Sketch 101: Engrave your memories
Get all your drawing basics going in just one session!
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About this session
Learn how to engrave your memories on paper! Enjoy your holidays, your commute, your home and all of glorious Sydney by the process of observation and recording!
All of this from the 3 Cezanne shapes: Triangle, Circle, Square as described in my book How to Sketch Shapes.
In this session we will do a crash course in sketching by working through all the material in two of my books: "How to Sketch Shapes" and "How to Sketch Form".
N.B. No painting in this session.
We will have a short break at 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. You'll need it!
What will we learn in this session?
- Cezanne sketching
- Michelangelo sketching
- Sketch any shape in 60 seconds
- Sketch shapes quickly and accurately (all in the ebook How to Sketch Shapes)
- Use TONE to turn SHAPES into FORM (from the ebook How to sketch Form)
Cezanne sketching | Michelangelo sketching
Quick sketches
Shape to Form
Sketching a circle | Turning that into a sphere...
Turning all that into a cat!
Materials
Bring to the session:
- A-4 sketch book (also sold as a Visual Diary)
- 2H pencil (note: I have pencils at the session, but you really want to have your own at home)
- 2B pencil
- 6B pencil
Resources
We will be working through these two books:
How to sketch Form.
Get the book onto your device with one click at Amazon
How sketching preserves memories - Watch at YouTube