How To Capture A Bigger Scene - Part 1

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On my Patreon Page, patrons voted for the next Draw Tip Tuesday subject. The option that got the most votes: drawing a Bigger Scene. There are many ways to do this, so I decided to do this in a three-part series. Today: Part 1
When you pick a spot where you have a clear foreground. Focusing on that foreground distracts you from the 'whole' and the many details. It will also be a less scary point to get started, and it will give you many landmarks to measure things in the background.
Find something that interests you to draw, and try this technique. Next week, we'll practice another technique to draw a bigger scene.
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Materials used in this video:
-Sailor DeMannen fude fountain pen
-Sailor Profit fude fountain pen
-Daniel Smith Watercolor
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[@lightwavz]

Very helpful! Whenever I am sketching like this, I have to keep saying to myself, "I am not a camera...I am not a camera..." This really puts me at ease. Thank you!

[@KoosjeKoene]

Good mantra!

[@Meyravee]

Excellent. Can't tell you how helpful this is. Looking forward to part 2.(Btw, love that you keep your videos short. So many KZbin drawing videos go on and on and on and on... And say far less than you do in one short one.)

[@KoosjeKoene]

Glad it was helpful! And I appreciate you saying that about the lenght of my videos. I hate it when it just goes on and on, and eats up the time you should be spending drawing, right?

[@markbrian8804]

I love this kind of free expressive style of sketching. Just a respectful tip on the camera though. I often see footage like this where the camera is set to auto focus and it makes the camera shift its focus when a hand comes into the shot. An easy solution is to put the camera on manual focus and fix the focus on the paper, other than that a great piece of work.

[@aangela7328]

Thank you very much. Bigger scenes are sometimes so overwhelming.

[@bobbieherron6972]

How wonderful, Koosje! I love how your heart shines through your instruction. :-)

[@tinacookieleesanchez6850]

Thank you love watching you.💕✌️🏼

[@KoosjeKoene]

Thanks for watching!

[@plarsen2654]

wonderful

[@albertine2169]

Looking forward to next week.

[@KoosjeKoene]

yay!

[@bajaboolie]

I look forward to the next two parts! :-)

[@TheKathept]

That was an excellent demo and drawing and running commentary! I never would have thought of using a foreground. That was so helpful! Thank you!

[@KoosjeKoene]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mickigarvey7608]

Thanks so much. I hope this will help me because although I’m interested in urban sketching, I find it a bit overwhelming. Bit by bit…

[@SpiritPhoenixRose]

That was FABULOUS, Koosje, thank you! I've passed on a few potentially great scenes to sketch lately, just because I felt utterly daunted by them and didn't know where to even begin. But now I do!

[@KoosjeKoene]

You can do it!

[@elenagandini6951]

Grazie!🌹

[@paul.854]

I love your way of explaining what you do! Always puts me in a good mood and makes me want to sketch right now! Also good advice for people who are caring too much about details, when sketching.

[@chiarasola826]

It was VERY helpful :) Thank you! I love to see you sketching :D

[@earthingearthling2976]

I would have loved to had captured last night's romantic dinner on the harbor, but I kept getting caught up in details & of course it ended up not fitting on the page. Love ur style (so free)

[@KoosjeKoene]

Oh well... I often run out of page too - it happens; and it's all part of the learning curve. I first and foremost hope you enjoyed your romantic dinner

[@SpiritPhoenixRose]

That was FABULOUS, Koosje, thank you! I've passed on a few tempting scenes while out and about lately bc they were daunting and I didn't know quite where to begin and felt bad about it 😵 But now I know! 😄

[@JF-kv1gm]

Thanks, so much, Koosje. This is a really helpful video. Judging by the number of comments in a short space of time, it's very helpful to many!

[@KoosjeKoene]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ice_grey]

I dont draw but it's so soothening to watch you and listen to you :) thank you for this, waiting for more videos :) ( hope you are doing well )

[@ArtSunYouTube]

Like your drawing 👍

[@christinebarone2151]

Very helpful. Just today I drew a sketch doing the background first. It was difficult. Tomorrow I will draw foreground first. TY.

[@KoosjeKoene]

You can do it!

[@carolpenn1155]

I love watching you draw. Very useful. Thank you 😊

[@kathylarson7601]

Just excellent!

[@ArtistRebeccaLS]

Really useful video - thank you 🙏 😊

[@deeanncross7674]

This was great! So glad you're tackling this subject. Sending a big thank you your way.

[@KoosjeKoene]

You are so welcome!

[@mell5111]

Thank you!! I love when you do these sorts of demos. So helpful. Every word you say helps😚

[@KoosjeKoene]

I'm so glad!

