Travel Sketches in Watercolor: Capture your Surroundings
The Preliminary Sketch and the Composition
A course by Timo Bechert , Artist
About the video: The Preliminary Sketch and the Composition
Overview
“This lesson is about pre-sketching scenes and objects. To do this, we'll look at a few important basics of perspective drawing and composition.”
In this video lesson Timo Bechert addresses the topic: The Preliminary Sketch and the Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Travel Sketches in Watercolor: Capture your Surroundings. Learn watercolor techniques to capture the color, light, and atmosphere of a place in your sketchbook.
Partial transcription of the video
“The preliminary sketch and the composition The previous lesson was about to plan the plein-air painting, and this lesson is about that we go outside and start with the preliminary sketch and the composition. This scene is all about to identify crowds. What is the subject, what are the main elements in the picture, and to create a kind of composition like that. It's not about finding the right perspective and to draw everything very correctly. I chose three formats for this. I wanted to see how it looks vertically, horizontally and square, to see, Which composition do I like best? For the fi...”
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Course summary for: Travel Sketches in Watercolor: Capture your Surroundings
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Areas
Architectural Illustration, Drawing, Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Timo Bechert
A course by Timo Bechert
Timo Bechert is a German artist who grew up between France and Germany and currently lives in Munich His style is described as impressionist with a touch of realism. His passion is painting outdoors, so he always has his sketchbook with him, filling its pages with atmospheric sketches.
Timo holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in architecture and media architecture. He discovered watercolor painting and sketching in 2016 and has since painted in over 18 countries. His work has been exhibited in numerous group shows around the world alongside masters such as Caspar David Friedrich, Van Gogh, and Albrecht Dürer. He also received an honorable mention at the San Diego Watercolor Society's plein air exhibition.
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