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How to Find Your Sketching Style
If you haven’t found your sketching style yet, don’t worry. I like to say that “you don’t find a style, the style finds you.” I can’t really perceive my own sketching style, and you might not be able to see yours either, but it’s there. This talk explains how it all started for me. I’ll share examples of my first architectural sketches, stories of my struggles, and moments in which there were real breakthroughs, all of which led to where I am today. My work has been evolving for decades and is still evolving. I hope that you’ll see yourself in my journey, and maybe you’ll discover the secret to finding your sketching style.
Stephanie Bower
Stephanie Bower is the author of three best-selling books about sketching, “The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Perspective,” “The Urban Sketching Handbook: 101 Sketching Tips,” and “The World of Urban Sketching.” A self-taught watercolor artist with a background as a licensed architect, Bower juggles parallel careers as an architectural illustrator and sketching instructor. Her awards include the prestigious Gabriel Prize fellowship in architecture to Paris and the Civita Institute’s fellowship to Italy. She has also been honored twice with the “Best Travel Sketch” prize in the KRob international architectural competition and her work has been featured in Watercolor Artist and Artists Magazine.
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