Creative Drawing Techniques for Beginners
Proportions
A course by Puño , Illustrator and Educator
Reconnect with your creativity and improve your drawing skills no matter your level
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About the video: Proportions
Overview
“If we want to represent something with fidelity, it's imperative we take measurements of all the elements that compose it, and establish distance relationships between them, that is: more measurements. We can only improve through practice, but I will give you some keys that will make everything much easier and fun. In "Additional resources" you have the picture of Audrey Hepburn that has served as the model in this lesson. It is very good that you have it on hand to see it while drawing. ”
In this video lesson Puño addresses the topic: Proportions, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Drawing Techniques for Beginners. Reconnect with your creativity and improve your drawing skills no matter your level.
Partial transcription of the video
“Proportions For a drawing to look like what it represents, it is of vital importance that the proportions are correct. We can draw with little detail, we can draw rough, but if the proportions are correct, the similarity is unquestionable. This is what causes the most problems for those starting out in drawing. Let's look at some exercises that will help us overcome our fear. As we said at the start, what's most important is to observe. Observe and measure. Have you ever seen an artist stretch out their thumb? They're taking measurements. We use a measurement as a reference to check what re...”
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Course summary for: Creative Drawing Techniques for Beginners
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Design, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Puño was born in Madrid in 1978. He has worked as an illustrator since 1994 but didn't actually take it seriously until 2005. He is the author of several book illustrations, both for children and adults, and has published books of all kinds, including some with his poems.
He has worked in different professional fields, such as advertising, media, and animation. In his spare time, he creates a street photography series. He has lived in Madrid, A Coruña, and Paris, working for a long list of clients including Coca-Cola, Nike, Greenpeace, TEDx, BBVA, Telefonica, ING Direct, Ono, El Mundo, Kalandraka, Nobrow 8, and more.
In 2009, he won the SM Foundation International Illustration Prize and the First Creacomic CAM 2009 Award. Since 2011, he has coordinated and directed several courses in illustration and creativity, including at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid.
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