Price: 346.50 AED ( 5% vat and All materials are included and food combination package)
The class will be conducted in English at The Workshop Dubai
Age: 12+

Urban Sketching Workshop – Drawing Life Around You as You See It

Urban Sketching is the art of capturing everyday life—people, places, food, streets, and architecture—as it happens. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to observe your surroundings closely and translate them into expressive sketches using simple lines and watercolor washes.

This session focuses on seeing before drawing: understanding shapes, proportions, light, and character rather than aiming for photographic perfection. Whether it’s a café scene, a street corner, or a travel photo, you’ll learn how to bring a sense of place and story into your sketches.

Through guided demonstrations and hands-on practice, participants will explore:

Observational drawing techniques for urban subjects

Simplifying complex scenes into confident lines

Adding depth, perspective, and visual balance

Using pen and watercolor to create loose, lively sketches

Developing your own sketching style

This workshop is suitable for beginners and intermediate artists and is perfect for those who love travel, journaling, architecture, food, or visual storytelling. No prior experience is required—just curiosity and a willingness to observe.

By the end of the workshop, you’ll walk away with finished sketches and the confidence to continue urban sketching on your own—anywhere, anytime.

About the instructor:

Priya Krishnan Das is an Illustrator, visual journalist and traveler, capturing daily snippets of life in her sketchbook. This includes drawing food, urban scenes, people and nature. Her belief is that everything becomes interesting and beautiful when you draw it, making life more enriching. Her motto is to teach people to confidently draw anything, anywhere, without inhibitions. Back in India, she traveled across the country capturing traditions, culture, tribes and food through her sketches and compiled it into a book, “75 Sketches Celebrating Bharat”. Having moved to UAE last year, she is delightfully exploring the rich local culturescape one sketch at a time, and hopes to contribute to the same through her work.

All art materials will be provided.