71: Urban Sketching with James Richards

If you've ever had an interest in hitting the road with your artwork and sketching the world, you're going to love this episode. James Richards is one of the best urban sketchers on the planet. He has a background as an urban designer, artist and professor, and spent decades designing urban places and experiences to make cities more walkable, livable and beautiful – the perfect career background for becoming an urban sketcher.

A big part of learning his craft involved traveling the world and sketching the world's most interesting places; 45 countries so far.

Jim is now a full-time traveling artist and spends most of his time sketching on location and teaching workshops around the world for veteran and aspiring sketchers, university design programs, art groups, and travel companies. He even has online classes on platforms like Craftsy and Skillshare. We know this conversation with Jim is going to leave you inspired to pick up your pen and sketchbook and head outdoors!

 

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