Drawing from Observation for Beginners
Applying textures to your drawings
A course by Alvaro Arteaga , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Applying textures to your drawings
Overview
“In this lesson you will learn how to release your hand and sharpen your eye. You will practice with various textures that will help you understand concepts such as line value, line control, and hierarchies within the pages of your sketchbook.”
In this video lesson Alvaro Arteaga addresses the topic: Applying textures to your drawings, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing from Observation for Beginners. Learn different techniques to overcome the blank page and create a sketchbook filled with light, volume, and detail.
Partial transcription of the video
“Applying textures to your drawings In this lesson I will show you how from the previous exercise we can enrich much more this double page visually. That is, we will apply certain textures, that I have here to my left, and those textures we will apply to different parts of the page. What does one learn from this? That a very organic drawing, which is full of errors, it can also be intermixed with a much more measured drawing and it will allow us to give you much more depth within this complex tangle of drawings. something i would like to tell you is that, although I have these textures print...”
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Course summary for: Drawing from Observation for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching
Alvaro Arteaga
A course by Alvaro Arteaga
Alvaro Arteaga, better known as Alvarejo, is a graphic designer with a passion for illustration. After studying graphic design at the University of Chile, he began to professionally promote his illustrations on Threadless, which provided him with a platform to showcase his art and quickly led to commissioned work. Since then, he's been collaborating with brands in advertising, publishing, and other similar fields.
Over a decade ago, Alvaro discovered that he was also passionate about helping others overcome their fear of the blank page and started teaching illustration, drawing, and design at the University of Santiago, Chile. Throughout his career, he has worked on packaging, publishing, and advertising projects for companies like Puma, Converse, Jeep, and Nestlé.
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