Small people painting

This pic made the cover page for the flickr Urban Sketchers page. Thanks! Very pleased. : ) p.s. I was sure to add shadows to each person to 'ground' them.

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Michele Cooper's workshop Journals with information on great places to paint.

Sketches and drawings by Magaly Ohika an illustrator who trained as an illustrator and toy designer.

Follow this simple demonstration by Jo Quigley to learn how to paint cast shadows in acrylic, along with some advice on why painting shadows is important.

Apprendre l’aquarelle en s’amusant… en voilà une bonne idée ! Alors voici pour rire mon armée de personnages-patates

As I mentioned in the last post, to Alvaro, getting the human figures right was an exceptionally important element of urban plein air painting, mostly because people were almost always at the focal point. He had helpful criticisms about buildings or cars or trees, as well, of course

Animation and illustration by Holly Warburton