Sketchbook Landscapes: A Colorful Approach
Why draw in a notebook?
A course by Agnès Decourchelle , Illustrator
About the video: Why draw in a notebook?
Overview
“I never separate myself from my notebooks - an essential tool for any artist - and that is why I will explain to you here the specificity of the practice of the sketchbook.”
In this video lesson Agnès Decourchelle addresses the topic: Why draw in a notebook?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sketchbook Landscapes: A Colorful Approach. Observe, interpret, and illustrate a landscape by exploring a drawing approach based on spontaneity, color, light, and your sketchbook.
Partial transcription of the video
“Why Draw in a Sketchbook? In this lesson, I'll talk about practicing drawing in a sketchbook. Drawing in a sketchbook is part of the artists' creative process. A sketchbook is a practical object. They exist in every size. Drawing practice, which I encourage you to do, is a daily activity. You need to be spontaneous. It's about capturing a current moment with a few strokes of a pencil. Drawing in a sketchbook will teach you how to see your surroundings in a new way. It pushes you to be curious. In a sketchbook, we'll freeze fleeting moments, a passerby, a light that changes, colors, anecdote...”
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Course summary for: Sketchbook Landscapes: A Colorful Approach
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching
Agnès Decourchelle
A course by Agnès Decourchelle
Agnès Decourchelle has been immersed in the world of art since early childhood. Born to parents who were passionate about art, she has lived on several continents, notably in Africa. She learned to observe and capture the emotions of landscapes, which she tries to depict daily through drawing.
Always faithfully accompanied by her sketchbook, she works on many projects and particularly enjoys drawing portraits and landscapes.
She has collaborated with Les Inrocks, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Observer, as well as publishers (Gallimard Jeunesse, Penguin Books, and Hachette), the audiovisual sector, and brands such as Santa & Cole and Carolina Herrera.
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