Artistic Illustration Techniques with Graphite Pencils
Sketching and hatching techniques
A course by Ricardo Núñez Suarez , Illustrator
About the video: Sketching and hatching techniques
Overview
“With time handling pencil, you will begin to use it in a more proper way. However, there are certain techniques that we could say are the basis for starting others. In this lesson, I am going to show you some of the most common techniques for working with the pencil. It is not necessary to learn them all, time and practice will tell you which technique best suits your style.”
In this video lesson Ricardo Núñez Suarez addresses the topic: Sketching and hatching techniques, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Illustration Techniques with Graphite Pencils. Expand the pencil's limits in editorial illustration and learn the process to tell stories through drawing.
Partial transcription of the video
“Sketching and hatching techniques Since we finished the materials lesson, Now we will start with the tracing and hatching technique. The first ones we will see are called hatching and cross hatching. We will make them on a circle, we will turn the circle into a sphere. We draw our circle. We will start with the 2H pencil, which is a pencil that has good hardness. The layout will look quite smooth, but that will help us because it will give us confidence to see how our sphere will start to look. We cannot go in any direction. We will begin to take the direction of the sphere. Then we will st...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Illustration Techniques with Graphite Pencils
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Ricardo Núñez Suarez
A course by Ricardo Núñez Suarez
Ricardo Suárez is a freelance illustrator from Colombia. Although he has illustrated his entire life, it wasn’t until he was thirty years old that it became his career. He left his Graphic Design job for advertising agencies in Australia to go back to Colombia and achieve his dream of becoming an illustrator. He took part in many exhibitions in Brazil, Colombia, England, and Cuba; He also obtained a grant to do a Master’s in Illustration, in the United States.
His biggest influence when illustrating is life itself, filled with stories, landscapes, and adventures that deserve to be illustrated in pencil, his favorite tool.
His work has been recognized by Latin American Illustration, American Illustration, Applied Arts Students Awards, Creative Quarterly, 3x3 Magazine, Manifest Gallery in the United States, HiiiBrand in China, Australian Centre for Moving Image, among others.
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