Take your sketching practice to the next level with this practical and inspiring guide to drawing what you see
and beyond. Sketching from life is critical to learning how to draw. Its also an invaluable source of creative inspiration. In
Drawing Basics and Beyond, artist and popular instructor Sorie Kim breaks down her compelling approach to
drawing from direct observation to make it fun and easy
for artists of all levels.
Sorie guides you through
the why and how of sketching from life, including different approaches and the eight elements of sketching. She then shares pages from her sketchbooks captured at a variety of locations as a jumping-off point for sharing
innovative tips and techniques. Finally, Sorie provides guidance to take the information gathered from and inspired by sketching to create original, imaginative art.
This informative and entertaining guide reveals:
- The benefits of sketching from life and how it impacts your artwork.
- Sories seven favorite types of sketchbooks, including the ugly sketchbook, and when to use them.
- Strategies for sketching in any location, from parks, to cities, to zoos, to museums, and more.
- An inside look at Sories fascinating sketchbooks and how she uses them in a wide variety of locations.
- Approaches to adding imagination to your sketches through experimenting with mediums, pushing boundaries, abstraction, and doodling.
No matter your chosen art medium, style, or subject matter, sketching will
improve your drawing skills and observation abilities and
increase your creativity.
Drawing Basics and Beyond is the inspirational and encouraging guide that will help you on that path, whether youre just getting started or want to step up your sketching game.
Introduction
GETTING STARTED
Why Sketch?
My Approach to Sketching, A Couple of Things to Remember
In My Pencil Case, My Sketchbooks
The Fundamentals of Sketching
ELEMENTS OF SKETCHING
The Eight Elements of Sketching, Line, Volume and Form
Perspective, Form Sensitivity, Rendering, Movement and Weight
Proportion, Design
BASIC FORMS
The Six Basic Forms, Planes, Boxes, Cylinders, Spheres, Pyramids, Cones
SKETCHING ON LOCATION
Studying a Subject, Distance, Detail, Duration, Thumbnails, Types of
Subjects
ANATOMY OF A SKETCHBOOK
Simple Props, Abstract Organics, Skeletal Forms, Plants and Trees, Animals,
People
Complex Props, Scenes and Environments, Travel Sketchbooks, Café Sketching
BEYOND OBSERVATION
Drawing from Imagination, Doodles, Solid Drawing, From Observation to
Imagination
Reinterpreting Subject Matter, Abstraction
Gathering Additional References, Outside the Sketchbook
Final Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
Sorie Kim is an illustrator and instructor based in Los Angeles. She has created programs and workshops for Domestika, Dreamworks Animation, Class101, Warrior Art Camp, and Covenant House and CreateNow, where she works with homeless and at-risk youth and adults. Sorie has created designs for television and merchandise, and her work has been shown in exhibitions by Giant Robot, Gallery Nucleus, and Wowxwow.
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