Artistic Drawing for Beginners

Overview

“Next, I will show you how to compose your reference image for your project. I will talk to you about different types of visual composition and I will give you some tips on how to prepare the space to create your own still life.”

In this video lesson Ester N. Lloveres addresses the topic: Composition and preparation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Drawing for Beginners. Learn academic observation techniques for drawing what you see.

Partial transcription of the video

“Composition and preparation In this lesson, I will explain a few tips and tricks to prepare the still life from which we will make the drawing. I'll show you how I usually do it. 1. Types of composition: There are an infinity of options, but I will give you some examples. Here we see a rectangular composition in this Bouguereau work. In this portrait of Millais we see a triangular composition and another option would be the dynamic composition, in which the figures do not fit into a simple shape, rather they generate lines that enter and leave the frame, looking from one side of the work to...”

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Course summary for: Artistic Drawing for Beginners

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (277)
• 7800 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 3m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing