Creativity for Beginners Level -1
Drawing as a shape map
A course by Puño , Illustrator and Educator
About the video: Drawing as a shape map
Overview
“When drawing we summarize what we observe To learn to synthesize forms I am going to propose an exercise of convergent process in which you will trace a black and white photograph.”
In this video lesson Puño addresses the topic: Drawing as a shape map, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creativity for Beginners Level -1. Give your creative muscle a workout with an exercise plan, including drawing, collage, and photography to develop your artistic skills from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Drawing as a shape map Although in the artistic field tracing is practically considered a crime, I consider it an invaluable tool for learning. In this lesson we are going to do a convergent process activity in which we are going to trace a black and white photograph to learn to synthesize forms. When we take reality as a model, We don't draw everything we see but we do a synthesis exercise. That is, when drawing, we summarize what we observe, we reduce the number of shapes, we overlook details. Knowing how to synthesize is essential to be good cartoonists and it is also an excellent creati...”
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Course summary for: Creativity for Beginners Level -1
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Category
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Areas
Collage, Creativity, Drawing, Photography
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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