Welcome to the second Episode of my Skillshare series «Cafe sketching practice»! It is about the food sketching.

I’m a huge fan of sketching in cafes. For me, cafes are really the perfect sketching spots. Just imagine: interiors can be beautiful and inspiring, food sometimes looks like a piece of art, you can meet wonderful characters there.

And also it’s very comfortable to draw in a cafe! There’s always a table waiting for you, a chair, lighting, bathroom and coffee, of course. In other words, everything that an artist may need.

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I personally have drawn in more than 200 cafes all over the world. So, I’d like to share my cafe sketching experience with you. That’s why I film this series of classes called Cafe sketching practice.

This class is the Episode number 2, and it’s about food. Food can be very inspiring, but quite tricky to draw because of its variety of textures, colors, layers and so on.

As objects for this video, I chose a matcha tart, my favourite sandwich with poached eggs and salmon and lavender lemonade.

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This class is not going to have any long boring theory, it’s the pure practice. You will see entirely my sketching process, and I will thoroughly comment on every step. I draw with watercolor in my sketchbook, so I’ll pay some special attention to the sketching steps, working with watercolors and composition on a page.

You will learn how to:

How to draw a watercolor sketch step by step
How to create a perfect sandwich using ingredients from different photos
How to make watercolor food tastier than real
How to show various textures, such as: matcha mousse and chocolate tart, liquid yolk and crunchy toast, sparkling lemonade, transparent glass and glossy berries
How to keep harmony in terms of composition, placing objects from different photo-references on one sketchbook spread

This class can be interesting for:

sketchers
illustrators
visual artists
designers
any person who likes to draw

Your drawing level doesn't matter for this class. It is suitable for both beginners and professionals.

Enjoy!

PS: If you'd like to check out the previous episode, click here:

Lu Che

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