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The Urban Sketching Handbook Drawing Expressive People

Essential Tips & Techniques for Capturing People on Location
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The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People by Róisín Curé guides artists in capturing dynamic, expressive figures through urban sketching. The book covers essential techniques including proportion, quick capture of shifting subjects, and expressing personality and emotion in individual figures, groups, and crowds. Practical tips and exercises help artists bring life and authentic storytelling to their sketches.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for urban sketchers and artists eager to improve their figure drawing skills, particularly those who enjoy drawing people in real-time settings. It's a practical resource for beginners and intermediate artists seeking portable, expert instruction on capturing expressive human subjects.

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The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People helps artists develop skills and confidence to overcome the challenges of drawing people on the go, introducing and applying useful tips and techniques.

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In The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People, urban sketcher and workshop instructor Roisin Cure shows how to make your figures more than just anonymous bystanders by sharing the basics of drawing people on the go as well as how to successfully render poses, faces, and expressions.

Following an essential section on proportion, you'll find tips, tricks, and examples for surmounting the intimidating prospect of capturing ever-shifting subjects, plus techniques for portraying poses accurately and distilling details that convey personality and emotion, whether individually, in small groups, or in crowds. Bring figures and people to life on the page and tell an authentic visual story with The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People.

The Urban Sketching Handbook 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 with an elastic band closure—perfect to toss in your backpack or artist's tote.

Series: Urban Sketching Handbooks

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781631599316

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 December 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Quarry Books

Illustration: 100 color illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 112

About the Author

Roisin Cure holds a first-class honors and a master's degree in Geology from National University of Ireland. In addition to founding the Urban Sketchers Galway chapter and serving as the Galway correspondent for Urban Sketchers, she offers sketching workshops and tutorials in Ireland and throughout Europe. She lives in Galway, Ireland.

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