"The Artist’s Guide to Sketching conveys the what, where, how-to and, most importantly, the why of drawing on location. As a lifelong reportage artist, urban sketcher and arts educator, I highly recommend the expanded edition of this classic book to art students, professionals, hobbyists, and everyone in between. Drawing connects us to our world, and this book connects us to drawing." (Veronica Lawlor, Reportage Artist and Professor)

"The Artist’s Guide to Sketching is at once a compelling memoir and an inspirational call to artists to break free from generic images and clichéd concepts by getting out and recording the real world in all its wonder and complexity." (Alice A. Carter, Author and Professor Emeritus Animation/Illustration, San Jose State University)

“This is a marvelous book, filled with the kind of wisdom you'll never find in a classroom or library. Two artists paid their dues and learned valuable lessons on their cross-country sketching safari. They've passed those lessons on to us in a classic book, now expanded and remastered. Their practical pointers about drawing materials and techniques are important, but equally important is the inspiration we get from the story of the two travelers hopping freight trains and sleeping on rooftops, earning their way by the sheer love of drawing. Profusely illustrated, beautifully written.” (David Apatoff, Art Critic, The Saturday Evening Post)

“One goes to the world’s great museums to see and learn how the great masters composed their works. For modern masters, we have Gurney & Kinkade’s book." (Alan Dean Foster)

“I’ve been intrigued for years knowing this book existed, but due to the book’s scarcity, I never had the opportunity to read it. Now that I have, I can state that I loved the book and would recommend it to anyone, whether a seasoned artist or someone new to image making, with the confidence that, if the practice described within is followed, their art and perspective on life and the world in which we live, will change.The Artist's Guide to Sketching is filled with pragmatic tips as fundamental as discussing various drawing and painting tools and different papers, to the more conceptual such as how to see, how to measure, and different ways to think about and edit your drawings. The book speaks to the fundamental value of sketching to the artist, and its celebration of sketching as an end in and of itself.”
(Chuck Grieb, Professor and Program Director for Animation and Visual Effects and the Chair of the Department of Cinematic Arts, Azusa Pacific University)

“Every urban sketcher should own a copy of The Artist’s Guide to Sketching. In fact, if I could only have one drawing book on my shelf, it would be this one. It’s packed with that many insights about drawing on location, about everything from perspective to people sketching to nature and animals. But for me, the most brilliant section is about learning to capture motion by training your eye to freeze a gesture so you can record it in your sketchbook. I find myself returning to insights like these again and again. James and Thomas are penetrating, generous and thoughtful on every page, and it’s impossible to not be inspired by their love of drawing." (Shari Blaukopf, co-founder of Urban Sketchers Montreal and author of The Urban Sketching Handbook: Working with Color)