PhD in interior architecture

Works as Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture

REHAM M ALI (Alexandria, Egypt) studied Fine-Arts and holds a Ph.D. degree in Interior Design from the University of Alexandria.

Works as Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture.

She has been drawing since childhood, sketching architecture came as a natural part of her study and work, she began sketching on location since her senior year in college, and in 2015, she discovered Urban Sketchers and since then she started to focus on sketching her hometown city, Alexandria, which is the main subject of her watercolor and sketching work.

Workshop instructor in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia where she works now as Assistant Professor at IAU university.

Learn to use techniques to give visual impact to your sketches without fear

Learn how to connect eyes, mind and hand especially to compose the sketch in order to capture the essence of the scene, while playing with full and empty spaces, values, contrasts, relationships between lines and colors.

When and how to choose which details in the building that improve your concept

Learn to accept your mistakes they are part of your style

What particularly fascinates me is the ability to capture intricate details in sketches using a loose and rapid approach. This method allows for the depiction of sunlight and shadows in a simplified yet effective manner, resulting in accomplished works in a short span of time. I believe this aspect is crucial in urban sketching, as it enables artists to capture the essence of a scene swiftly and authentically.

When I first start urban sketching I began with locations and building I have memories with then expanding my sketching as a way of journaling my life then I started to look at the city itself as place full of memories specially my home town which is a very cosmopolitan city with a lot of people from deferent backgrounds and ideologies ( Egyptians , Greeks, Armenians….. so and so ) this diversity made me notice how different people interact with their surrounding and make the architectural landscape so unique And that’s the reason I also tend to paint or sketch buildings as living objects we live in them and they live in us

Waterproof ink pens (fountain pens or nip pen )

Waterproof ink( black )

Watercolour palette ( the bigger the better )

Watercolour paints

White Guache paint ( snall tube )

Watercolor pencils ( just basic set )

White gel pen

Small water spray

Sketchbook or loose paper, watercolour paper or water-friendly paper at lest A4 size or bigger

Brushes (try to have at least one big brush size 8 or larger if possible and one big flat brush )

Small plastic container of water

A stool to sit on while working ( optional)

Viewfinder or and similar app you can make your own using two L shaped catted paper

Urban sketching Teaching Experience

Porto international urban sketchers symposium 2018 :

Workshop under the title “Urban tales.building can talk too!!. Architectural scenes without actors also presented a demo Contour lines and shadows In A hurry “” during the last symposium

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt 2018

3days workshop covering :

2 days watercolor teckniques and one day workshop on site sketching

Amsterdam international urban sketchers symposium 2019:

Workshop title “Change your point of view!! adding more drama into your scene!”-

My demo title “fearless watercolours”

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt 2019

Workshop “ city scape in Alexandria “ Egypt

AIA middle east 2019 Saudi Arabia

Urban sketching workshop in Qatif KSA Documenting sketching workshop held in Al-Qatif district . KSA

Covering the techniques and methods of sketching to create expressive urban sketch telling the story of a place and its people  

Sketch Tour Portugal Reload – Lisboa 2021

Selected with 20 other international sketchers to sketch Portugal ( my slected area was lisbon ) the project organized by tourismo Portugal and USK portugal

IAU university june 2022 ( open por public and students university )

Workshop Using ink and waterclor as medium in sketching architecture

Dubai watercolor and sketching architecture masterclass 2022

6 days workshop (individual private masterclass between studio and on site location

IAU university May 2023 ( open por public and students university )

Workshop Using ink and waterclor as medium in sketching architecture

Thrissure sketch gala India April 2024

Teaching workshop in urban sketching title “ spice up your sketch “ about how to present your work in more expressive way

CityDev project ( sketching and teaching project ) May 2024

Invited by CityDev brussles to sketch some location celebrating their 59 anniversry

Performing demo and sketch walk

Urban sketching workshop Brussles 2024

Teaching on site workshop “ un expected perspective “

(Upcoming )Neuchatel urban sketchers symposyum June 2024

Urban sketching workshop “Solving building interlocking shapes with light and Shadows