Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook

Presentation

A course by Raúl Nieto Guridi , Illustrator, Author, and Designer

Illustrator, Author, and Designer. Sevilla, Spain.
Joined February 2015
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3,179 students
Audio: Spanish, English
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About the video: Presentation

Overview

“I am Raúl Guridi, Illustrator. I like pencils, not to eat them, which also had a time, but to create lines and tell stories. In this lesson I will tell you about mine.”

In this video lesson Raúl Nieto Guridi addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook. Discover strategies to develop your graphic identity by learning to draw with words and to write with pictures.

Partial transcription of the video

“Introduction Hi, I'm Raúl Nieto Guridi, also known as Guridi. I’m an illustrator from Seville. My mother was a painter and my father a draftsman. I've always been surrounded by drawing materials, and I've always had every drawing tool at hand. I started drawing when I was little, with my brother during nap time. My first drawings are very clumsy. My brother could really draw; he was a perfectionist. My drawings were always really weird. I've always kept myself busy. My brother and I did these modeling clay dolls. We drew a lot of stuff using many different techniques. We built just about ev...”

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Course summary for: Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook

  • Level: Beginner
  • 97% positive reviews (120)
  • 3179 students
  • 5 units
  • 15 lessons (2h 17m)
  • 3 downloads
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    Illustration
  • Areas

    Creativity, Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration

Raúl Nieto Guridi

Raúl Nieto Guridi
A course by Raúl Nieto Guridi

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Illustrator, Author, and Designer

Raúl Guridi is an illustrator, author, and designer specializing in the field of children's literature and poster design for cultural campaigns for theater, dance, and puppet theater. He studied painting in the fine arts department at the University of Seville.

Raúl has published more than 70 books which have been translated in many countries such as the United States, Italy, France, and Russia. His projects have earned him multiple awards including the 2015 Spanish National Prize for best picturebook for El Rebaño, honorable mention from the judges' panel at the Bologna Children's Book Fair for the picturebook Dos Caminos, the "Serra d'Or" Premio de la Crítica award for Un pèl a la sopa (2019), and the 2021 Premio Banco del libro de Venezuela for Cómo meter una ballena en una maleta.


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Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook. Illustration course by Raúl Nieto Guridi

Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook

A course by Raúl Nieto Guridi
Illustrator, Author, and Designer. Sevilla, Spain.
Joined February 2015
  • 97% positive reviews (120)
  • 3,179 students