Watercolor Artist - USA (2019-12)

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Whensketchingtrees,thinkabouttheminthreedifferent
zones.Whentreesareclosetous,weseeindividualleaves
andbranches.Inthemiddleground,weseetheoverall

shapeofthetree,itstrunk, and we get a sense for clumps

offoliage.Andinthedistance, we see simple masses of

treesandnodetail.WA

MacdonaldFarm(approx.1½hours;watercolorandpencilonpaper,15x22)byShariBlaukopf

AuthorStephanieBower(stephaniebower.com; IG: @stephanieabower)

pourshermanyyearsasa teacher,illustrator, architect and traveling urban

sketcherintoThe UrbanSketchingHandbook: 101 Sketching Tips featuring

47 artistsfromaroundtheworld.She’salso the author of the fourth book in

thisseries,The UrbanSketchingHandbook: Understanding Perspective.

Shehastaughtarchitecturalsketchingclasses and workshops for more than

25 years.She’salsoa signaturememberof the Northwest Watercolor Society.

This article is excerpted with

permission from The Urban

Sketching Handbook: 101

Sketching Tips (Quarry Books,

2019) by Stephanie Bower.

It’s available November 5,

2019, or for pre-order from

your favorite bookseller.

TIP: CONSIDER THE DISTANCE OF A TREE.

Remember that trees aren’t fl at, so sketch some branches coming forward and some reaching back.