10/08/2026
Join Cathy Raingarden for her next Guided Urban Sketching class at ARCH! This is the last one of the year before we take a winter break, so don't miss it!
Whether starting from scratch or looking to re-invigorate your sketching practice, now is the time to get inspired for a spring and summer full of sketching!
Saturday, October 10-- Sign up now at the link in our bio!
Cathy believes that everyone can learn to draw and this class is meant to demystify urban sketching in a friendly setting. She has designed the class in bite-size pieces that allow students to learn at a comfortable pace:
-The class warm-up exercises are designed to connect our eyes to our drawing hand and get rid of any worry.
-She covers basic one and two point perspective, and the use of small thumbnail sketches to figure out a composition that includes the three layers of foreground, midground, and background.
-Cathy will cover the importance of a limited palette, and show the range of colors you can mix.
-She will demonstrate a quick sketch that shows how to pull together the bite–size bits of learning into a final urban sketch.
-Students will have time to complete their own urban sketch onsite.
By warming up and learning in bite-size bits, students will be able to see how an urban sketch is pulled together. The friendly environment encourages questions of all kinds and we have a ‘sketchbook throw down’ of student work at the end, where we can all marvel at how uniquely we each see our environment.
Students will receive a super handy four page set of urban sketching notes to take home and help them on their urban sketching journey.
