Who this course is for:

• Beginner students in watercolor
• Students learning watercolor painting
• Beginner-intermediate students learning pen sketching and watercolor painting
• Students looking to learn how to sketch and paint loosely
• Students interested in learning urban sketching

What you’ll learn: 

• How to draw simple to complex buildings with a pen, and how to use watercolor to imply light, shade and mood with a variety of colors
• How to sketch figures and people
• Materials – what paints, paper, brushes and pens you will need
• Hands-on pen sketching techniques – follow along and sketch with me. Learn how to hold your pen for different effects, draw basic lines and shapes
• How to create depth and light/darkness in your drawing through the use of ‘hatching’
• Understanding light sources and how to paint realistic shadows
• How to sketch a subject easily by simplifying a landscape into basic shapes, and using a combination of loose and accurate drawing styles
• Hands-on lessons on essential watercolor techniques such as wet-in-wet and wet-on-dry
• How to paint skies, buildings, land, figures, trees and shrubs, and other objects

Requirements: 

• No prior knowledge is required to take this course 

Hi, I’m Darren from Watercolor Mentor and welcome to the course!  Let’s start to learn Urban Landscape Sketching.

Urban sketching with line and wash is a fun way to create fresh and spontaneous works while enjoying some time outdoors. It combines the benefits of both ink drawing and watercolor painting. Urban sketching is a great way to learn and improve your drawing and painting skills.

In this course, you’ll learn how to transform day-to-day scenes that you observe into beautiful lines and wash sketches that you can hold onto and treasure.

This course is aimed towards beginners with 10 line and wash demonstrations which I’ll help guide you through step-by-step. There are scans, drawing, and tracing templates included as well for each demonstration to help you transfer your drawing over quickly and easily. You can follow along to my real-time drawing and narration videos for all of these demonstrations.

In this course, I explain every technique I use while I’m painting, such as using watercolor to paint shadows on a building. I’ll be going over the basics of line and wash sketching. I’ll show you how to sketch with a pen quickly and accurately using a variety of techniques including drawing lines in segments, hatching, and using different sized nibs to your advantage. I’ll also talk about what materials you’ll need, your options, and which ones I use and recommend. If you have a pen, some watercolor paints, and paper, then you’re set to go.

So let’s get started and create some beautiful drawings and paintings that you can be proud of!

*Course Resources are included under the ‘Materials Required’ lecture.

Course Project Description

Assignment:

Your course project is to draw and paint your own urban landscape! This can be a scene featured in one of the course demonstration videos or based on one of your own photographs or scenes you have observed outside.

You can also refer to the scanned drawing/painting templates attached below which will allow you to trace the drawings if you choose to do so. I recommend drawing each scene free hand. Drawing is an important step in improving your painting skills. This provides you with an opportunity to compose and plan your painting. Once you’ve finished the drawing, use the watercolor steps and processes included in the course demonstrations to complete your painting.

Materials:

Use any permanent black ink pens, watercolor paper, and brushes you have available. I recommend:

• Lightfast/Permanent ballpoint ink pen (0.5mm nib), or set of permanent pigment liners
• 100% cotton watercolor paper or sketchbook
• Watercolor Paints – primary colors will be sufficient (yellow, red, blue).
• Watercolor Brushes – mop brush and a variety of round and flat brushes.

Getting Started:

Review the course demonstrations first. There are 10 different urban landscapes that you can draw and paint from. You can also download the tracing templates to transfer over your drawing.

Looking to sketch and paint another scene? Research some free reference photo websites, pick one of your own reference photos, or simply find an outdoor location where you can sit and paint. Using the steps and processes included in this course, create your own unique urban sketch.

Our Promise to You

By the end of this course, you will have learned essential Urban Landscape Sketching techniques.

10 Day Money Back Guarantee. If you are unsatisfied for any reason, simply contact us and we’ll give you a full refund. No questions asked.

Get started today and learn urban landscape sketching!