Sketchbook Landscapes: A Colorful Approach
Movement
A course by Agnès Decourchelle , Illustrator
About the video: Movement
Overview
“How to account for the movement in a few strokes of the pencil? I will show you here how to capture a fleeting moment without freezing your characters but, on the contrary, bringing the illusion of speed and spontaneity.”
In this video lesson Agnès Decourchelle addresses the topic: Movement, 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
“Movement Now that you're at ease with the markers and pencils, I'll show you how to depict movement. You can draw a character in your landscape. It'll add a presence, attract attention, and add life to it. Thanks to our sketches, using simple and quick lines, we'll give the illusion of speed and spontaneity. As we need to be quick, we use very little material. When we draw based on a photo, we risk freezing the drawing or adding too many details. So, I encourage you to draw quickly, as though you were there, as though your character was moving. Starting with this first photo, using a few li...”
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Course summary for: Sketchbook Landscapes: A Colorful Approach
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Category
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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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