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The Art of Sketching: Strategies for Getting Started | Ableton

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Where to begin? Raúl Sotomayor, Perila, Net Gala and Floyd Lavine share their perspectives on musical sketching.

Edouard Manet, the French modernist painter, once gave a still-life painting lesson to another French impressionist, Eva Gonzales. His directions for capturing the moment could be taken as instruction for sketching in any creative discipline; “Get it down quickly. Don’t worry about the background. Just go for the tonal values. See?” When we think of sketching, our minds tend to tilt towards the visual arts – an oil painter sketches out a study before picking up a brush, an architect roughly draws their vision to experiment with form and texture, and graphic designers work in doodles and moodbo

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