“A fine suggestion, a sketch with great feeling, can be as expressive as the most finished product.” - Eugène Delacroix
In this video I approach an overhead view of Lisbon with buildings receding into the background into the sea. With a subject that can be so complex and full of details I suggest using a “sketching shorthand” type of approach to render this urban landscape as it recedes in space. I touch on how to simplify the perspective and the multitude of textures from the distant trees and buildings in the background, to all the various architectural elements in the foreground.
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