About the video: Contour and Observation
Overview
“Guided by Lapin, in this session, you'll learn an intuitive technique for sketching from observation. You'll use a black fine liner to outline your hand, sharpening your ability to observe and capture details with simple, expressive lines.”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Contour and Observation , 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
“In this lesson, we'll talk about line and watercolor techniques. So we will only use fineliner, watercolor, and water brush. So now to show you about how to use this material, we will first go with the fineliner. So I do not build my drawing with a pencil at all. I'm starting first with fineliner. It makes the drawing much more spontaneous. While you're in the streets, it's about going fast to catch what you get in front the quicker you can. About the line, you have to project first what you will draw to get a confident line. The most difficult to me is the first line I will draw on the pap...”
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Course summary for: Sketching Techniques Specialization
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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

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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