Urban Sketching Tip: Don’t Color Everything

Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday! Want to make your urban sketches more vibrant without coloring everything in? In this video, I’ll show you how using less color can actually make your drawings stronger. It’s all about making conscious choices: what to highlight, what to leave out, and how that tells a clearer story. I’ll walk you through my sketch of two musicians in Spain (yep, I’m getting in the mood for my Costa Brava workshop with The Blue Walk this September!), and I’ll share tips on how to simplify your scene, use color intentionally, and embrace the perfectly imperfect vibes of sketching on location. Let's be intentional about choosing a focal point, simplifying detail, working loosely with color, repeating colors for cohesion, and letting go of perfection. Materials used in this video: Faber-Castell Pitt Oil based pencil extra soft Daniel Smith watercolors Pentel Aquash Water brush Handbook Journal size A5 Editing by Robert Ferenc Reference photo by Richard Hewat Subscribe for weekly sketchbook inspiration Info about the Costa Brava sketching tour with The Blue Walk: https://www.thebluewalk.com/sketchboo... .... BOOK Get a copy of my book "Life is better when you draw it": https://www.koosjekoene.com/book JOIN ME ON PATREON If you like my videos here on YouTube, then you can help me keep making them and offering them weekly for free. For just a few dollars a month you're making a huge difference. More importantly, you're doing yourself a favor, because I’ll keep you inspired and motivated with extra pieces of encouragement, sharing projects and processes, handing ideas, tips and tricks and much more on Patreon.   / koosjekoene   Or buy me a coffee, I drink a lot of it, especially when editing videos! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/phkUNCsJY LIVE ONLINE If you like my Draw Tip Tuesday Videos, you'll probably also like my monthly live online sessions. I'd love to see you there! Join my upcoming online mini-workshop, or learn from me in person here: https://www.koosjekoene.com/workshops Copyrights Koosje Koene https://www.koosjekoene.com   / koosjekoene