The Art of Sketching: Transform Your Doodles into Art
Your materials as models
A course by Mattias Adolfsson , Illustrator
About the video: Your materials as models
Overview
“In this lesson you will learn how materials are not only great to use as a tool, but they also work great as motives first to draw from observation and then to draw them from your imagination. You will also learn how to add a sense of volume and depth to your drawings with the use of cross-hatching and shading.”
In this video lesson Mattias Adolfsson addresses the topic: Your materials as models, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Art of Sketching: Transform Your Doodles into Art. Use your sketchbook to find your own drawing style and share it with others.
Partial transcription of the video
“YOUR MATERIALS AS MODELS In this lesson we're going to use our materials as models. Our tools are not only good for drawing, they are the models you always can bring with you. For this lesson, use all kind of pens, even those you don't draw with, it's good to have as many models as possible. First we're going to draw them simply, directly from life, because that's the way you learn to draw, it's by drawing things from life. And then we will try to get some volume into the drawings. Then we're going to kind of evolve drawing the pens not from observation but from your memory and, later on, a...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Sketching: Transform Your Doodles into Art
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Mattias Adolfsson
A course by Mattias Adolfsson
Mattias Adolfsson has been working as a freelance illustrator for over eleven years. While working as a graphic designer in the computer games industry, he started sharing his work on social media, where he began his successful career in illustration.
His long list of clients includes Nickelodeon, Disney, Dreamworks, Cartoon Network, Warner Brothers, and other important animation studios. He has also illustrated for magazines including The New Yorker, The Hollywood Reporter, and The New York Times.
Mattias has created a variety of illustration work in areas like product design, for baby clothes brand Atelier Choux Paris, record sleeves, as well as an art commission for the largest hospital in Sweden.
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