 It seems to me that a painting of an urban scene must have a people or two. just like a rural scene might need a cow/goat/sheep - some life! the problem is they must be credible, they must be drawn and painted well - if not ... well ... lets not go there! so how to start? start by drawing, get lots of photos of people walking/standing and drill them down to basic shapes - geometry! I can't tell you how many pages of people drawings I have done - page after page after page, then I do more pages and pages and pages. In other words you can't draw them too much. think of these three basic shapes U W O U - turn upside down, it becomes a torso W - legs O - head once you've done lots of practice getting the ratios right (length of leg to body, size of head etc) you will naturally start to loosen up, let them merge, make a crowd etc. relax your hand and let your hand/eye coordination work for you. Keep your pencil marks light, fluid, gestural and lyrical (only use sharpened "B" pencils). avoid erasing pencil marks 
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There's lots to learn from making a sketch from life:
SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT: How light is this element compared to that (there's that relationship thing coming up again!)? How do I make something look like it's far away? What makes an object stand out from another? Most often it's value - dark against light and light against dark! But just as important, it's all the values in between!! You'll only get this from observing and sketching!! practice practice practice - repeat repeat repeat - study your subject properly
FROM AN EARLIER LESSON: this one's all about relationships while I was sketching and observing, I was asking myself:
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