Artist's Notebook: Explore Illustration Techniques
Presentation
A course by Jesús Cisneros , Drawing Artist, Illustrator, and Teacher
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this lesson I will introduce myself and tell you how my work develops along three main lines: Illustrator in notebooks and exhibitions, illustrator for books, and teacher in courses and workshops.”
In this video lesson Jesús Cisneros addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artist's Notebook: Explore Illustration Techniques. Spark your imagination and transform the experience of drawing into a source of inspiration and learning.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction Welcome to this Domestika course. I’m Jesús Cisneros and in this lesson I’ll tell you about myself. I’m an illustrator, but above all, I’m passionate about drawing. I started studying illustration at the School of Art of Zaragoza and I also studied art history at the University of Zaragoza. After university, I started working as a graphic designer and also as an illustrator. That’s how I began to work on my first assignments. In 2007 I won the Lazarillo Award for Illustration and started working exclusively as an illustrator. Since then I have mainly worked on picture books. I ...”
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Course summary for: Artist's Notebook: Explore Illustration Techniques
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Category
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Areas
Creating with Kids, Creativity, Design, Fine Arts, Painting, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration

Jesús Cisneros
A course by Jesús Cisneros
Jesús Cisneros is a Spanish artist, illustrator, and teacher who has spent most of his career in Spain and several years in Mexico. As a drawing artist, he fills notebooks with his creations and then transforms them into graphic works of art and expositions, some of which have gone on display in Mexico City, Seoul, and Marseille. As an illustrator, he has published books in Spain, Mexico, Colombia, France, and the United Kingdom and has created illustrations for book covers, magazines, posters, and other related projects. He also travels the world sharing his knowledge in workshops and teaching courses for the International School of Illustration as part of the Štĕpán Zavřel Foundation in Sàrmede, Italy.
Over the course of his career, his work has been featured three times at the Bologna Children's Book Fair and recognized on numerous occasions including honorable mention at the biennial Ilustrarte exposition, the Honorable Mention Prize at Sharjah, the I colori del Sacro Award, and the Lazarillo Illustration Award.
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