Sketching Techniques Specialization

Overview

“In this lesson with Lapin, you'll explore the influence of historical expeditions on art, focusing on how explorers documented unknown animals and cultures. You'll also study Eugene Delacroix’s travel sketches, learning how his on-location drawings captured vivid scenes and offered a personal glimpse into life in foreign lands.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Artistic Exploration and Travel Sketching Techniques, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sketching Techniques Specialization. Explore the power of sketching alongside top-notch drawing masters..

Partial transcription of the video

“Another great inspiration were all the expeditions, the scientist expeditions from the past centuries. I can't imagine how the people would feel to see for the first time some unknown animals that the first explorers bring back in their sketchbooks from South America, from remote islands. And in a way, I would have dreamed to be one of those painters in those worldwide tours from the 16th, 17th century. For example, here, this drawing from the 17th century shows a kind of dinosaur, for someone who never saw an iguana before. Must have been also very crazy to see that, to discover this kind ...”

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Course summary for: Sketching Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
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• 9705 students
• 9 units
• 94 lessons (15h 44m)
• 51 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Architectural Illustration, Artistic Drawing, Botanical Illustration, Character Design, Children's Illustration, Colored Pencil Drawing, Creativity, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Ink Illustration, Naturalistic Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting