Enhancing precision through URBAN SKETCHING (over and over)
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- There's no greater challenge than ignoring the inner voice that says you are a failure. That sounds kind of dramatic, but it's something I face every time I sit down to draw buildings. Architecture presents new challenges for a landscape artist who usually paints more loose and expressive. I want to improve my accuracy, and the only way to do that is through hard work. In this video I show you my process for doing field studies and taking it back to the studio to practice in more detail. I'll also chat about what it all means to me. #urbansketching #gouache #markersketch
In this video I'm using markers, ink, gouache and more. (names of my supplies are on the screen during the video)
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A huge part of painting and drawing from observation is identifying and organizing the essential information in the subject, and filtering out the "noise" and assumptions about how we think things look. This is a great lesson in figuring out what information to encode in lines and colors, and how to avoid distortions that can throw off a picture! It's encouraging to learn that accomplished professionals like @SarahBurnsStudio have the same self-doubt as people new to art- it's very kind of you to share this with the community!
Yes. I love the use of the light blue background buildings in the on-site sketch to pop forward the main player of the clock tower
6:45 _"With enough repetition I can learn to draw anything."_
This is a quote every beginner has to have framed in their room and look at it every day. 👌
And that there in the sketch book, folks, is in the true meaning of an Urban “sketch”. Awesome!
Later, you can turn your sketch into a full “painting” … if you want. Good job, thank you.
“Drawing is a cycle of mistakes, learning from it and doing better next time.” So true. I love that you share your struggles and normalize them as part of an artist’s practice. It was awesome to see what you recorded and where you took your plein air (or plein car?) sketches once you were back in the studio.
Excellent! I loved seeing you use the markers. I think I’ll give those a try. Also, it is so important to show people that a real artist does the same scene several times to improve accuracy. So many quit after the first attempt. As a scientific illustrator, I was given a dozen boxes of snake skeletons from the museum’s collections. The specimens had been collected all over the state of Florida. Half were rattlesnakes and half were water moccasins. The assignment I was given by the archaeologists was to find a way to identify which snakes they had found in middens in south Florida and to illustrate the difference. I did find a way after much study and a lot of measurements with calipers. I had to draw the set five times each view (dorsal, ventral, front, back, and side) before I got the accuracy perfect enough so any scientist could see it. A photo doesn’t do the job here because it gives TOO MUCH information. I find that the same goes for fine art now that I have retired. What you leave out makes all the difference in conveying your thoughts and emotions while visiting the site. Thank you again, Sarah. You are my favorite fine art teacher. Much love and hugs. ❤
I learn so much more when I repeat a drawing/painting. It’s actually enjoyable because the second time feels more comfortable
@@SarahBurnsStudio Yes! And, you notice things that you didn’t see the first time because you are overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information present. Deciding what to put in and what to leave out is the critical first step. It is where beginners get hung up. As an illustrator I had someone else telling me what the goal was. All I had to do then 😁 was figure out how to do it in the most informative, attractive way. Creating an esthetically pleasing drawing in pen and ink or graphite that DOESN’T look like fine art is a challenge. I went back to the old master scientific illustrators to learn how to do that. I was a science major not an art major.
Scouting -- my thoughts you could stop at any point in that intro-- gorgeous architecture
I lead Urban Sketching every weekend here in San Francisco! Yes it is fun and being with other artists is the best!!
I've been drawn to old buildings my entire life. They have so much history, what have they seen, what have the people who ,iced/worked/travelled there experienced? I'm in the early stages of my urban sketching journey, but I love it. This is another wonderful video, and it taught me a lot.
Really enjoyed the commentary, it gives this 'demonstration' more depth as a 'teaching moment'. And the white gouache[?] background on the buff paper is stunning.
I loved the video and it’s great your urban sketching. I love the pep talk. I know I needed it. I feel like such a failure at painting sometimes and i forget that I’m still learning. Happy painting my friend you give us inspiration.❤❤❤❤
Loving the urban sketching videos Sarah. Thank you.
We were in this town yesterday and at the castle too. Greats opportunities for urban sketching as the buildings are amazing.
I really like both versions -and how you simplify to get something on paper that you are happy with. Loved the quick sketch with ,arkers -espefially the light blue layer to mark the shadows. Looking forward to more !
Ok, I just finished watching and could have listened and watched for several hours!! Your excitement was contagious and the pictures and videos made me feel as tho I was smelling the air and actually could feel the cool, wet air especially at the harbor…
I would love to live there and good for you that you actually DID move when young…
I was going to tell you to scan Ian’s and frame it as you will feel that joy each time you see it…but, you actually have the sketch of the best part of being there so you will have that to hang for the memories….
Again, thank you so very much for sharing and bringing me along with you during this amazing week ❤
Live all the sketches. The last one in particular!
loved it. I'm trying to do decent buildings but it is like I have mental block on perspective. Despite taking some classes in it. you are so right----just keep doing it over and over.
Beautiful thought process Sarah thank you for sharing and allowing space for vulnerability and imperfection. Keep it up ❤
Love the urban sketching! But I was also one that voted for it😁. Your drawing that you did back in your studio looked so nice with the white gouache and toned paper. Thanks for doing this video as it is very interesting to see the old architecture in Scotland that has so much character. I too like the natural landscapes that you usually do but this is just fun to see something different. I love the mix up seeing the different beauty that Scotland has to offer. Also thanks for listing on the video the different pens and markers that you use. That was a lot of fun! Thanks again Sarah! 🎨🖌️☀️🌙⭐️🌎
Thank you! I like your marker drawing. The texture of the stones is very nice.
