Article · The Messy Desk
5 Tips to Get Started with Sketching on the Commute
By Wan Yi
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2025
About this lesson
Beginner advice for sketching fellow passengers during a commute: keep gear to a small sketchbook and one pen, complete one or two sketches per stop since riders leave quickly, draw whoever is visible rather than waiting for an interesting subject, and expect unfinished pages as part of the practice.
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