Artistic Naturalistic Drawing with Pencil
Patience is a virtue to draw
A course by Iván Salamanca , Visual Artist and Botanical Illustrator
About the video: Patience is a virtue to draw
Overview
“I'll show you how to add the darker shades with the HB, 2B, and 4B pencils. You will learn to work the shadows to give volume to the elements of the composition and to integrate them. You are going to see how to make small fine details with your pencils and prepare everything for the grand finale that you will give to your drawing.”
In this video lesson Iván Salamanca addresses the topic: Patience is a virtue to draw, 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
“Patience is a virtue to draw In this lesson I am going to explain how and where to apply the darkest tones. This I am going to work with pencils HB to 6B. I'm going to show you when to change pencils to generate shadows and volume in our elements that we are working on. This depends on the final project you choose. I'm going to work the same way that I started with halftones, top to bottom and left to right. You are going to do it in the way that best suits you, preventing our work from being stained. Something important is always to guide ourselves with our reference image. Remember that i...”
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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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