Modern Urban Sketching Techniques with Mixed Media
Negative shape and shadow shape
A course by Jenny Adam , Product Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Negative shape and shadow shape
Overview
“In addition to the geometric shapes, I like these two exercises to represent what I have seen in a very simplified manner and to capture organic surfaces.”
In this video lesson Jenny Adam addresses the topic: Negative shape and shadow shape, which is part of the Domestika online course: Modern Urban Sketching Techniques with Mixed Media. Immortalize urban street scenes and capture the flair of your favorite city with different painting techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Geometric shapes can quite effectively capture a city scene. However. when it comes to depicting organic forms such as trees or human figures. capturing these becomes more challenging. This is where techniques like blind and contour drawing come in handy for me. In blind drawing. focus solely on your subject. ignoring the paper you're drawing on. enhancing It serves as an excellent exercise for honing hand-eye coordination. yielding outcomes that are frequently spontaneous and joyful. A contour drawing involves capturing your subject by imagining its outline and drawing around it. This tech...”
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Course summary for: Modern Urban Sketching Techniques with Mixed Media
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Architectural Illustration, Ink Illustration, Painting, Traditional illustration
Jenny Adam
A course by Jenny Adam
Jenny Adam comes from a family of artists and has been painting and drawing since she can remember. After finishing her studies, she threw herself into product design and, in 2018, won the iF DESIGN AWARD for her work. She started urban sketching as a hobby, but quickly perfected her skills in the technique. Later, she began teaching drawing classes and workshops, as well as organizing exhibitions, which led her to receive more and more illustration commissions. Jenny regularly participates in urban sketching events and is co-founder of an association of urban sketchers, which celebrated their first meeting in Germany in 2015.
For her, urban drawing is a form of visual expression that allows her to simultaneously draw inspiration from her surroundings. Her artistic influences include German painter Käthe Kollwitz, American painter Elizabeth Peyton, illustrator Benoît Guillaume, and painter Fairfield Porter. Jenny works primarily as an illustrator for her newspaper and magazine clients. From her studio in Hamburg, she creates work for clients from all over Europe. She has also collaborated with mejor companies like Lufthansa, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Der Spiegel, and Alnatura, among others.
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