In this class you’ll learn to draw an imaginary landscape in pen or pencil with intentional details, a unique landscape and immersive lighting and composition. Sketching and drawing allows us to explore places and tell visual stories through the lines we put on the page. But often artists might feel unsure about how to draw fantasy landscapes without copying existing ones. This class is aimed at building your confidence in world-building, so you can create immersive, compelling and original scenes. These tips can be transferred into any style of art.
You’ll learn:
- Which vantage point suits your drawing and the story you’re trying to tell
- How to define a focal point
- How immerse the viewer in your world through careful placement of details, pathways and natural features
- How to balance imagination with real-world details
- Where to find reference photos and how to integrate inspiration into your work
- Why sketching “thumbnail drawings” will help you craft more polished drawings
- The role of light and shading
While the class is aimed at drawing fantastical, imagine landscapes, it’s also a way for you to polish up art skills that are transferrable to any medium.
Ideas such as composition, lighting and intentional use of details carry over into any style of art and any subject matter.
You’ll have multiple chances to hone your world-building skills in this class. Along the way you’l get a chance to create:
- A Pinterest reference board (If you don’t have Pinterest, don’t worry).
- Multiple bite-sized sketches of details to practice how they may look in your drawing.
- Thumbnail sketches of your final piece.
- A drawing of your very own fantastical landscape, complete with a building, environmental details and intentional design.
