Artistic Naturalistic Drawing with Pencil
The drawing
A course by Iván Salamanca , Visual Artist and Botanical Illustrator
About the video: The drawing
Overview
“The moment you were waiting for has arrived, you are going to work on your drawing and you are going to discover that it is very fun, but you also need patience and concentration. You will learn how to work in an orderly way, you will start with the gray base (half tone) using the H pencils, in addition, you will define where the lights will go, letting the paper breathe and you will also see where the shadows will go, which you will work later. Remember that this process requires time and patience to achieve the desired result. ”
In this video lesson Iván Salamanca addresses the topic: The drawing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Naturalistic Drawing with Pencil. Learn to make drawings inspired by nature in a realistic and creative way using graphite pencils.
Partial transcription of the video
“The drawing The moment we were waiting for has arrived. Let's draw. We will work on the final project with the techniques we have learned in previous lessons. Already defined and well traced on paper the drawing of our final project, I'll start by doing the halftones. Remember that the half tone is the gray base from which we start towards dark tones, respecting the lights. This base is worked with pencils H, they can be 6H, 2H or 4H, depending on the final project that you choose. I'm going to start with the roses at the top. My work process is from left to right and from top to bottom. Th...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Naturalistic Drawing with Pencil
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Naturalistic Illustration, Pencil Drawing

Iván Salamanca
A course by Iván Salamanca
Iván Salamanca is a visual artist and botanical illustrator specialized in graphite pencil drawings. His work has been featured at fairs and in galleries across Mexico, Colombia, the United States, Germany, and Japan.
He's passionate about plants, animals, and flowers and capturing their beauty through drawing. His work is the embodiment of order, where everything has a place and a process, and aims to recreate that which is found in nature.
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