Line Art Crash Course (Тар – Лайн арт – Russian, Eng sub)

At the workshop, you will learn the basics of working with line: you will master its expressive qualities and be able to use them to create detailed and richly textured illustrations. You will also learn about the nuances of choosing materials and tools for linework.

The training consists of 7 hours of practice and 8 lectures. During the course, you will also be given homework assignments and receive feedback from the teacher. The course will culminate in the creation of a linework illustration and several small exercise images.

What you will learn:

• About line art with a reference
• About coloring with color and tone
• About composition in line art
• About different materials and tools
• About techniques for detailing
• About principles of working
• About the peculiarities of drawing with line
• About lines of motion

Workshop program:

Two principles of work: line and spot

• Line as an expressive tool
• Areas of application for linework
• Properties of the line, classifications of lines

Line art and working with nature and references

• Selectivity, highlighting the main thing
• Stylization

Hatching and texturing. Detailing

• Types of hatching
• Dependence of textures on materials and tools
• Principles of detailing

Ways to control the image with a line

• Lines and composition
• Lines of movement of objects
• Lines of movement of the eyes.