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Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere

The Importance of Composition in Drawing

A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist

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About the video: The Importance of Composition in Drawing

Overview

“In this lesson, we are going to discuss some fundamental ideas about composition in our drawing with some helpful tips on how to improve it. ”

In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: The Importance of Composition in Drawing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere. Learn how to create powerful and dramatic portraits with charcoal.

Partial transcription of the video

“The importance of composition in drawing In this lesson we'll be looking at composition and I'll give you some useful tips and tools to improve it. When we're working with an atmospheric portrait it's not as straightforward as just copying from a photograph. That's because we want to bring mood and atmosphere into a piece, and also to lead the viewer around the picture. By its very nature, we want to bring abstract elements into this piece. We want to encourage the viewer to explore and look around the drawing. The tonal values are pretty much right in the face but it's lacking something. I...”

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Course summary for: Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (1071)
24355 students
5 units
22 lessons (4h 2m)
12 downloads

Category
Illustration
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration

Sarah Stokes

A course by Sarah Stokes

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Artist

Sarah Stokes is a self-taught artist from the Midlands region in England, a place where she finds inspiration and creates work that is full of life. From a young age, Sarah has always been her happiest when painting and drawing, using her creativity to build a successful business career before deciding to return to what she loved most.
She has created artwork for bands, restaurants, breweries, and schools, as well as giftware for clients like Enesco. Her work is exhibited in Whitewall Galleries, Clarendon Fine Art, and several independent galleries. Sarah’s prints can also be found worldwide in places like Next, Wayfair, and on Amazon.