Urban Sketching: Drawing People in Places

Marc Taro Holmes | Runtime (81 min)

Follow Marc’s simple steps to draw people in pencil, pen & ink, and paint people in watercolor. After a review of the gear and the strategy you’ll need to prepare for your trip, join Marc as he paints a lively street scene, filled with people and their dogs. You’ll learn how to quickly capture the silhouette and large shapes that will help you portray your subject accurately. Then follow along to add realistic, expressive details with each new passerby. Once your composition is in place, use ink to draw in all the details and develop form, then bring your subjects to life with watercolor. With Marc’s easy-to-follow drawing and painting techniques, you can capture the excitement and action of moving subjects, creating instant memories of the world around you!

FEATURES included in this drawing & painting lesson:

• Step-by-step instruction to achieve a complete understanding of how to sketch and paint people, or any moving subject!
• 3 steps to expressive sketches: pencil to pen to brush
• Learn multi-tasking techniques to create multiple sketches on one well-composed page
• Watercolor techniques for spontaneous effects
• Learn how to make pen and ink, watercolor, and pencil art
• Draw people with these easy techniques: shirt shape/pants shape, composite people, head and hair shapes
• Color mixing tips for painting skin tones in watercolor
• In addition to people, learn how to paint animals, architecture, skies, landscape elements, and more!

Preview now to get drawing tips on how to quickly draw people that are passing by, how to give form to your figures, and how to accent your painting with notes of color.

Also available for purchase as a download