Vistas

Drawing Expressive People

Techniques for Beginners

Complete Urban Sketching Companion

Drawing with a Tablet

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Understanding Perspective

People and Motion

Architecture and Cityscapes.

Weight: 244g
Dimension: 161 x 209 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780760373033

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