Sketchbook Landscapes: A Colorful Approach
Drawing construction
A course by Agnès Decourchelle , Illustrator
About the video: Drawing construction
Overview
“It's the big plunge! Go for a larger format than that of your notebook, for a more detailed drawing, which will immortalize your memory of the atmosphere of the landscape. To structure this drawing, I will explain how to set up the main strokes that make up your image using a light pencil. You will see that it can be useful to break down your image into shots. In my case, I have three: the foreground very bright, the sky and the background darker.”
In this video lesson Agnès Decourchelle addresses the topic: Drawing construction, 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
“Construction of the Drawing Once we've defined our color range, structure, and framing, in this lesson, we're leaving our sketchbooks to start drawing our final project. First, we'll draw the structure. On an A4 page, I'll draw some lines that will create my landscape. To draw the structure, I'll use a light colored pencil. That way it can blend in with the other colors. When we work from a photo, we can make a grid so we stay faithful to the image. I'll use the photo as a model or a support, so that I can interpret it but not make an exact copy. To respect the landscape proportions as much...”
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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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