Daily Sketchbook Drawing: Develop Your Artist’s Eye
Week 1: Life Drawing of People, Living Things and Environments
A course by Alfonso De Anda , Illustrator
About the video: Week 1: Life Drawing of People, Living Things and Environments
Overview
“Drawing people is one of the things that has helped me grow as an artist the most. But not in the way that I was taught in high school art class in which you have to copy reality. No, in this exercise we are going to process what we see and draw it.”
In this video lesson Alfonso De Anda addresses the topic: Week 1: Life Drawing of People, Living Things and Environments, which is part of the Domestika online course: Daily Sketchbook Drawing: Develop Your Artist’s Eye. Learn how to freely experiment with ideas and techniques by sketching daily for thirty days.
Partial transcription of the video
“Alright, so first week. The assignment for the 35 minutes of the drawing hour For the first week, it's going to be drawing people and people in their environment. And I'm not talking about like you getting a photo reference in your computer or wherever, and like drawing the photo of a person. No, I'm talking about like drawing real people and like. Drawing real environments. And this has helped me in a way that I actually didn't think it would when I was forced to do it. But yeah, it's great. You start noticing things that you didn't notice. And then you apply that to your other types of dr...”
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Course summary for: Daily Sketchbook Drawing: Develop Your Artist’s Eye
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Creativity, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration

Alfonso De Anda
A course by Alfonso De Anda
Alfonso de Anda is a Mexican illustrator with a passion for storytelling. His work can be found in editorial content, animated series, advertising campaigns, mural design, fashion design, and gallery exhibitions.
His list of clients includes Google, The New York Times, Snapchat, Vans, Adidas Originals, Nike, and Absolut. In addition to his commercial work, Alfonso has published more than 25 books and fanzines.
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