Description
The result? 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 exciting method in The Urban Sketching Handbook: Color First, Ink Later:
- Start with a detailed overview of the process, from optional light pencil sketch 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
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; 101 Sketching Tips; Working with Color; Sketch Now, Think Later; Understanding Perspective; People and Motion; and Architecture and Cityscapes.
About the Author
The author of two books in The Urban Sketching Handbooks series-Sketch Now, Think Later and Color First, Ink Later-Mike Daikubara began carrying a sketchbook in 2000 so he could communicate better and faster at his design day job. Now he sketches daily to see, understand, and enjoy! A Japanese-American, Mike grew up between Tokyo and New York City, attending an international school with kids from all over the world. He currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Instagram: @mikedaikubara
Urban Sketchers, an international nonprofit dedicated to fostering a global community of artists who practice on-location drawing.
Their website, where you can find a list of regional chapters worldwide: urbansketchers.org
Instagram: @urbansketchers
Facebook: Urban Sketchers / @urbansketchers
Twitter: @urbansketchers
YouTube: Urban Sketchers
Book Information
ISBN 9780760373033
Author Mike Yoshiaki Daikubara
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Quarry Books
Publisher Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Weight(grams) 240g