Drawing from Observation for Beginners
Shading exercises
A course by Alvaro Arteaga , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Shading exercises
Overview
“It's time to take our ink pencils. In this lesson, you'll learn how to achieve various hues and saturations with just a few tools.”
In this video lesson Alvaro Arteaga addresses the topic: Shading exercises, 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
“Shading exercises In this lesson I will teach you the hatching technique an incredible way to generate lights, shadows and also volume. For that, we will use in our sketchbook a page where we will make a series of areas where in those areas one generates these hatching exercises. For this, we will use a tape that I call him where I live masking tape, that in your country you can find perhaps with another name. With this tape we will generate... You don't have to be exact, super important. We will generate some rectangular areas where within them we will begin to cut. Now you may be wonderin...”
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Course summary for: Drawing from Observation for Beginners
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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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