Sketching Techniques Specialization

Overview

“In this lesson, Tom Fox will teach you how to think in three dimensions by focusing on form and volume. You'll learn to give your drawings depth by using simple techniques like adding overlap and ensuring your shapes have three sides. These methods will help you create drawings that feel more realistic and three-dimensional.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: What is Form: Drawing Volume, 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 we talk about what is form and thinking in 3D. We'll talk about drawing with volume and we'll keep things easy for ourselves by simplifying. So now we're going to go into what is form and thinking in 3D and I'm going to draw out some examples on my paper. The first thing we want to talk about is drawing with flat shapes. When I see drawings like this, my first reaction is that there's no form. What I mean by that is they don't have volume. You know, what are we aiming to get? Well, when we draw, we're thinking really about trying to achieve shapes that look three-dimensional....”

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Course summary for: Sketching Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (90)
• 8303 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