Creative Drawing Techniques for Beginners
Hand warmer
A course by Puño , Illustrator and Educator
About the video: Hand warmer
Overview
“It is very important to warm up the hand before facing any drawing, either amateur or professional. I will offer you some dynamics that will help our brain to get into the appropriate zone to be able to draw and for our hand and wrist to visibly improve their psychomotor skills.”
In this video lesson Puño addresses the topic: Hand warmer, 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
“Handwarmers In this unit we'll finally leave behind the rules and approach drawing in an even more ludic way. I've put together techniques and dynamics which train each of the aspects we need to improve as artists, so in this first lesson we'll start with some handwarming exercises. I call them handwarmers because, obviously, they warm up our hands and wrists in a psycho-motor aspect, but they also serve to enter that special part of our brain, that altered state of consciousness we enter when we start drawing. Let's look at the first, called dandelions and ripples in the water. I've called...”
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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 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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