Surrealistic Fineliner Illustration
Light and Dark
A course by Redmer Hoekstra , Illustrator
About the video: Light and Dark
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how lights and shadows make your drawing feel alive and give it a 3D feeling. ”
In this video lesson Redmer Hoekstra addresses the topic: Light and Dark, which is part of the Domestika online course: Surrealistic Fineliner Illustration. Discover a new fantastic reality and learn how to create unpredictable drawings with an artisanal approach.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to practice light and dark and shadows on different objects like a ball and a frog. We will start by drawing a simple circle and then adding a light source so the ball seems 3D. We will start by making a circle with a pencil. and adding a shadow line. outside of it. with a simple shape drone. you can determine your light source. Like. Miss? and then figure out where the shadow will be. normally I draw them like this, but for camera, I draw them a bit darker so you can see it better. to see whether shadow will be, you can draw parallel lines from the light source....”
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Course summary for: Surrealistic Fineliner Illustration
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Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration

Redmer Hoekstra
A course by Redmer Hoekstra
Redmer Hoekstra graduated from the Art Academy in Zwolle (Netherlands) as a visual artist and illustrator in 2009. His work plays with form, meaning, and function, giving birth to strange, surprising, and funny illustrations that question our view of the world.
He works with fineliners, creating light and volume through shading, which gives life to his drawings. The purpose of Redmer’s work is to make people smile and think about their world and reality.
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