Sketch Your World by Kimiko Sekimoto

This book offers aspiring urban sketchers a series of 40 step-by-step lessons showing you how to draw everything from the meal you ordered at a cafe to a map of highlights from your latest road trip. You'll get all the tips and advice you need for drawing what you see during your day and while out and about.

Learn to sketch interesting subjects from everyday life and travel, such as fruits, vegetables, meals, and desserts; bottles, boxes, baskets, and bags; cups, glasses, appliances, and utensils; clothing and furniture; signs and storefronts; maps and floor plans; people, locations, landmarks, and more! This beginner's guide is the perfect companion to toss into your backpack, artist's tote, or portfolio, along with your sketch journal and pens!

Kimiko Sekimoto is an award-winning artist who graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. She works as a freelance illustrator and teaches pen-sketching courses at Waseda University in Japan. She has shown her artworks in dozens of exhibitions since 2005.