Creative Drawing Techniques for Beginners
Proportions
A course by Puño , Illustrator and Educator
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
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Areas
Design, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Puño
A course by Puño
Puño has been a professional illustrator since 1994 and it was just three years later that he also began his career as an educator specializing in creativity, illustration, and graphic storytelling. He has extensive experience in desktop publishing and created and managed the publishing house Ultrarradio from 2010 to 2013. He was also director of the One Year Illustration and Graphic Novel course at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid and curator of the Madrid City Council's exhibition series La Ciudad en Viñetas between 2012 and 2015. He received the 2018 Barco de Vapor Award and the 2009 Fundación SM International Illustration Award, among others.
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