[@watercolorpaintingintheaft9142]

Thank you! That was actually very helpful! I hadn't thought to draw a foreground object for scale and that makes so much sense. Great info!

[@elizaduckie7110]

What a fabulous explanation. This really helped me!! Thank you.

[@gayleselby1665]

You always make drawing such a treat! This is a great technique!

[@carolfillmore6533]

really helpful!

[@samantams]

Another amazing video! I love how you explain exactly how you approach an image while drawing, it makes everything sound less intimidating! 😊 I’ll try this tip as I’ve been trying many others from you, Koosje!

[@frederikavanhout4609]

Heel leerzaam deze video met vele goede tips, dankjewel!

[@francisbyrne9236]

Thank you for sharing. Very helpful and inspiring!

[@TamiMartins]

Loved that

[@josschipper4979]

eindelijk!! ik ben aan het tekenen met plezier en leg de lat niet zo idioot hoog! ik heb er echt plezier in, dank Koosje!!!!

[@KoosjeKoene]

Wat ontzettend goed!!

[@Kaustubhdasdehlvi]

Thanks 🙏🏾

[@KoosjeKoene]

You’re welcome 😊

[@susancook1617]

Thank you Koosje, this was a very helpful tutorial. I love your drawing.

[@hansendesigns]

Thx for vid 🇨🇦

[@lorrainesaliba5469]

i just love your drawings ! Thank you so much for your time and tips ! You are amazing Koosje ! 😁🥰❤️

[@eddiewilde173]

Great clip indeed. Thank you

[@mariac4602]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you

[@vladimirkrmela9439]

THANK YOU. VERY HELPFUL.

[@kitabannosuzan1930]

This has given me the great idea to include something quite big in the foreground first so I have something to measure from. I get mixed up with the perspective and multiple details of a larger scene but working from a foreground anchor point, like your bike, could really help getting the size of things right. Also just painting the focal point works so well. Thank you Koosje.

[@KoosjeKoene]

Sounds great!

[@amexjam55]

Nice, instructive video. Looking forward to part 2. Thank you!

[@KoosjeKoene]

Coming soon!

[@MSKCCooke]

Very helpful! So nice!!

[@vadelanaypunto]

Magnifica 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@user-ow7gq6ss2r]

Great tips. thanks

[@mianoname9825]

This is soo helpful thank you. So far I tended to avoid such big scenes because I felt overwhelmed and could not imagine me sitting there for as long as it would take me to draw a big scene like this. I instead tried to capture the scene by filling a douple page with several small sketches, details that caught my eye at the place I was. You show me a doable way to capture the whole scene in one big sketch that does not take too long to make, thank you :-) I'm going to try this 😉

[@hennybrunner8939]

Great tutorial I love it. You always know the difficulties we face up as a beginner and explain everything we need to over come the problem. I think I have better progress in my sketch journey after watch several video from your tutorial. Thank you Koesje for share your knowledge. I am very keen to watch the second part. Thank you.

[@brendadela3280]

Your explanations are always so thorough and yet so simple. I need to try drawing with you, maybe that will give me the courage to draw ink and be ok without all the details I see.

[@maggiefreeman6513]

Great demo. Thanks 😊

[@KoosjeKoene]

Glad you liked it!

[@Yorky222]

Hi Koosje, I love your sketches. How about a feature on making notes in your journals? I am rubbish at hand printing, it is so sloppy. Have you any tips?

[@KoosjeKoene]

Good suggestion, I’ll put it on my list.

[@IvanGonzalezUK]

Thanks Koosje. Any thoughts about coming to London for urban sketch workshops? Cheers

[@KoosjeKoene]

No plans, but I'd love to, when traveling is a bit more normal again.

[@katiemanges8566]

What ink are you using? I have such a hard time finding an ink that dries quickly that I can watercolor over and have it not bleed!

[@KoosjeKoene]

I use Platinum Carbon Black ink. It could be that the paper you're using causes the ink to dry slow.

[@nxtlightdesign7440]

Just a beginner, love your work, but I make too many mistakes to start with ink! And my shapes are way more "wonky" than yours, ha.

[@JF-kv1gm]

Wonky is fine. Just get marks down without thinking too much! I'm a beginner too and just love the buzz of "jumping in"!

[@KoosjeKoene]

It's fine to use a pencil if that feels safer. Just don't need an eraser - because then you'll be focusing on (fixing) mistakes, instead of enjoying the act of drawing.

[@ginaburja-simpson8094]

Haarlemmerplein?

[@ginaburja-simpson8094]

Love this! Thanks!

[@KoosjeKoene]

Yes indeed it is