{"product_id":"the-urban-sketching-handbook-understanding-light-portraying-light-effects-in-on-location-drawing-and-painting-9780760372036","title":"The Urban Sketching Handbook Understanding Light: Portraying Light Effects in On-Location Drawing and Painting","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Light\u003c\/i\u003e is an informative guide to heightening the impact of your artwork by capturing the look and subtleties of light in any scene.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In settings ranging from fields and mountains at daybreak to neon cityscapes at midnight, \u003cb\u003elearn how to express light effects through color and value\u003c\/b\u003e to improve and refine your drawings and paintings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Artist and urban sketcher Katie Woodward offers \u003cb\u003estrategies for: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelectively translating values for maximum effect\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing your sketchbook to experiment with the effects of natural as well as artificial light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsidering many options for visual solutions through work contributed by experienced urban sketchers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Master the art of rendering light with \u003ci\u003eThe Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Light\u003c\/i\u003e as your guide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The \u003cb\u003eUrban Sketching Handbook series\u003c\/b\u003e offers location artists expert instruction on creative techniques, on-location tips and advice, and an abundance of visual inspiration. These handy references come in a compact, easy-to-carry format--perfect to toss in your backpack or artist's tote.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Woodward\u003c\/b\u003e is an urban sketcher and watercolor painter living in Brooklyn, New York. She has a background in painting scenery for theater, including a BFA in Theatrical Production Arts from Ithaca College, and spent ten years painting scenery and making props from regional theater to Broadway. In 2014 she picked up urban sketching as a hobby between theater gigs, and now over a thousand of her sketches and paintings are in personal collections around the globe. She is a member of the NYC Urban Sketchers and has taught several 10x10 workshops in her home city. In addition to completing an official artist residency at Bryant Park, she feels like she is in the middle of a very long unofficial artist residency of the whole city. Katie is also the \"Woodward\" half of Woodward and Father, making and selling sketchboards and watercolor palettes with her Dad. You can follow her at her website, ramblingsketcher.com, or on Instagram @ramblingsketcher. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Quarry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50561488847122,"sku":"9780760372036","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6404e306-dce6-48fe-8195-03e847c24646.jpg?v=1731847439","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-urban-sketching-handbook-understanding-light-portraying-light-effects-in-on-location-drawing-and-painting-9780760372036","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}