Sketching is one of the best and easiest forms of art to learn and develop on a daily basis. It helps in concentration, focus and also adds to calming the mind. Urban sketching is easy and fun to do whether alone or with a gang of friends, whether you want to sketch the streets of your city, your metros or be it while hanging out with your friends in a café, pub or restaurant. It is also an amazing way of journaling and documenting your travels.

This workshop aims at teaching the basics of sketching and watercolours to people who have just started or to total newbies. It is also great for seasoned sketchers to come and sketch with others and discuss their stories. It is also aimed at lessening the hesitation towards art and to open up easy ways to approach art.

Here we learn how to compose, draw basic structures and objects with free-flowing lines, learn to draw natural surroundings, buildings and other landmarks of your city with ease. You will learn how to create free-flowing sketches, use pen and watercolour and keep a visual journal.

All material required for the workshop will be provided. You will take back the sketchbook that you use during the workshop. And hey..don't expect to be seated throughout this workshop..you are also going to be on the move, while you walk and sketch from observation as you walk. If you would like to make your sketches while being seated, that option is available too.

About facilitator:

Parinitha Konanur is an artist, illustrator and designer. She has a degree in fine arts from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath and worked as a photographer before becoming a full time illustrator and designer. She has been exploring the many facets of sketching and illustrations since she fell in love with watercolours, exploring new ways of sketching along with urban sketching and travel sketching. She is a nature lover and is obsessed with natural history illustrations and live sketching in nature. She loves to travel to explore and understand the world around her, with a keen eye and thirst for finding new cultures, colours, themes to bring about in her conceptual drawings and watercolour illustrations.