Mike's Books & Reviews

Welcome to our new book review section

Ottawa artist and urban sketcher Mike Lomas will be sharing his collection of sketching books with the Ottawa urban sketching community.

Ottawa artist and Urban Sketcher Lauren Foster-McLeod has checked if they are on the shelves at the Ottawa Public Library (OPL)

Ottawa artist and urban sketcher Mike Lomas surrounded by Ottawa urban sketchers

The following books are part of Mike's collection and will be reviewed (with pictures, table of contents, highlighted page and links) and you are invited to discuss and make comments.

Ottawa urban sketcher Lauren Foster-McLeod has provided the information on the books that are available at the Ottawa Public Library (indicated with acronym OPL)

Mike’s Sketching How2 Book Collection & Reviews:

• Learn to Paint People Quickly by Hazel Soan (Batsford)  (OPL)
• Freehand Drawing & Discovery James Richards (Wiley) (OPL)
• The Urban Sketching Handbook  Tips and Techniques for Drawing on Location Series
• Reportage and Documentation by Veronica Lawlor 
• Architecture and Cityscapes by Gabriel Campanario
• People and Motion by Gabriel Campanario 
• Creative Sketching Workshop by Pete Scully (North Light Books) (OPL)
• Sketching from Square One to Trafalgar Square by Richard E. Scott (Sierra Madre Press)  (OPL)
• Draw Faces in 15 Minutes by Jake Spicer (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• Sketch Now Think Later By Mike Yoshiaki Daikubara (Quarry 2017) (OPL)
• 10-Minute Watercolours by Hazel Soan (Collins gem 2005)
• The Artist’s Guide to Sketching by James Gurney; Thomas Kinkade (Guptill Publications)
• Painting Weathered Buildings in Pen, Ink & Watercolor by Claudia Nice (North Light Books)
• Drawn to Life - Volume 1 by Walt Stanchfield (Focal Press) (OPL)
• Drawn to Life - Volume 2 by Walt Stanchfield (Focal Press) (OPL)
• Sketch Your World by James Hobbs (North Light Books)  (OPL)
• The Art of Urban Sketching by Gabriel Campanario (Quarry)  (OPL)
• Pen & Ink Drawing by Alphonso Dunn (Three Minds Press)  (OPL)
• Sketching People By Lynne Chapman (Barron’s)  (OPL)
• Everday Matters by Danny Gregory (Hyperion) (OPL)
• 5 Minute Sketching People by Peter Scully (Firefly) (OPL)
• The Urban Sketcher by Marc Taro Holmes (North Light Books) (OPL)
• Archisketcher by Simone Ridyard (North Light Books) 
• The Watercolorist’s Essential Notebook - Tricks & Tetchniques By Gordon MacKenzie (North Light Books) (OPL)
• The Watercolorist’s Essential Notebook - Landscapes by Gordon MacKenzie (North Light Books)  (OPL)
• The Cartoonist’s Workbook by Robin Hall (Sterling)
• My Paris Sketchbook by Alain Bouldouyre (Flammarion)
• Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators by David H. Ross (Watson Guptill) (OPL)
• An Illustrated Journal by Danny Gregory (How Books)
• Drawing and Painting Landscapes by Trudy Friend (David & Charles)
• Brigman’s Complete Guide to Drawing from Life by George B. Bridgman (Sterling)
• Light and Movement in Watercolour by Jake Winkle and Robin Capon (Batsford)
• 5- Minute Sketching Architecture By Liz Steel (Firefly) 
• Steps to Success in Watercolor by Brenda Swenson (Walter Foster Publishing)
• 30 Minute Landscapes by Paul Talbot Greaves (Walter Foster) (OPL)
• Robert Bateman Life Sketches By Robert Bateman (Simon & Schuster)
• Big Brush Watercolour by Ron Ranson (David & Charles)
• Urban Sketching by Thomas Thorspecken  (OPL)
• Painting With A Fresh Eye by Alfred C. Chadbourne (Watson Guptill)
• Textures, Techniques & Special Effects for Watercolor By John Lovett (international artist)
• Terry’s Top Tips for Watercolour Artists By Terry Harrison (Search Press)