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 - Related Links: Top 5 Shading Mistakes - Portrait Drawing with Graphite - Timelapse - #compositionalsketch #sketching #russianart Subscribe to Proko: Don’t miss new tutorials - Hit the BELL! Premium Videos - Pose photo sets - FOLLOW PROKO: Email Newsletter- Instagram - Twitter - Facebook - Tumblr - Pinterest - WATCH MORE PROKO: Latest Uploads: Figure Drawing: Art of Caricature: Popular Videos: ABOUT PROKO: 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. CREDITS: Artist | Instructor - Mikhail Solovev () Producer - Stan Prokopenko (), Sean Ramsey (), Script - Mikhail Solovev English Audio Narration - Leon Okun () Editing - Dzmitry Tsydzik, Sean Ramsey, Stephen Clark (), Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra Additional music by Epidemic Sound