🎥 Nathan Fowkes 'Emotion' Composition Exercise Demo (Raw Video)

Straight from the master's mouth to you. I didn't invent these exercises. During the 4 workshop days, Nathan emphasized two things A LOT:

Emotion
tonal abstract sketching

I know most of us are working on figure and head craft, but for those who are making pictures or those who want to unlock their creativity (

@Subham Sharma

give these a try) this simple exercise is very useful and fun imo :) It's a perfect warm-up to your art and practice session if you're feeling a little 'flat'.

Personally, this came at the perfect time. I've been in a comfort zone (form and academic rendering mode) for years and didn't even realize it. As a student, whenever a master artist I admire advises to do something, I go all-in and obsess over it until I fully absorb the knowledge and the core philosophy the master is trying to pass on to me. Nathan has been my hero and a HUGE influence for over a decade so I am trying my best to fully absorb what he taught us/me.

This video is raw, no audio. I will make a proper version with commentary. If you have questions about the process, please comment here.

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