Creative Drawing Techniques for Beginners
Shadows and depth
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: Shadows and depth
Overview
“In this lesson we are going to practice some simple dynamics to understand how the shading technique works to create the depth effect, and to gain enough confidence to dare, little by little, to add shadow to our drawings without fear of making mistakes. ”
In this video lesson Puño addresses the topic: Shadows and depth, 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
“Shadows and depth Learning how to shade appropriately to give a sense of depth is a process that can take years. Even just to show you the basic guidelines for shading and lighting in drawing we'd need a whole course devoted to just that. Don't worry, we're not going to spend our time shading cones, spheres and cubes, the internet is full of tutorials, not to mention the books available on the topic. If you want to further explore shading, I'll give you some online resources so you can look into it by yourselves. We'll do a small exercise that will help us gain the confidence we need to mov...”
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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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