{"id":22731,"date":"2026-09-22T11:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/?p=22731"},"modified":"2026-09-24T16:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:46:50","slug":"the-urban-sketching-handbook-techniques-for-beginners-how-to-build-a-practice-for-sketching-on-location-suhita-shirodkar-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/the-urban-sketching-handbook-techniques-for-beginners-how-to-build-a-practice-for-sketching-on-location-suhita-shirodkar-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Urban Sketching Handbook &#8211; Techniques for Beginners: How to Build a Practice for Sketching on Location &#8211; Suhita Shirodkar (2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a first section on getting started, this little handbook takes you through sketching objects, places and people, and then shows you how to bring all these elements together. It is packed with useful little tips on composition, perspective, scale and simplification, making the whole process feel much less intimidating. What I like most are the many examples from talented urban sketchers. They help you understand how these little tricks work in practice, while also allowing you to discover different approaches and styles and see what you are naturally drawn to. It is a small but very inspiring book, full of practical ideas that make you want to grab your sketchbook and start drawing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;One of the most overlooked aspects of urban sketching is drawing people. We often draw urban environments designed for use by people, but not the people that occupy them.<br>People in urban sketches can be as simple as silhouetted shapes or they maybe more articulated with faces and features and actions and gestures.<br>Drawing people is about drawing human stories that tell of places and of cultures, of what makes us unique and what we share in common.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4342.jpeg?resize=601%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22747\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4342.jpeg?resize=601%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 601w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4342.jpeg?resize=176%2C300&amp;ssl=1 176w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4342.jpeg?resize=768%2C1307&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4342.jpeg?resize=902%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 902w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4342.jpeg?resize=1203%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1203w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4342.jpeg?w=1358&amp;ssl=1 1358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a first section on getting started, this little handbook takes you through sketching objects, places and people, and then shows you how to bring all these elements together. It is packed with useful little tips on composition, perspective, scale and simplification, making the whole process feel much less intimidating. 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