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5 Tips to Get Started with Sketching on the Commute

By Wan Yi

Type
Article
Level
Beginner
Price
Free
Published
2025
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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.