Urban Sketching London’s Skyline | Easy Limited Palette Watercolor Tutorial

Join illustrator and urban sketcher Masha Zurikova for a calming, step-by-step urban sketching tutorial of London’s iconic St. Paul’s Cathedral, seen from across the River Thames. Using a limited watercolor palette and simple ink linework, Masha shows you how to sketch a complex city scene in a clear and approachable way.

In this easy-to-follow tutorial, you'll learn:
– How to simplify architectural details
– How to build a strong composition for city sketches
– Techniques for layering ink and watercolor
– Tips for using a limited palette to create mood and harmony

Even if you're new to urban sketching or intimidated by drawing buildings, this tutorial is designed to guide you gently through the process — from first lines to final touches.

This is more than just a drawing. It’s a practice in slowing down, seeing the beauty in the everyday, and letting watercolor connect you to the world around you.

Perfect for:
– Beginners in urban sketching
– Artists seeking mindful creative practice
– Fans of limited palette watercolor
– Those who love plein air painting and cityscape art

Subscribe and sketch with us — let watercolors turn even the busiest city into a moment of calm.

Our channel is focusing on watercolour painting as a lifestyle. As many of you know, we strongly believe in the healing power of painting; we see what effect it has on ourselves and how people change once they allow themselves to live with watercolours. We take them on our journeys, we go out for sketchwalks, and we do nature sketching, landscape, and urban sketching. Cafe and cake sketching. We draw our dreamscapes, illustrate our journals, and we meditate with watercolors. This is our way to slow down, to connect to ourselves, to see the world around us. This is how we calm ourselves down and this affects not just us, our bodies and minds, but also people around us. This allows to love more and to live more.

Artist:
Masha Zurikova
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https://www.mashazurikova.com/

DeepDeepLight colours used in the video:
Wanderlust Palette

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