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Urban sketching is incredibly popular. It's all about connecting with the place you are in. But how do you get started? I thought I would share my process in this film. It's all about trying to capture lots of information quickly in case it rains, you freeze to death or someone parks a car in the way.

Thanks to my neighbour (Eddie) for letting me sketch their house.

I really enjoy quick sketches and it is just not the same if you work from a photo in the studio. So this is a first for me, I am doing an outside broadcast.

Urban Sketching is reportage it's drawing or painting on location in the cities, towns, or villages that you live in and travel to. You are capturing a moment in time in a unique way. I saw this lovely quote from Roisin Cure "The essence of an urban sketch is that its primary function is not to be beautiful, but to capture what it feels like to be human. This could be in a manmade building, the hand of man on the landscape, or human beings in action, wherever they are or whatever they are doing."

In this film I thought it would be fun to show you my sketching process on location. It turns out that filming yourself drawing outside is really hard! The trouble is that you cannot check if everything is on camera once you are sitting down. Luckily it was. I did another one and only got half the drawing....

If you want to have a go at this house, I will put a picture on the community tab on this channel. I would love to see what you do.

Don't forget I run a Facebook group which is a great place to meet other artists, get tips and to share your work. You can join here:   / watercolourstudiowithlizchaderton  

If you are interested in learning more about line and wash, I have a really comprehensive course over at https://www.lizchadertonstudio.co.uk/... and my book Line and Wash Painting is available from The Crowood Press and online book shops worldwide.

Of course you can use whatever materials you like to sketch with, but pen and watercolour are very popular, because of the speed you can work at and also that the kit is light and portable, so that you can do a quick sketch while waiting in the car or sitting drinking a coffee. Give it a go and you will see the world in a different light.

Going out sketching on your own can be intimidating. So maybe sitting in a coffee shop is a good place to start and having your back to a wall so no one can look over your shoulder, also helps! Most people are just impressed you are doing it. If they are a painter, they will be supportive and if they aren't an artist, well they will wish they were. So try not to care what people think! There are urban sketch groups around the world, usually organised through Facebook, so there's safety in numbers and perhaps you could go out with them just search your local area.

#lizchaderton #urbansketching #lineandwash

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