Urban Sketching Hong Kong : sketching Sam Mun Tsai with iPad Pro & Procreate

I’m Rob, an urban sketcher from Hong Kong, and have gone iPad only for the last 7 years to make my art. Several weeks ago, before most of the world went into lockdown, I headed out with a few urban sketchers friends to the HK countryside, to explore & draw the quaint little fishing village of Sam Mun Tsai (三門仔). In addition to showing a slice of life in the village, I also explain my processes for the 3 sketches I did, as well as how I got around problems while drawing and painting the scene on location.
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[@doughilborn9447]

Every time I watch one of your videos I learn something new. Thank you Rob, stay healthy and safe.

[@iPadSketcher]

Hey, thanks so much, Doug! Masks all the time and OCD personal decontamination routines, which would be ridiculously weird at any other point in time, seem be working right now. You stay safe and well too!

[@WilliamPhillippe]

Rob, this is so inspired, Sir. Most engaging narration and superb dexterity in Procreate. Delighted to have found you via Alvin’s talk at a symposium on growing local USK chapters. Hello from USK NYC! Cheers!

[@teohyc]

Nice video! Amazing details with so little time

[@iPadSketcher]

Thank you, Parka! Your work & filmmaking have really inspired me to try and be more productive😅

[@jaymore8487]

wow! amazing. this is really like it. thank you Rob.

[@pocholoestremos497]

Always inspiring🙏🙏🙏 Mr.Rob

[@iPadSketcher]

😊🙏🏼thanks very much, Pocholo!

[@PozoRider]

Great video! Saw your buddy in the CalPoly Architecture t-shirt. I'm a CalPoly SLO Architecture grad myself.

[@merollahh123]

Nice video, i like ur sketch , video editor, really give me theraphy 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@guyjordan8201]

I just stumbled on our channel and love your peaceful presentation. Thank you for that and your Hong Kong reveal.

[@mervekevser1256]

you have no idea how much i enjoy watching your videos and how they inspire me to sketch and draw again. i often times forget to or lose the inspiration to due to university. greeting from germany

[@janinee6733]

Wow, that’s absolutely amazing! Didn’t imagine Hongkong being such a green place. Would love to go there one day.... 🤗

[@iPadSketcher]

There are some truly amazing green spots and hiking trails to get happily lost in- a very unexpected part of HK!😄 (that I love) Plan a visit when it’s safe😉

[@TahtahmesDiary]

Your 2nd sketch emits the feelings of home...and nostalgia somehow though nowhere I live on the coast looks like this! Beautiful 💚💚💚

[@gavinkaufmanworld]

A wonderful video - thanks for sharing 😁

[@mgraham416]

You are very gifted. This is one of the most well done videos I've seen on youtube.

[@4740rocky]

Great video Rob, really interesting to see how you tackle different scenes and your thought processes

[@andymctractor]

I'm an urban sketcher from the Norwich UK group. I was in Hong Kong for about a week in 1970 as a 17 year old sailor it has clearly changed much since then!! Your video has sold Hong Kong as a sketching venue though I am biased as I've liked your work for sometime. I've been using Procreate since the 2018 ipad came on the market and am now looking to justify the cost of a 2020 Ipad Pro. Thank you for your video(s).

[@iPadSketcher]

Wow, thanks so much, Andy! What a difference a few decades has made to this city- thankfully, there are still lots of lovely pockets to explore. Good luck with justifying the upgrade!😉 (from iPad to Pro is a good jump)

[@yip6149]

Thanks for introducing Hong Kong in a different way, a side of HK that less tourists are aware of. Very nice paintings, really appreciate you shared the processes (painting and thinking processes) and rectification you made. 😊

[@TahtahmesDiary]

“Higgledy-Piggledy” is one of those words whose definition is just understood at first hearing it 😂🤗💜

Do you have a video where you share your process, layers, brushes, etc? It would be really cool!

[@YarnJourneysMelanie]

More of these please!!! Fantastic content!

[@iPadSketcher]

Thanks so much! I certainly have more planned😁

[@Lobstrique]

Hong Kong looks like a dream 😭😭✨ so beautifully shot, too!! thank you for sharing this moment, hope I'll find my sketch group someday :) and thank you for the walk through your process, it's invaluable

[@mareewalker2097]

Great video Rob, good to see you getting out and about. Please put together an online course on ipad urban sketching, who knows when we will all be able to travel again. Which are your favourite brushes? Thanks for sharing with us 🙂

[@qwertqwert-bz9fo]

Please continue!

[@MengFeiWong]

I truly enjoyed this video and your sketches. Appreciate you sharing your thought process while sketching too. Looking forward to more videos from you. Thank you!

[@TahtahmesDiary]

Love all of your different styles! So interesting to see the different perspectives 💙

[@garybrush]

Great video! Great sketches, Rob!

[@iPadSketcher]

Thanks very much, Gary :)

[@AngelaWeddle]

Glad I found your KZbin channel. I’m enjoying my mini 6, versus the weight of the Pro for outdoors and many other tasks except for certain illustration projects that need the pro. Hong Kong is beautiful, maybe I will be able to sketch in person there one day. Lovely work as always.

[@BillBooz]

Fun to watch you “build” your sketches in Procreate. Do you use 3rd party brushes or have you created your own, Rob? I love to draw/sketch with my 12.9 iPad Pro (2017) and Pencil 2 using Procreate and Tayasui Sketches Pro, but I haven’t been as comfortable doing watercolor in Procreate compared to Sketches Pro. Very curious what brushes you use in Procreate as, perhaps, that’s where I’m hitting a wall.

[@monicareid2747]

I was going to ask what brushes he uses too! I'm really struggling with this aspect as a new IPad Pro/Procreate user.....

[@thedreamercreative]

This is amazing, you are a fantastic artist. I was wondering if iPad urban sketching was a thing and then I stumbled across your channel! Thank you for sharing, I can't wait to watch more of your videos

[@hArtyTruffle]

I know you didn’t like that first one the best, but the contrasts in there were great 👍🏼 Happy sketching 🌞

[@Phoebe_jacky1993]

Can’t wait for the new courses!

[@ozzybargainhunter2245]

REALLY love your style of video, would love to see a little more of your drawing tech though..

[@BaLoNgUlObAnGa]

Great channel man

[@borka6937]

Hope you and your friends and family are staying safe, miss your videos 🤗

[@ItsAliciaD]

Wonderful! This is my second video. Thanks for sharing. I'm buying my first ipad pro so my daughter can sketch. Question: My next thing to purchase is a drone? What kind of drone do you use?

[@kamalmaharjan4589]

I am really inspired by your work. I would be amazing if you let us know how can ingest the brush you used..

[@asnapshotintime]

Please create a SkillsFuture class. Thanks!

[@frankc8715]

Thanks, Rob, for sharing. Did you ever do a video about the matte screen protector? The reviews out there don't seem to line up well for selecting the best one - or perhaps they are all good...

[@wyv8570]

I have been doing a lot of detailed portraits lately but would love to do sketches like this too. I never have done anything besides portraits so do you have any suggestions on where to start. Should i start by taking some only courses for landscape or perspective or something ? Great video btw 😁

[@fitriawati5488]

which brush did you use for coloring?

[@trythegames8884]

What brushes do u use?