Creative Drawing Techniques for Beginners
Shadows and depth
A course by Puño , Illustrator and Educator
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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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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