How to Choose the Right Urban Sketching Course for You
Wales or New York? Beginners or Quick Sketch? A friendly guide to choosing the urban sketching course that suits you.
Perspective Drawing for Beginners
One Point, Two Point and Three Point Perspective Explained
Urban Sketching Brush Guide: Rigger, Flat and Round Made Simple
A simple guide to the rigger, flat and round brushes used in urban sketching, and how each supports washes, detail and water control.
How Critiques Help You Improve Faster in Urban Sketching
A sketch critique helps because it shows you what you cannot easily see for yourself while you are drawing. A fresh set of eyes can spot the small adjustment that makes the whole sketch feel clearer, calmer, and more convincing.
Sketching Animals in Context: How Safari Sketch Differs from Urban Zoo
Learn how the Safari Sketch Course differs from Urban Zoo by placing animals within their landscapes, not in isolation.
Sketch Safari
How each workshop builds better sketching decisions through control, context, and character.
Our 4 Week Urban Sketching Experience: The Process and the Progress
Four weeks, one plan. Outline, colour, tone, detail. Key lessons and student insights from our live sketching experience.
How to Stop Tombow Brush Pens Streaking
Why do my Tombow brush pens leave streaks? There is a familiar moment when you reach for a grey brush pen. The drawing feels settled. The lines are behaving. The watercolour has dried nicely. You are only trying to add a little weight, a little calm. Then the tone does not behave as expected. Instead […]
Warm Greys vs Cool Greys in Urban Sketching
Using Tone, Temperature, and Visual Variety
Why Gifting a Sketch Often Means More Than a Shop-Bought Gift
Gifting a sketch is not about perfection. It is about sharing time, memories, and something genuinely personal.