"The Urban Sketching Handbook" provided 101 drawing tips with a focus on urban drawing. The author provided tips that would be helpful to an absolute beginner at drawing as well as some tips that would be helpful to someone more experienced who wanted to learn to draw urban environments better. She started by talking about what materials to use for urban drawing and the basics about drawing lines and shading. She gave some very good tips on determining and including perspective in your drawings. She also gave tips on composition and how to use watercolor with your drawings. Overall, I'd recommend this book to artists interested in learning how to make more expressive and accurate urban drawings.

What an inspiring book. The sketches throughout are amazing and, yes, intimidating. However, this handbook covers such a wide breadth of topics that I think most people will be able to benefit from it. The experienced sketcher will have a comprehensive source of inspiration. The novice will be able to look at an ideal version of their goals as an artist and then select sections to work on an improve. From expressive use of color, to line weight and perspective, I want to try it all!

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This is a brilliant book, it makes you want to grab your sketch book and go travelling. It includes a trip round the world in beautiful art work. I loved the format, mostly short tips, straight to the point and clearly demonstrated in the art illustration. I love the variation on styles and methods, and some of the pictures were amazing. I definitely want a hard copy of this book sitting on my art book shelf.

Be inspired with all the great sketches within from the author and a plethora of urban artists. I have been inspired to sketch by this author and several of the artists spotlighted in this book through classes I have taken from them.
Along with inspirational pictures, this book contains a lot of helpful tips on shading, lines, perspective, painting, brushes, plus more; all skills needed to help improve any sketch. I wish I had the paper copy to carry in my sketching/painting pack, it would be great to reference.
This book is full of tips to inspire me to grow with the skills needed to create a great sketch of the world around me. Yesterday, I did my first foray into drawing in a small local restaurant. I felt a little silly at first, but then, as I started drawing the scene, I became less self-conscience and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I will be doing a lot more!
I received an electronic copy of this book through NetGalley for my honest opinion.

I think this book is definitely in a tie for my favorite art book of the year. It's perfect. Everything about it is perfect. As someone who sketches in their spare time, I found this to be so helpful and I loved everything from the instructions to the beautiful picture quality. 5/5 stars

This is such an informative book for those who want to improve their sketching skills. I personally am not great at drawing so I look for books to help me improve my skills. This book is one of them!

I'm in love with this sketching handbook. It is filled with solid suggestions to improve your drawing techniques. Most of these sketches are beyond my skills but the techniques provided will give me plenty to focus on to improve my drawings. This book is a treasure for me and I plan to reference it from now on when I draw (or until I have mastered these lessons). I will definitely be looking for more from this author. I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review.