Monthly Archives: November 2018

Art, Art tips and tricks, Art training, Book, Books, Get-Set-Sketch!, Pen and inks, Traditional Art

Composition and Perspective – A simple, yet powerful way to draw stunning, expressive sketches

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If I knew every step needed to write and publish a book, I would never write a book!
 
Fortunately, I did not!
 
I learned many of the steps (and still learning) on the job and published my first book, Get-Set-Sketch!.
 
Following in the footsteps of “Get-Set-Sketch!”, my second book “Composition and Perspective – A simple, yet powerful way to draw stunning, expressive sketches” is available on the Amazon Kindle store.
 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KVFZ9CC
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07KVFZ9CC
 
Both these books will be available (in print format) at heavy discounts in my upcoming art exhibition, सैरArt. Stay tuned!
Art, Art tips and tricks, Art training, Art Training Videos, Pen and inks, Traditional Art

A Monochrome Landscape – New YouTube video

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Learn to draw a monochrome landscape using pens and black ink. Follow this link to watch the time-lapse video of making of this sketch.

https://youtu.be/5JKf2rFzsJc
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Understanding values (dark, light and mid tones) is extremely important when sketching/painting, even though the painting may be fully colored.

If you are sketching in monochrome, values help identify various elements from each other.

If you are sketching in colors, values lend a certain jazz, character and contrast to the sketch.

Amazon author page: amazon.com/author/shirishd

Art, Art tips and tricks, Art training, Art Training Videos, Pen and inks, Traditional Art

Five Point Perspective drawing – New YouTube Video

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Learn to draw a building in five-point perspective (also called Fisheye perspective) in this two-part demo.

Link to part 1:
https://youtu.be/U8wwztLY9YI

Link to part 2:
https://youtu.be/GlXmQnSEXcA

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Art, Pen and inks, Traditional Art, Urban Sketching

Goa Diaries

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Some pen, inks, watercolors sketches made on the recent visit to Goa, India. Sketches always add a different flavor to any trip, making it more special, and making the sights and sound better ingrained in our minds.

Above 3 pics: Glimpses of the very popular Baga beach

Above: A boat resting in the Baga river

Above: A small portion of the Saint Francis Church of the old Goa

Above 2 pics: Another popular, yet thankfully less crowded beach, Anjuna

Art, Art tips and tricks, Art training, Art Training Videos, Pen and inks

Three Point Perspective – Bird’s eye view of a cityscape

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Do you want to learn how to draw these buildings in three point perspective? Then head over to the YouTube by clicking on the link below:
 
https://youtu.be/xkFpRC7LBBw
 
This lesson is divided into two parts for easy grasping. The first part covers the basics of three point perspective, and the second one covers the actual rendering.
 
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