Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook
Materials
A course by Raúl Nieto Guridi , Illustrator, Author, and Designer
About the video: Materials
Overview
“Next, we are going to take a detailed tour of the materials that we will use during the course.”
In this video lesson Raúl Nieto Guridi addresses the topic: Materials, 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
“Materials Now, we'll go over the materials we're using in this course. The sketchbook comes first. This is the foundation of your work. It’s what you’ll use to think and capture all of your ideas. I really like Japanese sketchbooks. They open easily, they're broad, and they have a lot of space where you can draw and write. The paper needs to be smooth. It’s much easier to draw there. You also want your notebook to open easily and for the paper to be resistant. So, if you want to add a tiny bit of gouache or add detail with ink, you can do it easily. Paper is really important too. I use repu...”
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Course summary for: Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Raúl Nieto Guridi
A course by Raúl Nieto Guridi
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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