The final workshop takes us into the buzz of urban life—where nothing stands still, and nothing goes quite to plan. Here, we’ll explore how to embrace the unpredictability of city scenes and turn it into expressive, characterful sketches.

In this workshop we'll look at a key ideas, all focussed around increasing the complexity of our sketching.

• Making edits and eliminating the unwanted
  Sketching is never about drawing everything. It’s about choosing what matters. We’ll look at practical strategies for editing as you go. You’ll see that sketches are about choices, not about photographic accuracy.

• Filling a page with people
  People bring life and movement to your sketches, whether you’re in a square, a market, or a café. You’ll learn simple, repeatable ways of sketching figures that don’t rely on perfect anatomy, but still capture gesture, energy, and variety.

• Nothing goes to plan
  Outdoors, the weather changes, people move, and sometimes your chosen subject disappears altogether. Instead of being setbacks, these moments can make your sketching more playful and alive. I’ll show you how to adapt on the spot, change subjects, or even make the unpredictability part of the story of your page.

• Longer urban sketch sessions
  Sometimes you’ll want to settle in and give a scene the time it deserves. I’ll guide you through building a more developed sketch step by step, from light shapes and lines through to layered colours and confident finishing touches. These sessions are where you really see progress, combining everything you’ve learned into a sketch you’ll be proud of.