Enjoyed watching your process, Sarah, and learning from your sharing. Years ago I took a watercolor class, then read a book that focused on light & shadows in relation to buildings. I have looked at the world around me since then with much more awareness & appreciation - my favorite time of the day, because of the lighting, is what I learned people call "the golden hour".
My favorite time as well!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on working through the struggle and not giving up!
Yep, as I keep reminding meself, the thing about being able to walk is not about not falling down, but about getting up again, no matter how many times you fall. The same with every skill we learn, doesn't matter what it is.
Lovely video, thank you!
I usually stick to landscapes because humans/animals/buildings are hard! (And I really really love landscapes)
But you are right, without practise they will stay hard. Maybe I should try some time...
If it’s something you want to get better at, just start small, maybe spend a week getting familiar with one or the other. It takes time 🙃
Awesome, 💕
Thank you for this amazing video. This is the content what drags me out of my own reality time to time and allows me to immerse in something relaxing, giving me joy, giving my motivations back to draw, paint, challenge myself and LIVE. Thank you Sarah, and thanks to Wolfy too! 😊👏👏👏
You always help us grow. TY
I love your positive self talk...it is indeed all a learning experience. Thank you for sharing.
The shadow of the building in your final painting was *so* satisfying to see. Really beautiful work!
Haha that’s why I wanted it to be a little Timelapse because in real time it was slow and boring but in the Timelapse it was like ahhhhhh yes
Man. I love watching these, and yet feel so despondent and frustrated by the end. XP Even despite your advice, I feel like things just don't click when I'm trying to draw or paint. I can do flat cartoony things, but trying to translate more detailed things, like shadows, doesn't seem to move from my eyes to my brain to my hands.
ANYWAY. Early morning lamentations. :P Thank you for always sharing your process and your thoughts about it! It IS admittedly shocking, as an outsider, to think anyone with that much skill could ever think they're doing it wrong; but then, that's the creative's curse, I suppose! 🤗❤️
It takes a lot of time. I’ve spent most of my life drawing. When I was younger I drew nonstop. I found books in the library that showed how to draw animals and trees and such. I barely remember those but I remember loving the feeling of accomplishment when I drew a horse from memory 😂 I bet if I looked at it now it would look like an alien..
I’ve never been keen on trying toned paper, but wow! It works amazing for this painting 😮
I love it for gouache!
ooh another place to visit once it stops raining lol
Beautiful 😻
Excellent! Loved your comments here especially. I really want to get better at urban subjects but painting them expressively is elusive. I would love to nail an Alex Hillkurtz style. But buildings...arrgh? Great video Sarah, thanks!
I bet if you focused on it, your buildings/streetscapes would be fabulous. In YOUR style 😁
@@SarahBurnsStudio thanks. I need to do that. Focus!
I love both versions! The marker version just has a “fun” feeling and I love how you simplified the background buildings by making them all pale blue. The gouache version feels more “sophisticated” and I like how it takes advantage of the paper colour. I get so much from seeing your process outside and in the studio…thank you! There are some buildings that I really enjoy sketching multiple times (a few lighthouses, in particular, that I have personal attachment to), but I’d have a tough time (mentally) redoing a complicated building / scene multiple times. I have no probably painting trees, rocks and beaches a “million” times/ways, but getting the perspective right on some buildings is just so fiddly, I hold my breath that I don’t screw it up when I apply paint 😅.
Haha I know what you mean! I think it gets easier as you repeat the same building, my hope is that after a lot of repetition, those nerves vanish and I can just sit down and dive into a complicated building or streetscape. My ultimate goal or what I’m kind of training for in the long run is to go to Italy for a month and paint my heart out 😍
Loved the idea of using dots. Also liked the way you used markers to make the bricks! Easey peasey.
It's really encouraging watching you practice urban sketching. Not that it's necessary outside of your comfort zone, but watching you practice on increasing your mental library with more architecture/proportions is so much fun. I've only messed around a little with on site urban sketching, and these videos are making me want to go outside and fill my own sketchbook! I'm looking forward to hearing how these study sessions help out with the workshop you're attending later this month.
Yea to be honest I don’t think it’s about a specific subject, but rather getting focused on *Something* and really practicing realism after a long time of being very loose
I love your choice of the kraft background for your studio version. Great way to translate the building to another level! And car drawing/painting. Yep. Gotta love it, for whatever it is worth with weather. I have done many a car session over the years.
It’s a good “moving studio” here in Scotland 🤣
Beautiful sketches Sarah ! Thank you.
Your sketches are wonderful. Really feel the scene
So valuabe lessons, need to see this again and practise it!
I enjoyed this video so much, Sarah! One of the things I’m working on is getting over my phobia of perspective! 😂 I felt so encouraged by your approach and your process for self-critique. What kinds of notes do you make? I’d love to see a video with multiple iterations of this process for you (or maybe you already have one?). It would be so fun to watch you notice in one drawing, what changes you make in the next, how your drawing skills grow. Thanks for sharing your journey and know-how with us! Hugs from the Upper Left Coast of the US!
If you go to my channel then look for the "lessons learned" playlist there are some videos along those lines
Very enjoyable video thanks! x
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Hi Sarah, thanks for the videos and your insights. What is the paper pad that you used in the studio? Thanks
It’s Stillman & Birn Nova sketchbook
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