Painting and Sketching: A Beginner’s Guide

Overview

“I'll introduce you to an effective way to think about line when using it to sketch in a composition.”

In this video lesson Daphne Frizzle addresses the topic: Sketching With Line, which is part of the Domestika online course: Painting and Sketching: A Beginner’s Guide . Explore painting with Daphne Frizzle! From inspiration to creation, learn essential sketching and painting techniques to enhance your artistic skills..

Partial transcription of the video

“Now that our stain is completely dry, we're ready to start sketching with line. This is going to be the first step in establishing our composition onto our surface. When sketching with line, you can start with pencil if you're more comfortable. Just keep in mind that you will not be able to erase the lines without the potential of removing paint. It's important for you to keep that in mind and use very light pencil marks. As for me, I prefer to go right in with paint from the beginning. For sketching with line, we want to focus on outlining all of the general shapes within our composition. ...”

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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