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title: "The Urban Sketching Handbook Sketch Now, Think Later: Jump into Urban Sketching with Limited Time, Tools, and Techniques (Volume 5)"
brand: "mike yoshiaki daikubara"
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# The Urban Sketching Handbook Sketch Now, Think Later: Jump into Urban Sketching with Limited Time, Tools, and Techniques (Volume 5)

**Brand:** mike yoshiaki daikubara
**Price:** € 36.08
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- **What is this?** The Urban Sketching Handbook Sketch Now, Think Later: Jump into Urban Sketching with Limited Time, Tools, and Techniques (Volume 5) by mike yoshiaki daikubara
- **How much does it cost?** € 36.08 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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The Urban Sketching Handbook Sketch Now, Think Later: Jump into Urban Sketching with Limited Time, Tools, and Techniques (Volume 5) (Urban Sketching Handbooks, 5)

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## Customer Reviews

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    I loved this book but it takes two hands to read it.
  

*by N***K on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 30, 2022*

The book was great! ALOT smaller than I expected for the price but it's very helpful and fun to read. Mike makes sketching on location quite understandable from points to notice about the scene, your surroundings, points of reference, perspectives, angles, where to start and why plus tools, tips and helpful suggestions. I gave it 4 stars and the only reason was because the measurable gutter of the book was too narrow and I actually had to pull the book open with both hands to read what was printed in the gutter. Spiral bound would have helped or just a bigger size book with more space for margins and gutters. I attached pictures where you can see many pages were just too tight.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Great book for beginners and a brilliant refresher for non-beginners!
  

*by F***H on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 27, 2018*

What an excellent resource for beginners and not-beginners alike! I’m an illustrator by trade who stumbled on this book as recommended by another artists blog (James Richards). This book lists out exactly what you need to start your own watercolor sketches and imparts how important mistakes are. Beginners often think that they need to make the final product with the first stroke, and immediately erase to get that line perfect. Don’t! Create that bad line, then create another bad line, then maybe make a good line or two and pretty soon you’re gonna have a page filled with visual texture, so then fill in some lighting with color that is based on an existing scene, and voila! You now have a finished piece! It’s okay if it sucks, if we’re being honest, most art does! But you learn something!I bought this originally because it is a medium that I have wanted to try since it is such a “portable” medium. However, as I was thumbing through, not only did I learn a bunch, but Mike laid out everything for the beginner and I realized this would be perfect for my retired dad who is just now beginning to paint. Well, sometimes, we don’t take to advice from our closest relatives and friends, and I anticipate that, so I look for other sources that can articulate my own thoughts. Mike does way better than I could ever attempt, so, full disclosure, there are now two copies owned by our family!When most of us start our journey we strive to produce representationally accurate drawings and pride ourselves in the technicality that can bring. This book is great because it depicts “loose drawing” which is where true emotion is born. The novice will get caught up in detail, and detail is fun to show off to friends; realism is a great way to show how technically good you are. But to capture a scene that conveys emotion and the whimsy of the movement in a band of musicians, THAT is created through wandering ink paths, and I believe that’s what this book is a great example of. It is a broad guide for you to choose your own path, and Mike lays out the tools you need to create your own trail.In my years at art school the most beneficial lessons I was taught were by my peers and their sketchbooks and processes. Luckily Mike took the time out of his life to display his. Brilliant book, brilliant images, and it is phenomenal that we get to enjoy his efforts.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Mike actually teaches.  Not just another book full of discouragingly wonderful finished paintings and sketches.
  

*by A***H on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 29, 2018*

I have a large collection of how to books on urban sketching and watercolor.  Some are better than others.  I am a student of landscape sketching and watercolor.  I have taken classes for a several years now, I am always looking for a teacher who can show me how to draw and paint better.  Most books on urban sketching say they are for beginners as well as experienced artists.  The books assume way to much on the part of the student.  When it comes down to it these books are showcases of the authors artwork, not how to.  They all start out with the same thing, here are some nice photos of the equipment I use, paints, pencils, blank sketch books etc.  Some give a few step by step illustrations then take off with beautiful finished paintings.  I love looking at the paintings but I want to learn how.  This author shows you how to.  Mike is opinionated and tells you exactly what he uses then how he carries his kit around.  Next he goes into a very clear simple 2-3 pages on perspective, basically all you need to know.  He uses a pen, not a pencil because he uses artists to keep going even if they make a mistake something every professional teacher I have had urges.  All of my teachers have said to always keep going on a sketch or drawing, never tear it up there is always a way to keep going and finish.  Mike is an author but he is also a teacher.  His art is really wonderful and enjoyable and he shows you how to do it.  Not that he wants you the student to copy his style, on the contrary he urges you to keep going, sketch sketch sketch. Always carry your sketch book.  I really appreciate his teaching style or should I say his writing style.  I think my search for instruction books is over.  Buy the book, it is a convenient size, just like a sketchbook.

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