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Category: Cityscapes

Not My Favorite Chapter

It had to happen, you know. Any time you pick up a how-to-draw book, sooner or later you’re going to … More

Arnold Fletcher, Barrington Barber, perspective

Imagination Required

Through my recent “art therapy” — my own personal experience at healing my hurt inner child artist — I discovered … More

Painting Weather, Rainy Days, Reflections, Urban art

Urban Sketching Without Leaving Home

You already know, of course, that I don’t do urban sketching. I can’t draw buildings, and I’d be much too … More

Shari Blaukopf, Sketchbook Revival, Urban Sketching, Watercolor vignettes

“I Think I Can”

When I first saw the reference photo we were going to use for the most recent “Live Lesson” series at … More

Challenging Ourselves, Learning to Draw, Line and wash, The Little Engine That Could

Art with Attitude

So much of art is attitude, I’ve learned, and unfortunately at times my attitude isn’t the best. That was how … More

attitude, Contour drawing, Forms and Shapes, Quick sketches

Urban Sketchers

Recently I wrote about Urban Art Guide: How to Draw Urban Settings, a book I downloaded free for my Kindle. … More

Drawing Attention, Kansas City area artists, Urban Sketchers

It’s Not a Competition

“It’s not a competition.” I read those words as I browsed books at Amazon, and with a sigh of relief … More

Books, Challenging Ourselves, perspective, Urban Art Guide, Urban Sketching

A Matter of Perspective

Oh, my goodness, but do I have a headache! I’ve just been through a grueling lesson on perspective, and while … More

Barns, buildings, Character, Cityscapes, imperfections, mechanical drawing, perfection, perspective, precision, protractors, rulers, Venice

Keep It Simple, Sweetheart

Simplify. That word has been one of my life’s mottos — if a single word can be a motto, that … More

Colored Pencil, drawing from nature, Flowers, orchids, Simplicity, Watercolor

Getting Bigger

Yesterday was a momentous one on my journey toward becoming an artist. I went art-shopping and for the first time, … More

art paper, Art supplies, Canson, Determination, Dreams, hard work, patience, Practice, Sketchbooks, Strathmore, The Virtual Instructor, trial and error, Watercolor, Watercolor Workshop

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