About the video: Sketching Your Composition
Overview
“Next, I will guide you through how I sketch the composition for my final artwork.”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Sketching Your Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles. Explore modern calligraphy techniques, expressive lettering styles, and creative compositions to develop your own calligraphic style.
Partial transcription of the video
“Sketching Your Composition In this lesson, I'll take you through my sketching process. I'll start by doing a rough sketch, then I'll refine that a bit, and when I'm happy with my sketch, I'll transfer it to my paper that I'll do my final artwork on. To start, I'll use the same layout paper that I did in the previous lesson. I have written down the quote that I would like to do and I find this a lot easier. If you have it on your phone, you might have to get the screen on, then it'll turn off and you have to turn it on again, and it's a little bit interruptive so I quite like writing it down...”
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Course summary for: Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Areas
Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering

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