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Art & illustration
What is an Illustration – And How it differs from Art Illustration is a visual representation of a text or an idea. An illustration can be in any form, from a drawing to a collage, a photograph or technical drawing. Illustration differs from Art in the same way design differs from art. The most important distinction is that there is functionality to Illustration. Art is not required to have a functionality and can be as they say “Art For Art’s Sake” . Illustration falls under the very large umbrella of Art. The purpose of an illustration can be to visually represent a story, an article, a recipe, a thought or…
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How I got into Urban Sketching
Urban sketching has now become a very important part of my life. In 2013 I came across Urban Sketching. This changed my life. Once I found that sketching could be done just for itself, with different art materials and just for the joy of it, it completely changed my perspective on drawing. I started to take my sketchbook pretty much everywhere I went. I was struggling with anxiety and had a lot of problem sitting still or waiting. Sketching helped with it, I filled all those times of anxiety and inability to sit still and wait with sketching. I studied Fine arts and the first two years I learnt the…
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Urban Sketching Materials
Since I started my Urban Sketching Journey back in 2012 I have tried a lot of art materials. I started out using a dot pen on an affordable sketch book with some basic watercolors. This is not a bad way to start the journey of Urban Sketching as the most important thing to do is to sketch. One can choose to do an Urban Sketch in any material they feel suits them best, be it gouache, watercolor, ink pens or even digitally. The thing to keep in mind is that the material renders itself well to be used in a fast paced environment , anything that takes too long to…
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Drawing is an extension of the self
Drawing is one of the most primal forms of art, which has sustained over centuries and still thrives in this fast paced era. But one of the most important ingredient for one who is creating, be it a literary piece or an installation piece, is the ability to observe. The ability to observe is what creates a response within oneself, which later when combined with skill is able to transform into a piece of art. Observation has increasingly reduced with the new age dynamic, with ever changing vistas comes the threat of never having known anything well where everything increasingly becomes peripheral. The people especially those from busy metropolitans and…
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