Today we are talking about urban sketching and the importance of going out specifically to sketch from life, We also share how to plan a successful trip.
Obviously, not everyone can dedicate a whole day to sketching on a regular basis. It might be that you can only spare your lunch hours at work, but we can talk about ‘snatching time to sketch’ in a future episode. Today we are focussing on arranging a dedicated sketching day trip.
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We forgot to mention on the podcast that there is a website https://www.urbansketchers.org/ and Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/urbansketchers/ dedicated to urban sketching around the world. If you live near a city, you might be lucky enough to find a group near you.
Some of the things we discuss:
- Whether you want to sketch alone or with other people, including organising local sketching meetups.
- Where to sketch
- What to take with you, from art materials to something to sit on
- What sort of bag you might want to use
- What to wear
- Planning what you want to achieve
- Apps to help you plan your sketching trip – Rome to Rio, GPS my City, Find my Friends App iOS and Android
- Getting deals on travel – Groupon, Tesco Club Card deals on Hotels.com
And we also talk about getting those warm-up sketches out of the way. In fact, every time you do a sketch you don’t like, just call it a warm-up! Oh and Sandra thinks it’s important to mention, not to forget your tampons. She doesn’t even have a weird use for them like some of the suggestions she had in our Art Tips Podcast!
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This week’s creative question
Q. If you could go urban sketching anywhere, where would it be and why?
The best answers will be read out on the next joint podcast.
You can Tweet us your answers @KickCreatives or let us know in the Facebook Group, which by the way if you haven’t already joined, I highly recommend that you do! We will put the question up there and also on the facebook page… and of course, on our Instagram page @kickinthecreatives.
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