Urban Sketches
What is Urban Sketching? In short, it is the practice of drawing things, objects or subjects around you through direct observation, wich means drawing in-situ or on-location if you are drawing a scene, on the sketchbook. Urbanketchers, a word coined by Gabriel Campanario, the founder of Urbansketchers.org and the practice of urban sketching to become a worldwide movement.
Sketches done on Sketchbooks
Sketches with People and Human Figures as Subject Focus
Drawing people in action and repose is the most fun but challenging practice. I would often find myself in coffeeshops, kopitiams, restaurants and different locations to observe people and draw them. But it is more than just sketching people. My sketch will tell the story of where they are and what they are doing. Sketching them in context is as important.
Sketches done while on a sketching tour in Porto, Portugal
Virtual Sketching & Painting
Sketches and drawings done with image references (photographs, Google Street View, Google Map or a combination of these). The practice has become popular in recent years when COVID19 happened as more were staying home due to safe measures. For me drawing from images is equally important as drawing from direct observation. It is not simply copying from the references but an opportunity to experiment with different drawing approaches, tools and materials. There is no one single or right way to draw!
Sketches drawn from image references
Sketching Indoors
My Sketching Tools
Changing Key Switches
A couple of years ago I would not have know what is a mechanical keyboard or how it would change the way one type with one. Now besides being a proud owner of one by #Nulphy, I am now changing the key switches after using it for a couple of months, unsatisfied with the key…
Sketches of Random People from Observation
Sketches of people encountered while dinning or chilling in cafes or coffeeshops.
Blessed Christmas 2022
And a Happy New Year 2023!! May the joy and peace of Christmas be with you throughout the year. Wishing you a season of blessings. Merry Christmas! May all your stress fade away and your heart is filled with wonder and warmth. Here’s my own original Christmas greeting card done in Affinity Designer version 2…
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Don Low Art & Illustration 