Sketching Techniques Specialization

Overview

“In this lesson, Alex Hillkurtz will show you how to choose the best viewpoint for painting a subject, like a building. You'll learn how different angles affect depth and composition. By using techniques like two-point perspective and considering light and shadow, you can make your paintings more dynamic and visually interesting.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: The Right View , 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, I want to talk about choosing the right view in which to paint our subject. We'll be painting a building, some nice sort of piece of architecture. I'll demonstrate a painting of a building that's near me in Paris where I live, and I'll show a couple different angles of this building. I think for me, one of the most important parts of doing any sketch or any painting happens before you touch your pencil to your paper, and that is choosing where to stand or where to sit. Where you see your subject from can dramatically affect the outcome of your painting. You can make a beauti...”

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Course summary for: Sketching Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (93)
• 8804 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