Artist's Notebook: Explore Illustration Techniques
Animals and masks 1
A course by Jesús Cisneros , Drawing Artist, Illustrator, and Teacher
About the video: Animals and masks 1
Overview
“Animals are a fascinating subject. We are going to work with them, always seeking to enjoy the pleasure of drawing and awakening the imagination. In this lesson I will teach you a very simple transfer technique. This will allow you to draw outlines of any color that you can later fill with other techniques. ”
In this video lesson Jesús Cisneros addresses the topic: Animals and masks 1, 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
“Animals and Masks In this lesson, we’ll work with animals and masks. The forest and the jungle are animals’ habitats. The animal world is one of the most interesting subjects a cartoonist or illustrator can work with. In this lesson, we'll work with this subject using the double perspective discussed in the course, always looking to enjoy the pleasure of drawing and also awaken and stimulate the imagination. In this lesson, we’ll work with two monotype techniques. First, a monotype technique with line transfer, and then a monotype technique that allows us to transfer a duplicate image from ...”
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Course summary for: Artist's Notebook: Explore Illustration Techniques
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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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