Urban Sketching Handbooks The Urban Sketching Handbook Color First, Ink Later: A Dynamic Approach to Drawing and Painting on Location, Book 15, (Paperback)

How many watercolors have I made where everything was going perfect until — it wasn't. Yes, I've learned to control my watercolors but somehow nature finds a way. Or not. This gorgeous little handbook is helping me to embrace the spontaneity that led me into watercolors in the first place, without wasting lots of time perfecting works that, in the end, only looked old-fashioned and too fussed over. With this approach, and the various projects within, doing the watercolors first, and then inking the details afterward, is such a simple-to-understand approach, yet in practice could easily become confusing. This charming book, it walked me through quick projects that helped me to grasp how to add a much-needed contemporary approach, using contemporary tools, while quickly and enjoyably creating contemporary artwork styles. Beautiful photos, top-notch printing, clever layouts, and super helpful instructions throughout.