Sketchbooking for Beginners: Learn to Draw Your Surroundings
Creating Basic Compositions
A course by Maximiliano Vera Herrera , Illustrator
About the video: Creating Basic Compositions
Overview
“In this lesson, I will give you some tips to create a basic composition from scratch, using references and following the same methodology of shapes and tones.”
In this video lesson Maximiliano Vera Herrera addresses the topic: Creating Basic Compositions, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sketchbooking for Beginners: Learn to Draw Your Surroundings. Overcome your fear of the blank page and learn the fundamentals of drawing any object like a pro.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. i'll guide you on crafting a composition from the ground up using quality method might appear somewhat complex at first. However. with the correct references. i guarantee the process will be straightforward. Let me demonstrate my approach to you. Initially. i used a photograph of a scene to begin in this case. of an animal and. in this instance. a photo of a rider. In this exercise. i will merge these three elements into one cohesive composition. To achieve this. we will begin with the background. ensuring it sets the right We have our image ready. so let's proceed to split ...”
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Course summary for: Sketchbooking for Beginners: Learn to Draw Your Surroundings
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Creativity, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration

Maximiliano Vera Herrera
A course by Maximiliano Vera Herrera
Max Vera is a professional illustrator who has collaborated with a range of studios from around the world on editorial projects, animation backgrounds, and character design. Although much of his work is produced digitally, his favorite kind of drawing is done on the street, or in museums, where he always finds something interesting to depict in his sketchbooks.
Over the course of his career, he has worked with brands throughout South America and the United States. He has also participated in group exhibitions such as Muerte Lenta, PlayFair, and Cartoon Madness.
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