Pictorial Sketchbook with Gouache
Influences
A course by Maru Godas , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Watching and admiring the artists you are passionate about is part of learning. I recommend that you always dedicate time to inspiration and follow the work of other creators, not only illustrators on Instagram, but also great masters. In this lesson I present to you some of the artists who have inspired me the most and who have to do with that graphic-pictorial world with which I feel so identified. ”
In this video lesson Maru Godas addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pictorial Sketchbook with Gouache. Explore new creative languages to work into your sketchbook and apply them to your illustrations and urban sketches.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson I'll show you some of my influences. I have many influences because I spend my time looking, observing and following lots of illustrators and artists. But I've selected some that I think can illustrate some of the aspects of my work and that I'd like to share. For example, a very important influence since I was little, as I always loved this artist, is Matisse. I was always captivated, especially, by his combinations of color and also by that ease and freshness without trying to do things perfectly. When I was young I didn't get it, as it seemed that things weren't...”
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Course summary for: Pictorial Sketchbook with Gouache
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Areas
Architectural Illustration, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration
Maru Godas
A course by Maru Godas
Maru Godàs studied graphic design at the IDEP school and at the Llotja de Barcelona. From that moment on, her career focused mainly on projects for various publishers, such as RBA, Cruïlla, Planeta, and Salvat, among others. Her true passion has always been illustration and, after discovering the Urban Sketchers collective, she took to the streets with a sketchbook in search of inspiration.
Since then, she has published several books with her work and illustrations in magazines for various big names such as La Caixa, La Vanguardia, and RACC. She currently combines her commissions with teaching, leading workshops and courses on urban sketching and illustration around the world. She enjoys sharing her discoveries with her students and, above all, encouraging them to try new things.
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