Sorie Kim

Drawing Basics and Beyond (eBook, ePUB)

Transform Observation into Imagination

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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. It's 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.
• Sorie's 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 Sorie's 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 you're just getting started or want to step up your sketching game.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rockport Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780760385289
• Artikelnr.: 68422930

Autorenporträt

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.

Instagram: @soriekim
YouTube: @soriekimdesign
Pinterest: @soriekim

Inhaltsangabe

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