Sketching Techniques Specialization

Overview

“In this lesson, Sarah Van Dongen addresses the challenge artists face when combining observation with imagination. While observational work leans toward realism, imaginative work can be more stylized and expressive. Sarah introduces a final exercise to help you merge these approaches, encouraging experimentation with different ways of portraying subjects creatively.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Association and Imagination 2 , 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

“So for this exercise, we're going to use a reference picture again. And I have a few portraits here and I'm going to choose one. I think I'm going to choose this girl over here. And the first drawing that I'm going to make, I'm going to try to be sort of accurate but still make a quick sketch. And I want to make sure that I have enough space on the page to make at least six faces. Okay, so now that we've made our first sketch, we can move away from some parts that are in the reference image and start to use our imagination and maybe also think about how you want to portray certain things. S...”

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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