Rather than snap photos with his camera, traveler and urban sketching artistQian Shicaptures his surroundings as watercolor paintings.
Shi is a great believer of practice makes perfect.
Each picturesque scene is rendered by first laying down the composition in pen ink.
The talented artist then adds delicate washes of paint to capture the colors and light of the scene.
From architecture studies to entire street scenes, Shi always includes little details that bring his scenes to life.
Scroll down to see some of Shis urban scenes, and check out more of his work onInstagram.