own style
and sketch with
confidence
Quickly transform the blank page to capture the beauty of the place where you are.
A short, fun course to start you sketching!
Level 1 Short Course: Perfect for beginners
Build a solid foundation for your own sketching journey by learning fundamental observational skills and the basics of urban sketching.
Live Version starting 8 January 2025
Level 1 Comprehensive Course: Essential drawing skills and basic colour – perfect for beginners
Create vibrant and lively watercolour sketches by learning how to control your water, create watercolour magic and know when to layer or work wet-in-wet.
Level 1 Comprehensive Course: Best done with some basic drawing skills – after Foundations
Design beautiful layouts for every page by learning how to add elements, preserve white space and think about placement before you start sketching.
Level 2 Comprehensive Course: Best done with some sketching experience – after Foundations and Watercolour.
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Create more depth and focus in your urban sketches by learning how to limit the amount of ink drawing you do and getting more out of your watercolour.
Level 2 Comprehensive Course: Best done with some sketching experience – after Foundations and Watercolour.
Learn a system for sketching buildings on location (no matter how complex) by seeing them as volumes and then working in a structured way.
Level 3 Comprehensive Course: Best done with some sketching experience – after Foundations, Watercolour and Edges.
Improve your urban sketches of complex scenes by learning how to tell better stories, create stronger values and develop your own style of painting.
Level 3 Comprehensive Course: Best done with some sketching experience – after Foundations, Watercolour, Edges and Buildings.
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Learn how Liz creates her famous teacup sketches and then apply the techniques to sketching teacups in your own style.
Level 1 Course: Complements Foundations and Watercolour
Liz is an obsessive sketcher from Sydney Australia who sketches her life and shares the experience.
Liz worked as an architect for 20 years but now is a full-time artist, blogger and teacher. She is an Urban Sketcher correspondent, founder of Urban Sketchers Australia and a regular instructor at the annual International Urban Sketchers symposium. She also teaches face-to-face workshops locally in Australia and all around the world and in 2016 she published a book called 5 Minute Sketching Architecture.
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