Class Project: Create Your Own Urban Sketch!

Now it’s your turn to bring a city scene to life using one of the techniques covered in class! For your project, you'll create an urban sketch by choosing from one of these approaches:

Elevation View – Capture a building’s face with clean, straight-on lines. Perfect for storefronts, doorways, or charming facades!
One-Point Perspective – Create depth by drawing streets, hallways, or alleyways that lead the eye to a single vanishing point.
Two-Point Perspective – Give your sketches a dynamic, 3D look by sketching buildings from an angled view.
Isometric Perspective – A more stylized approach, great for capturing urban scenes without vanishing points—ideal for maps, architectural sketches, and playful cityscapes!

How to Complete Your Project:

Choose a location – Find a city view, street corner, or an inspiring building to sketch. You can work from a reference photo or draw on location!
Select your technique – Pick one of the perspectives we covered and apply it to your sketch.
Start with pencil – Lay down your structure lightly before refining it with ink.
Add details & shading – Use hatching, cross-hatching, or textural marks to bring depth to your drawing.
Upload your sketch! – Share your final piece in the project gallery, along with a few words about the technique you chose.

Bonus: Feel free to add creative elements—trees, people, or even fun textures—to make your city scene unique!

I can't wait to see your urban sketches! Let’s turn the world into our sketchbook!

Steve Cope

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