Sketching Techniques Specialization

Overview

“Marco Mazzoni will introduce you to shade drawing, a technique that focuses on building form through shadows rather than lines. Unlike line drawing, shade drawing emphasizes creating depth and texture by varying pressure and shading. You’ll practice controlling shadow intensity by creating gradients and learning how to blend smoothly. This technique allows for more freedom and expression.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Shaded Drawing Exercises , 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 will talk about and I will show you the shade drawings. And shade drawing is a different technique than line drawing. Maybe it's the opposite technique of line drawing. There is not a better technique. You can use one or the other one, or you can mix them. It's not a big deal. You will use the technique you prefer. Shade drawing is more natural for people of my generation or people of the generations before smartphones, because when you have had the cable phone, we always used to create lines and doodling when you speak with other people. So every time you start to draw wi...”

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Course summary for: Sketching Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (93)
• 8796 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