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Urban Sketching In Venice: Pen and Ink Essentials
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Urban Sketching In Venice: Pen and Ink Essentials

Learn how to sketch and draw an amazing urban landscape of St. Mark's Square in Venice + BONUS 2.5 hour Burano Workshop!
Created byWatercolour Mentor
Last updated 6/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • How to draw and paint an urban landscape of Venice
  • Materials - what paints, paper, brushes and pens you will need
  • The correct use of values in painting - creating depth and detail
  • How to sketch a subject easily by simplifying a landscape into basic shapes
  • Understanding the basics of perspective, angles and simplifying buildings
  • Using essential watercolour techniques such as wet-in-wet and wet-on-dry

Course content

2 sections • 8 lectures • 3h 46m total length

  • Introduction0:48

    Join a virtual sketching trip to Venice as Daryn guides you through turning a photo or scene into an ink drawing, then apply translucent watercolors to create expressive, vibrant paintings.

  • Materials Required4:01

    Choose 100% cotton watercolor paper, like waterflood, and a basic brush set for washes, then use pigment-line or liquid-ink pens with student or artist-grade paints.

  • Venice: Background and History3:45
  • Part 1: Drawing with Ink (Techniques, Perspective, Value)37:51

    Learn to translate photos into ink sketches with guided perspective, block shapes, and selective detail, then build depth with hatching and pen techniques for Venice scenes.

  • Part 2: Painting Sky and Background Buildings28:53

    Paint a Venice sky and background buildings in a midday mood using cerulean blue washes, Naples yellow accents, and careful building outlines to keep the scene crisp.

  • Part 2: Painting Ground and Figures27:19

    Part 2 guides painting ground and figures in Venice scenes, building an afternoon glow with warmer ground tones, cooler figure colors, and subtle shadows through glazing and textures.

Requirements

  • No prerequisites - please refer to the materials lecture.

Description

"Urban Sketching In Venice: Pen and Ink Essentials" is designed for beginners with a desire to learn the essentials of ink/pen drawing and watercolor painting.

Included BONUS: 2.5 hour Burano Urban Sketching Workshop - learn all the required techniques and processes to sketch and paint a beautiful scene of Burano. This workshop is included at the bottom of the list of course lectures.

This class is the first part of a series of Venice-themed travel sketching courses, where you will learn how to draw and paint some beautiful Venice landscapes. Join me on a virtual sketching trip to Venice! Included are some historical facts and videos of this beautiful city.

In this course, I will show you the FUN and EASY way to enter into the world of watercolours, and turn your holiday photographs or any reference picture into simple, yet beautiful paintings. By the end of this course, you will have a firm understanding of the processes and techniques of turning any photograph into a pen and wash painting!

This course is split into two main parts; Part 1 - Turning a photograph into a sketch, and Part 2 - using watercolours to add colour and value. I will walk you through how to complete this painting step by step.

If you are a beginner at drawing and painting, this is the perfect course for you to get started and understand the essential techniques and exercises required to create an urban sketch.

In this Urban Sketching In Venice: Pen and Ink Essentials course, I will cover basics such as:

  • Materials - what paints, paper, brushes and pens you will need

  • Understanding the process of pen and wash - combining the unique strengths of both mediums to create a unique painting and illustration

  • The correct use of values in painting - understanding how to create depth and detail

  • How to sketch a subject easily by simplifying a landscape into basic shapes

  • How to sketch and paint people and figures

  • Understanding the basics of perspective, angles and simplifying buildings

  • Using essential watercolour techniques such as wet-in-wet and wet-on-dry

I'm excited to get started and to share my knowledge with you in this course!

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner students in watercolor
  • Students learning pen and wash
  • Students seeking to learn drawing techniques for buildings, figures and street scenes
  • Beginners learning urban sketching

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