The text appears on the drawings themselves but often they get expanded when Len posts them on Instagram. The sketch matures as it originates because conversations take place and life just happens when you stop and listen. Len’s urban sketches record time and conversations as they pass. Example 4: Len Grant, Stephenson Square, Manchester, pen and watercolour sketch It is easy to remember it had been raining and we took cover here and enjoyed trying out the natural pigments to test how they worked. It enriches the drawing, helping to remember aspects like company and method of painting. The blank space left on the drawing was perfect for adding a short story about how the sketch came about. Example 3: Isabel Carmona Andreu, View from the Lock Stock and Barrel, watercolour, natural pigments and colour pencil on paper I’m trying to convey the feeling of the garden using tone and textural marks in greyscale. The drawing itself is focused on mark making of the foliage and recording of textures within the garden. The space was left on the drawing to write the story, premeditating while drawing on the qualities of the garden and the pleasure it gives. Example 2: Isabel Carmona Andreu, Jardin de Lujo, pencil on paper He also notes his personal thoughts that make the drawing and the square his. Consciously, he left a space in white on the page to write about squares and what they represent as communal spaces. The trees are also bare of leaves and there is a large, blue winter sky. There is a feeling of weather and cold in the shadow over the square and in the fully wrapped-up figures. In this double-spread sketch, Victor presents his hometown square in winter. Example 1: Victor Swasky, My Hometown Square, Barbera del Valles, pen and watercolour on paper Others do a few scribbled notes or develop their own lettering for the purpose. Some sketchers write a neat version of their own handwriting. Your lettering and the practice of writing will both be very personal. There are various ways to develop your own writing style on a drawing. It loses its stiff, factual nature and becomes part of our creativity. This way writing is also a little creative and not too analytical. Sometimes it pays to give one’s thoughts some time before putting them down, allowing the memory to settle a bit before remembering it. As such, if desired, space can be left blank or set aside for writing during the sketching experience or to be completed afterwards. Now reading your notes as well as looking at the sketch – does the writing complete the story?Īs noted above, writing can be part of the drawing process. Leave the drawing aside a few more days and look at it again. If there is space on the page add your notes, there or on the opposite side of the page. It could be a person you remember, or how it felt to be there, or what mood you were in. Write a few notes evoked by the drawing about things that were not drawn up. How to add writing to an urban sketchĬhoose a drawing you did a while ago, a week or a month is sufficient. This enriches the meaning and adding complexity. It also distils memories and emotions that the drawing itself evokes and communicates them to the viewer alongside the image. For example, picking up on urban graffiti or other written text as the main part of the drawing.įinally, writing notes and thoughts about a drawing, before, during or after drawing, links the act of drawing with the thinking process. Third, writing can be part of the story recorded. Capturing non-visual signals such as sounds, conversations, smells or other multisensorial experiences can complete the visual recording of the scene. This could be to point out the changes between them and highlight any surprises noticed whilst drawing. First it can help writing up expectations (before) and reflections (after) the sketching takes place.
There are various ways in which writing on an urban sketch of buildings and architecture can complete the information given by the drawing itself. Want to mix up your urban sketches or after some tips on how to improve? If so, these urban sketching exercises from Isabel Carmona Andreu are just what you need.
Link copied to clipboard Isabel Carmona Andreu sets some urban sketching exercises to help you to communicate better through your drawings
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