Get over 80% off an Urban Sketching for Beginner's Course

Highlights 

• Four comprehensive online workshops
• Instructed by renowned artist, Ian Fennelly 
• Just £10 

Time Out says

Have you ever looked at St Paul’s Cathedral and thought, ‘I wish I could paint that’? Well now’s your chance to Learn how to draw your favourite landmarks both in and around London with this beginner’s course in urban sketching. Led by renowned artist and teacher Ian Fennelly, this engaging online course teaches you everything from how to pick perfect locations, and choosing the right colours, to Ian's unique pen work techniques. You’ll learn all the fundamentals with four workshops broken down into bite-sized lessons that you can work through in your own time and at your own pace. 

What's on the course?

Workshop 1: English Bridge

In this first online workshop, you will learn how to draw a beautiful scene of the English Bridge from the historical town of Shrewsbury, England.

You will learn Ian's methods for finding the best spot to draw from, sketching in pencil, getting the proportions right, drawing wonderful perspective, simplifying your sketch, emphasising with pen, drawing reflections, applying colours, hatching techniques, drawing on paint and more.

Workshop 2: Tanners Wine Merchants

In the next online training, you will expand your skills a little further by learning to sketch this historic Tudor building in the heart of Shrewsbury.

This is a rich and exciting subject that Ian breaks down into lots of simple steps, with a strong emphasis on drawing perspective, tonal value, structure and storytelling.

In this workshop, you will learn how to notice all of the many details surrounding the building, while understanding which ones to leave out of your picture, and which details to include.

Workshop 3: Church Street

Church Street is a visually rich scene with lots of detail; pubs, signage, hanging baskets, lamps and cobbles, which is framed by a beautiful church with its incredible spire. Ian breaks this entire scene down into lots and lots of easy-to-follow steps that you can follow.

You will continue your training in how to sketch strong perspectives while learning how to get the composition right on your page.

Workshop 4: Wyle Cop

In the final online workshop, you will expand all of the impressive skills you have developed so far, by applying them to this visually rich scene.

You will start by slowly and carefully sketching it out in pencil, with a keen focus on getting the perspective and scaling right on your page, while capturing the downward sweep of the scene.

You'll learn how to pick the right visual element as your focal point. Then you will learn even more about tonal value and spatial contrast, and how to maximise colour using a minimal pallet. Together with Ian, you will build your picture carefully, adding more and more layers of detail; referencing the medium shapes, the signage and adding texture to your scene.

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• Voucher valid until October 31, 2023.
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