Sketching Techniques Specialization

Overview

“This process will begin by establishing the background painting based on the reference photo. Don Kilpatrick III will teach you how to map out the primary colors and shapes of the composition before moving on to the details. In this phase, it's important to view the painting from an abstract perspective, focusing on aspects such as the language and design of shapes, the relationship between small and large objects, and building up the values.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Painting the Project 1 , 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'm going to show you my process for completing my final project. I've started the process by establishing my underpainting based upon my photo reference. I have my photo reference nearby so I can refer to it as I establish the first colors while I'm painting. So I'm going to continue the process by blocking in the remaining big colors within the composition. I've already established the sky color. Now I'm going to work on the ground color. My composition is primarily in a blue key, so I'm going to have a gray that has a bit of blue in it for the ground plane. At this stage ...”

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Course summary for: Sketching Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
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• 8783 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