Subject: Sketch moving figures confidently & capture the action!
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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 01:32:43 -0700 (PDT)

Capture the Moment: Sketch Movement with Essential Skills| View Online

Capture the Moment: Sketch Movement with Essential Skills
Discover a simple, reliable system for quickly capturing life's energy and action. Join me, professional artist Marc Taro Holmes, for my online Craftsy class,
Sketching People in Motion, and learn essential techniques for consistently sketching dynamic scenes and charismatic portraits.

I'll start class by teaching you to
confidently create rapid, descriptive gestures in pencil. You'll learn how to easily layer ink onto your sketch with pen and brush for impactful impressions. Then, I'll take you step by step through bringing vitality and vibrance to your work with fun watercolor techniques. Along the way, I'll provide you with troubleshooting advice and hands–on exercises that will help you create lively portraits and visual narratives.

In our first lesson, I'll teach you a simple yet powerful method for drawing gestures, so you can sketch moving subjects quickly and freely. You'll also learn tips for capturing the essential elements and proportions of a scene before your subject moves.

Once you've sketched your gesture drawing, I'll help you add more detail with ink. You'll learn to break down your subject into basic shapes. Practice refining your subject's shapes and adding weight and dimension by sketching in shadows, while preserving the liveliness of the original sketch.

Next, you'll see how to create focal points within your ink drawing using the brush pen. I'll demonstrate how to use brushwork to anchor the drawing, emphasizing the darkest shapes and shadows. You'll find out how to transition values and add a sense of movement with hatching.

Finally, you'll bring your sketch to life with splashes of color. I'll walk you step by step through setting up a portable watercolor palette, applying washes, using color blocks to create
silhouettes and reinforcing shadow shapes with flowing brushstrokes. Then, you'll enjoy adding in finishing touches by laying down rich notes of color and detail.

We'll move on to discussing a method for capturing subjects in motion with water–soluble inks. I'll demonstrate how you can capture a changing scene by adding in shadow shapes and anchor points with ink and a brush pen, before using water to blend them harmoniously.

Next, you'll tackle watercolor techniques for capturing fast–moving subjects and rapidly evolving events by painting large, loose shapes and silhouettes in swift strokes. And, I'll help you complete the scene by filling in shadows and fine–tuning details.

In our final lesson, you'll discover fundamentals for infusing the art of storytelling into your sketches. I'll show you how to select unique poses for your subject and choose the details that are key to your visual
narrative. Plus, you'll find out how to arrange multiple subjects on a page — and add splashes of color — to create a captivating sequence of events.

Sign up for Sketching People in Motion, and expand your artistic repertoire with techniques for capturing life outside the studio!

I'm a sketchbook artist and plein–air painter who works in ink, watercolor, and oils. Since 2009, I've been a correspondent for the international website of reportage artists: urbansketchers. And, I'm the author of The Urban Sketcher: Techniques for Seeing and Drawing on Location published by North Light Books.

I also
enjoyed a 15–year career as an Art Director and Concept Artist in the video game industry, working for studios such as Microsoft, Electronic Arts and Disney. My personal website — citizensketcher — is chock–full of step–by–step painting demos, downloadable workshop notes, and stories about art and travel.

You can watch my Craftsy class anytime and anywhere to start drawing stories of your world with clarity and movement.

Enroll in Sketching People in Motion for only $14.99

— that's 50% off today!

Marc Taro Holmes | Craftsy Instructor

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