Composition Sketching - How You Should Start Every Drawing

Award-winning artist Mikhail Solovev shows you how to create a compositional sketch in the Russian academic style. These sketches are a key part of the Russian academic process, and begin by focusing on the silhouette to get a good idea of the compositional elements of light and shadow in your piece. If you’re interested in learning more about how to draw in a Russian academic style check out Mikhail’s course - https://proko.com/solovev

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Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching.


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Artist | Instructor - Mikhail Solovev (  / mikesol.art  )
Producer - Stan Prokopenko (http://www.stanprokopenko.com), Sean Ramsey (http://www.peoplewhodrawstuff.com),
Script - Mikhail Solovev
English Audio Narration - Leon Okun (https://www.leonokun.com/)
Editing - Dzmitry Tsydzik, Sean Ramsey, Stephen Clark (www.peppermintgentleman.com),

Music Used with Permission
Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra

Additional music by Epidemic Sound