City Walk
Discover the art of truly seeing before you paint. This course guides you through analyzing outdoor scenes — light direction, composition, and atmosphere — and translating their essence onto paper. Learn how to simplify complex views, capture fleeting impressions, and express the spirit of a place with freshness and confidence.
City Walk — Plein Air Sketching & Watercolor
Discover the art of truly seeing before you paint. This course guides you through analyzing outdoor scenes — light direction, composition, and atmosphere — and translating their essence onto paper. Learn how to simplify complex views, capture fleeting impressions, and express the spirit of a place with freshness and confidence.
Course Outline & Schedule
Lesson 4: The White Tower of the Miaoyin Temple -Ink and Wash
Jan 6
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Expressing overall mood and tonal harmony
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Aerial perspective
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Techniques for visual leading lines
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Selective rendering of roof tiles
Lesson 5: Cozy Corner
Jan 13
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Generalized approach to depicting vegetation
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Creating indoor light and shadow ambiance
Lesson 6:Crowd by the sea (watercolor)
Jan 20
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Handling spatial relationships between solid and void
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Simplifying complex distant scenes
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Treating figures spatially to emphasize rhythm
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Techniques for rendering gray tones
Lesson 7:Ginkgo Trees in a Courtyard (Watercolor)
Jan 27
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Expressing autumn light and shadow ambiance
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Sketchy rendering of trees
Lesson 8: Prague at Night (Watercolor)
Feb 3
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Nightscape watercolor techniques:
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Capturing luminosity and ambiance
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Techniques for rendering water surfaces
Lesson 9: Snow in an Alley- Student’s Challenge (Bonus)
Feb 10
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Conveying the atmosphere of a snowy landscape
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Techniques for rendering snowflakes
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Handling the interplay of sharp focus and soft blur in the composition
Jan 27