"Urban Sketching In Venice: Pen and Ink Essentials" is designed for beginners with a desire to learn the essentials of ink/pen drawing and watercolor painting.
Included BONUS:2.5 hour Burano Urban Sketching Workshop - learn all the required techniques and processes to sketch and paint a beautiful scene of Burano. This workshop is included at the bottom of the list of course lectures.
This class is the first part of a series of Venice-themed travel sketching courses, where you will learn how to draw and paint some beautiful Venice landscapes. Join me on a virtual sketching trip to Venice! Included are some historical facts and videos of this beautiful city.
In this course, I will show you the FUN and EASY way to enter into the world of watercolours, and turn your holiday photographs or any reference picture into simple, yet beautiful paintings. By the end of this course, you will have a firm understanding of the processes and techniques of turning any photograph into a pen and wash painting!
This course is split into two main parts; Part 1 - Turning a photograph into a sketch, and Part 2 - using watercolours to add colour and value. I will walk you through how to complete this painting step by step.
If you are a beginner at drawing and painting, this is the perfect course for you to get started and understand the essential techniques and exercises required to create an urban sketch.
In this Urban Sketching In Venice: Pen and Ink Essentials course, I will cover basics such as:
Materials - what paints, paper, brushes and pens you will need
Understanding the process of pen and wash - combining the unique strengths of both mediums to create a unique painting and illustration
The correct use of values in painting - understanding how to create depth and detail
How to sketch a subject easily by simplifying a landscape into basic shapes
How to sketch and paint people and figures
Understanding the basics of perspective, angles and simplifying buildings
Using essential watercolour techniques such as wet-in-wet and wet-on-dry
I'm excited to get started and to share my knowledge with you in this course!
