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Kakol's Urban Sketching Basics
Kakol's Urban Sketching Basics
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Book Introduction
From special moments of travel to precious moments of everyday life
The charm of Urban Sketch, where everything becomes a unique memory!
Kakol's works and know-how, admired by countless Instagrammers, all in one book!

What if you captured eye-catching objects, people, and landscapes in a sketchbook? As more and more people seek to capture memorable moments in delicate drawings rather than snapping photos, interest in urban sketching is also growing.
Urban sketching, which captures and depicts everyday life, can be quite fun if you know the tricks and put in a little effort.
《Kacol's Urban Sketching Basics》 is an introductory book to urban sketching for everyone, from beginners who are just starting to get interested to intermediate users who want to learn step by step again.
It is composed of various special know-hows of Urban Sketcher Kakol, who has 150,000 followers.

A sketchbook filled with urban sketches captures the weather and circumstances of the day.
From the days when I was pressed for time and had to quickly sketch with a brush pen to the days when the paint took a particularly long time to dry due to the rain, urban sketches convey memories that go beyond just the pictures.
If you start with the basic techniques in this book and work through each subject, such as natural objects, buildings, interiors, and people, your skills will quickly improve.
Additionally, since most of the works are simply expressed with pens or markers, even beginners can start urban sketching without any burden.
The diverse range of artworks you'll want to follow will further fuel your motivation! Through this book, let's freely and enjoyably draw our own heart-fluttering moments.
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index
Entering... 4
How to Use This Book... 6
The mindset to fill a sketchbook... 8
The Writer's Sketchbook... 10

Chapter 1: Introduction to Tools

The Writer's Tool... 16
Pen... 18
Pencil... 22
Paper... 22
TIP How to Complete a Sketchbook... 25
Other necessary tools... 26
TIP: How to Stretch Your Wrists... 27

Chapter 2 Basic Learning

About the line... 30
Drawing Basic Shapes... 35
Shadow Expression According to Light... 38
About clairvoyance... 41
1-point perspective... 43
Two-point perspective... 48
3-point perspective... 52
Practicing Perspective... 56
TIP: How to draw perspective lines for your subject... 58

Chapter 3 Sketching Natural Objects

A tree expressed simply... 62
About Rough Sketches... 66
Trees with a sense of form... 67
If the tree were the protagonist... 68
A tree with clearly visible branches... 70
Drawing Various Trees... 74
How to Draw a Stone... 76
Drawing Plants and Flowers... 77
Expression of various materials... 80
Sky and Cloud Expressions... 82

Chapter 4 Building Sketches

Drawing Basic Buildings... 90
Drawing a low, one-story building... 91
A building with a slightly complex shape... 94
TIP: Practice building with milk cartons... 96
Drawing street buildings... 98
Drawing a three-story commercial building... 102
TIP: Drawing a Park Landscape... 104
Expression of the tiled roof of a Hanok... 106
Drawing an Old House in the City... 108
Several examples of TIP windows... 112
TIP How to Express Bricks... 120
How to Draw a Car... 130
How to Draw Stairs... 135

Chapter 5 Interior Sketches

Drawing a Cup... 138
Drawing a Table... 143
Drawing a Chair... 144
Drawing Simple Objects... 146
Simple Food Drawings... 150
Basic indoor perspective... 154
Drawing a Cafe Interior ··· 158
Drawing with Omission... 162

Chapter 6: Character Sketches

How to Draw People Simply... 172
Simple character descriptions that highlight their characteristics... 174
Drawing Character Features in 3 Steps... 176
Drawing the headline... 178
Portraiture with Brush Pen... 180
Expressing Distance Between Characters... 184
Drawing faces... 186
Character expressions by angle... 192
Expression of people and landscapes... 200

Chapter 7 Composition of the work

Composition of the work... 206
45 Tips for Consistent Urban Sketching... 220

Chapter 8 Sketching Practice

Sketching Practice... 225

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Publisher's Review
Easy and fun for anyone who is serious about urban sketching!
An introduction to urban sketching, packed with helpful and interesting tips.

[Main structure of this book]


- Introduction to how to use each tool, including pens, pencils, ink, markers, paper, and sketchbooks, and recommended products.
- Build a solid foundation with basic techniques such as lines, shapes, light and shade, shadows, and perspective!
- Sketching practice with detailed explanations and sequential learning of materials such as natural objects, buildings, interiors, and people.
- A special tip that enhances practicality and contains the author's accumulated know-how.
- Includes a wealth of examples, from simple and easy compositions to complex and eye-catching ones.
Easier and clearer with QR codes! Even more useful with illustrated materials and time requirements!
- Let's start urban sketching right away with the 'Sketch Practice' at the end of the book!

“You can just draw it.
This book provides accurate information while introducing various methods that can be easily applied and practiced, so that you can start with the mindset of “let’s draw happily” (page 6).
First, we place photos or illustrations for each exercise and add useful tips here and there to help with understanding.
In particular, materials, required time, etc. were added for each example so that you can refer to them when actually practicing.
It's also full of tips worth looking at again and again, such as drawing a tree with the image of popcorn, how to match the proportions of a car body with car wheels, or how to draw a person walking with curved lines.


Another charm of this book is its ‘unique expressions.’
This book presents examples of pen and marker-based exercises interspersed with ink, brush pens, and watercolors, offering a variety of expressive possibilities.
The experience of drawing on napkins, paper cups, and even coffee spills can help keep your interest in urban sketching alive.
It also shows that even with the same subject, different perspectives, compositions, materials, etc. can be used to create different expressions with small differences.
Immerse yourself in the fun of urban sketching, where every step you take becomes a work of art.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: July 7, 2022
- Page count, weight, size: 240 pages | 606g | 182*257*15mm
- ISBN13: 9788979293555
- ISBN10: 8979293550

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