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3 Days Workshop in Hamburg: Urban Sketching

Dive into urban sketching with this dynamic three-day artistic journey.
What you'll learn
  • how to approach creating your own work more consciously
  • not to be afraid of watercolor and have fun while painting 
  • to work with confidence and speed 
  • subtle nuances of working with watercolor 
  • how to work with a reference and modify it as desired
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Course description

July 25 - 27 2025
from 11:00 am CEST
Duration: 18 hours in total

Where: 

"Unser Bahnhof"  
Rübenkamp 227
22307 Hamburg


Description
This three-day course combines theory and practice and invites you to discover the basics of urban sketching both indoors and outdoors. Please note that the program may vary depending on the weather.

Day 1: Basics (Friday)
We will deal with the basics of depicting compositions and perspective and learn about various sketch techniques. Inside, we will devote ourselves to the theoretical basics, which form an important basis for the practical work in the coming days.

Day 2: City Trip (Saturday)
Our second day is all about urban landscape painting in Hamburg. This day offers you the perfect opportunity to apply the techniques you have learned in an urban environment. In the midst of Hamburg's picturesque backdrop, we will immerse ourselves together in the fascinating world of urban landscape painting.

Day 3: Sketchbook Page (Sunday)
On the last day, we will devote ourselves to communicative scenes with water and boats. We will design a special sketchbook page that captures the impressions and moods surrounding the topic of water.

Look forward to three creative days full of inspiration and new techniques – we look forward to seeing you!

Cancellation

Cancellation can be made at any time via e-mail. A handling fee of 10,- will be charged until 31 days before the workshop starts.

We charge at the cancellation: 
- from 30 to 15 days before the start of the workshop 20% of the workshop fee.
- from 14 to 7 days before the start of the workshop 50% of the workshop fee.
- from 7 days before 100% of the workshop fee.

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Requirements

Materials:

Paper:
- 100% cotton, cold pressed, minimum 300 gr/m2.

Colors:
- transparent alizarin (Winsor and Newton)
- transparent orange (Winsor and Newton)
- natural sienna (Winsor and Newton)
- Sienna Burnt (Winsor and Newton)
- Winsor Red (Winsor and Newton)
- Light Ochre (Winsor and Newton)
- Lemon Yellow (Winsor and Newton)
- Cobalt Turquoise (Winsor and Newton)
- Ultramarine (Winsor and Newton)
- Coelin Blue (Winsor and Newton)
- Aqua Green (Winsor and Newton)
- Paynes Grey (Winsor and Newton)
- White Gouache (Winsor and Newton)

Brushes:
- Medium round brush ( Da Vinci Mix B size 2)
- Large flat brush (Da Vinci Petit Gruß 16)!
- Small syntetic brush for details (Davinci Cosmotop Mix B )
- Liner Brush (DaVinci Casaneo) 

Other Materials:
- 2 water containers
- white mixing palette
- Cloth or paper towels
- paper tape 
- sketchbook / sheets
- Mechanical pencil 2B
- Plain pencil 6B
- Black fineliner
- Eraser, if you like

Rabi Alieva
Rabi Alieva
Watercolor artist
Rabi Alieva is a watercolor artist and designer who absorbs different methods and techniques of how to teach drawing. She gladly shares her experience of how to learn to draw impressive watercolors in a short time.  
  • Date
  • Time 3 sessions, 18h. Time zone CEST.
  • Language German
  • Location Hamburg
  • Level Intermediate
  • Group size 14 participants
Spots left: 4
€450
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