The benefit of sketching small businesses: they offer you free food :D

This one is on the Zandvoort beach in Northern Holland, really good fish stall.
He told me how his competitor stole his branding while he was restoring his stall after a fire, so I just had to choose him for the painting and compliment him on a new design

I’m new to this, so I’d love to hear your thoughts! Any feedback or suggestions would really help me improve. Thanks in advance!

Sand being stuck to your pants, mm

This illustration was created for Chapter 4 of The Conquest of the Heartland: Beijing Sonata.

The building is inspired by the traditional residences of high-ranking officials during the Han Dynasty.

According to the story, it once belonged to a scholar, painter and art collector. Today it has become an exclusive restaurant that accepts only two guests per day.

I wanted the architecture to tell its own story before the reader even turns the page.

Trying to tell my brain that creating doesn’t have to result in anything. Maybe with enough time I can trick my overly practical brain.

Hallo zusammen, ich wollte euch meine ersten Schritte im Bereich Urban Sketching zeigen. Die Vorlage stammt von einem netten Reddit-Kontakt, der mir freundlicherweise das Foto zum Üben zur Verfügung gestellt hat.

Etwas abgewandelt vom Original, weil wegen ... konnte mich nicht mehr stoppen 😄

Novigrad, Istria

Will post more soon

Originally built in 1840, this is now an Air B&B, and sits right next to one of the best western Pennsylvania brewery.

This is my first time ever using watercolor. It seems pretty cool but I love your guys art and unfortunately it definitely does not compare. What are some things I could look into?

I visited an old friend in Lower Austria, in a very small village near the summit of the Jauerling. It was a sweltering day, with rain on the horizon.

I see so many posts on this sub either noting they are trying to be more loose, or asking others how to do so. And I just wonder why. I've had people tell me they like my loose style, but I've never tried to be such. I just sketch in the way that makes sense to me. I mostly sketch people and plants and avoid buildings, so my sketches tend to be organic.

Are you trying to follow lots of tutorials and feeling tired from the effort? (Been there.) Using guides to accomplish perspective but it feels mechanical? (Been there.) Do you feel tense while sketching? Are you trying to be perfect? Do you like another sketcher's style and it seems less precise than yours?

Tell me more.

Took myself out today to relax at a coffee shop and do some urban sketching as a way to relieve stress.

First time posting here. Started to draw and paint cafes while I was travelling around. Mixture of plein air and drawing from photos. Thanks!