Painting and Sketching: A Beginner’s Guide

Sketching for beginners

“We have reached the culmination of our artistic journey together, // and I trust that you have found inspiration and growth in each brush stroke and technique shared. The time has come to take the palette of skills you've acquired and paint your world with them. // Embrace the canvas of possibility: to start painting, you must pick up the brush and begin. I want your project to be different from mine; repeat what I do to learn, but do something different when you create your project for publication. This enriches our creative community. Here are the steps I suggest you document and present when you publish your project: 1 - Choose the scene you want to paint.

2 - Draw in pencil and analyze the plans, light, and shadow to plan the use of color and the setting of the scene's plane. 3 - Draw on wet paper. Work first on the motif and then the background, considering the division between cool and warm tones and the nexus they create so that the colors integrate better. 4 - When what you did on the wet paper dries, highlight the foreground of your scene on the dry paper. 5 - Finally, add some final glazes, working in blocks of color, to define the scene's atmosphere and complete your final project. I encourage you to contribute your doubts, reflections, and, of course, your paintings to our Domestika forum. Do not hesitate to comment on the works of your colleagues. The collective contemplation of art enriches our appreciation and sharpens our skills. I look forward to seeing the landscapes you have painted and celebrating the growth reflected in your work. Thank you again for following this course, and I hope this is just the beginning of many happy painting moments. ”

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“We have now arrived at the culmination of our artistic journey together, and I hope that you have found inspiration in every brushstroke and technique that I shared. The moment has finally come for you to take the palette of skills you've acquired in this course and paint your world with them. Conquer the fear of that blank canvas as a world of possibilities to explore. To really be an artist, all one must do is simply pick up the brush and start. Like any adventure, art is unpredictable. Not every brushstroke is going to go exactly as planned, and not every composition is going to look exa...”

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Course summary for: Painting and Sketching: A Beginner’s Guide

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (19)
• 1400 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (3h 33m)
• 8 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Creativity, Drawing, Oil Painting, Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching