The Urban Sketching Handbook Understanding Light: Portraying Light Effects in On-Location Drawing and Painting
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Katie Woodward
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Summary
The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Light is an informative guide to heightening the impact of your artwork by capturing the look and subtleties of light in any scene。
In settings ranging from fields and mountains at daybreak to neon cityscapes at midnight， learn how to express light effects through color and value to improve and refine your drawings and paintings。
Artist and urban sketcher Katie Woodward offers strategies for:
Selectively translating values for maximum effect
Using your sketchbook to experiment with the effects of natural as well as artificial light
Considering many options for visual solutions through work contributed by experienced urban sketchers
Master the art of rendering light with The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Light as your guide。
The Urban Sketching Handbook series offers location artists expert instruction on creative techniques， on-location tips and advice， and an abundance of visual inspiration。 These handy references come in a compact， easy-to-carry format with an elastic band closure—perfect to toss in your backpack or artist’s tote。
In settings ranging from fields and mountains at daybreak to neon cityscapes at midnight， learn how to express light effects through color and value to improve and refine your drawings and paintings。
Artist and urban sketcher Katie Woodward offers strategies for:
Selectively translating values for maximum effect
Using your sketchbook to experiment with the effects of natural as well as artificial light
Considering many options for visual solutions through work contributed by experienced urban sketchers
Master the art of rendering light with The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Light as your guide。
The Urban Sketching Handbook series offers location artists expert instruction on creative techniques， on-location tips and advice， and an abundance of visual inspiration。 These handy references come in a compact， easy-to-carry format with an elastic band closure—perfect to toss in your backpack or artist’s tote。
Reviews
Jesse Richards
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I can't quite put my finger on why， but this one was a favorite in this series。 Perhaps it's because I knew of the artist already and there's a lot of NYC art。 I can't quite put my finger on why， but this one was a favorite in this series。 Perhaps it's because I knew of the artist already and there's a lot of NYC art。 。。。more
Flora
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This excellent series just keeps growing and growing with the most marvellous additions！ I loved Understanding Light and plan to go through it in detail， examining each of the wonderful examples on how to bring focus and visual impact to any painting。 Surely an essential help for any urban sketcher or art journaler who wants to improve on that！ The author was a scenic artist for many years in theatres and have given sketching workshops too。 They really know how to include the best contributors t This excellent series just keeps growing and growing with the most marvellous additions！ I loved Understanding Light and plan to go through it in detail， examining each of the wonderful examples on how to bring focus and visual impact to any painting。 Surely an essential help for any urban sketcher or art journaler who wants to improve on that！ The author was a scenic artist for many years in theatres and have given sketching workshops too。 They really know how to include the best contributors to this great great series。A resounding 5 stars from me。 One of my most favourite so far。Can’t wait to see what’s next！ 。。。more
Annie
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Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 The Urban Sketching Handbook Understanding Light is a volume in the Urban Sketching Handbook series， this one about light treatments and techniques by Katie Woodward。 Released 28th Dec 2021 by Quarto on their Walter Foster imprint， it's 112 pages and is available in flexibound paperback and ebook formats。 This is a well written， accessible， and useful book for intermediate to advanced artists who are looking for guidance to improve their technique Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 The Urban Sketching Handbook Understanding Light is a volume in the Urban Sketching Handbook series， this one about light treatments and techniques by Katie Woodward。 Released 28th Dec 2021 by Quarto on their Walter Foster imprint， it's 112 pages and is available in flexibound paperback and ebook formats。 This is a well written， accessible， and useful book for intermediate to advanced artists who are looking for guidance to improve their technique， especially with regard to painting light and reflection。 The book begins with a very short introduction。 Specific tools and very basic techniques are not covered， but can certainly be found easily elsewhere。 The author instead concentrates on six key concepts in depth: value， color， skies & atmosphere， reflections， foliage， and night scenes。 Each chapter contains multiple examples by several different artists to illustrate key points。 There are checklists to prompt students to better observations and technique development。The author's entire process is well documented with photo and drawn illustrations。 The book also contains a useful tutorial and tips collection in highlighted text boxes as well as a resource list and artists' links for artists whose work is featured in the book。 There is a short list of challenge/learning prompts also: sketch a body of water， sketch a shiny object， sketch backlit translucent bottles， and others which will provide students with many hours of enrichment practice。 Five stars。 Definitely a worthwhile addition to the artist's reference library。 This would also be a superlative selection for public and school library acquisition， classroom instruction， and group studio use。Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes。 。。。more
Cathy Geha
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The Urban Sketching Handbook – Understanding Light by Katie WoodwardAmazing， information， thought provoking， and intriguing。 I now have a desire to…sketch…but…with a new eye to doing so。 I kept going “hmm” as my mind was opened to “seeing” what I have seen so many times before but wanting to go back to see it…through eyes that have just been educated。 There is so much information in this book that builds chapter by chapter。 I will never see the world around me quite as I did before。 NOTES: * Too The Urban Sketching Handbook – Understanding Light by Katie WoodwardAmazing， information， thought provoking， and intriguing。 I now have a desire to…sketch…but…with a new eye to doing so。 I kept going “hmm” as my mind was opened to “seeing” what I have seen so many times before but wanting to go back to see it…through eyes that have just been educated。 There is so much information in this book that builds chapter by chapter。 I will never see the world around me quite as I did before。 NOTES: * Tools are more than pencils and paper or ways to color…don’t forget your sunscreen， hat， water， a chair and easel…plan before packing to go out to sketch* Key Terms with definitions…definitely worth reading and thinking about* Think and LOOK and decide what you want to say…BEFORE you begin。 * There is a lot more to creating a sketch than putting down what you see…or putting it down exactly。* Checklists and tips were inspired…and inspiring* Value: find the light before you begin （and there is a LOT to know about light！）* Color: so much to know about this…I built on what I know from previous study thinking about the use of color in shadow and reflections and in other ways* Reflected Light: This was fascinating…。need to look into this some more* Skies & Atmopheres: another intriguing topic that dealt with ways to create cold， hot， and various weather situations as well as time of day and how that can vary * Reflections: in water， floors & ceilings （new thought for me）， windows， reflective objects， transparent objects （brought up memories of trying to get flowers in a glass vase “right”）* Foliage: who knew there was so much to think about…dappled， under， through， around， etc…interesting topic， too。* Night Scenes: This one blew me away…how to do neon signs or how a baseball field might look at night or ANY place at night， actually* Challenges at the back of the book that I would love to attempt in the future* I think I need to take some art classes！ Did I like this book？ Oh， my yes！ Would I like to have it to refer to again？ Definitely！ Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group-Quarry – This is my honest review。5 Stars 。。。more
Jennyfer
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I am not a very good artist， although I love to paint。 This book， "The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Light" is an invaluable resource to learning how to understand light and how it affects a scene。There is the assumption that the reader already knows what they're doing，so a lot of the basic theories are omitted here。 Instead， the book covers light， shade， reflections， angles of lighting， depth， colour， transparency， and so much more， so as to evoke the sensations of the different light I am not a very good artist， although I love to paint。 This book， "The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Light" is an invaluable resource to learning how to understand light and how it affects a scene。There is the assumption that the reader already knows what they're doing，so a lot of the basic theories are omitted here。 Instead， the book covers light， shade， reflections， angles of lighting， depth， colour， transparency， and so much more， so as to evoke the sensations of the different lightings。The illustrations included range from loose watercolours to pen and ink to bold colours， and all hightlight the different concepts presented in each chapter。I'll be coming back to this book again and again - and hopefully my own art will improve as a result！~Many thanks to Netgalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review~ 。。。more
Daniel
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