Liège, Belgium
Fabien Denoël
Trained as an architect in Belgium at the Saint-Luc school in Liège, I've been giving drawing lessons for the past 10 years. A great fan of observational drawing, I fill many sketchbooks with memories of places and the people who live there. As a member of Urban Sketchers, I regularly take part in meetings around the world.
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Workshop language: French (he also speaks Portuguese and English)
Drawing the city with simple tools
Key skills:
Materials:
Drawing a city can be a complex and laborious task... How can you avoid getting lost in the details and hold on to the essential elements? I've put together a series of simple tools to help you solve the recurring problems of urban drawing, while having fun and being spontaneous at the same time.
Key skills:
- Getting off to a good start
- Creating depth intuitively
- Working in successive planes
- Approach complexity from a different angle
- Develop time-saving strategies for repetitive elements (windows, chimneys, etc.)
- Use color with a limited palette
Materials:
- A3 or A4 watercolour papers thick enough to avoid curling (from 150 to maximum 300 grams). This can be a notebook or loose-leaf paper. In the latter case, you'll need a rigid support and a clip to secure your paper.)
- Ordinary pencils (HB-2B)
- Eraser and sharpener
- Small winsor and newton watercolor box
- Water container
- A small folding seat
