Tate: Sketch Club Urban Drawing

Name: Tate: Sketch Club Urban Drawing
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781781577752
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By Phil Dean

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Tate: Sketch Club Urban Drawing by Phil Dean is a practical guide that invites artists to embrace the vibrant art of urban sketching. Through 20 step-by-step exercises, it teaches how to capture scenes on location, offering advice on when to start, stop, and correct common errors. The book is designed to help artists develop their skills and personal style by focusing on techniques like loosening up, building a scene, adding contrast, and applying finishing touches.
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This book is ideal for artists interested in urban sketching and those looking to enhance their ability to draw from life rather than photographs. It suits beginners seeking structured exercises as well as more experienced sketchers aiming to refine their style with professional guidance.

Learn to bring dynamism and energy to your cityscapes, capture people on location and experiment using different mediums with the expert guidance of Sketch Club: Urban Drawing.

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Urban sketching has become one of the biggest art trends of the last decade, with artists preferring to capture a scene on location rather than relying on a photograph. Featuring 20 step-by-step exercises, Sketch Club: Urban Drawing is your essential guide to putting your drawing skills into practice on location. You'll learn how to start, when to stop and how to fix common mistakes.

Packed with all the energy and inspiration of a drawing group, this is the ideal book for anyone looking to take their urban drawing further. Perfect your urban drawing skills and develop your own unique style with professional urban sketcher, Phil Dean.

Chapters include:

Loosening Up
Building a Scene
Adding Contrast
Taking it Further
Finishing Touches

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781781577752

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 August 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Ilex

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 214.0mm

Height: 278.0mm

Weight: 540g

Pages: 112

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About the Author

Phil Dean is an artist and graphic designer based in London. He graduated from Leeds College of Art with a degree in Graphic Design, before moving down to London, where he now runs his own creative agency. Phil also runs a hugely popular Instagram account, The Shoreditch Sketcher, where he posts stunning urban sketches from around the world, and leads urban sketching workshops in London for a variety of experience levels.

@shoreditchsketcher

www.theshoreditchsketcher.com

TATE is home to the United Kingdom's national collection of British, and international modern and contemporary art, with its collection shared between Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Ilex is proud to partner with Tate, supporting the gallery in its mission to promote public understanding and enjoyment of art.

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