Illustration of a Pin-Up with Traditional Techniques
Historical artists
A course by Fernando Vicente , Painter and Illustrator
Joined November 2013
Learn to draw and color with pencil, charcoal, and sanguine with guidance from a maestro
- Spanish with subtitles in English
- 98% positive reviews (158)
- 2724 students
Joined November 2013
About the video: Historical artists
Overview
“I'm going to show you which are the main Pin Up artists that I like the most and what their work is like. As I am an inveterate collector, I will show you part of the collection that I have been doing, searching and investigating on the subject. ”
In this video lesson Fernando Vicente addresses the topic: Historical artists, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration of a Pin-Up with Traditional Techniques. Learn to draw and color with pencil, charcoal, and sanguine with guidance from a maestro.
Partial transcription of the video
“One of the first pin-up artists The one I admire the most is George Petty. Who starts working in the 30s and creates a doll stereotype painted with an airbrush and always nice. It is not a realistic drawing, It is a stylization. Find the composition of the drawing on the page. He works for Esquire magazine. Which is one of the first to use this type of drawing for your calendars. Years later, Playboy magazine uses the Peruvian cartoonist Alberto Vargas. Both Vargas and Petty have a very clean style. White backgrounds and mix the airbrush with watercolor. In his drawings we do not notice the...”
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Course summary for: Illustration of a Pin-Up with Traditional Techniques
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Drawing, Fine Arts, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
A course by Fernando Vicente
Fernando Vicente is a renowned illustrator with extensive experience in the advertising sector. He regularly publishes work in the El País newspaper and magazines, including the cultural magazine Babelia, and he has won three Awards of Excellence from the Society for New Design.
He also collaborates with magazines such as Vogue, Playboy, and Cosmopolitan, makes book and record covers, illustrates books for children and adults, and exhibits his paintings. One of his favorite themes is the pin-up style.
Fernando Vicente's work as a painter is characterized by the constant presence of the human figure. He paints in acrylic and always works standing in front of the easel, even when illustrating. He only uses the computer to add details such as fonts or background colors or to make collages.
- 98% positive reviews (158)
- 2724 students
- 13 lessons (1h 36m)
- 32 additional resources (30 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Intermediate
- Unlimited access forever
