Illustrated Diary: Fill Your Sketchbook with Experiences
Materials and types of notebooks
A course by David Morales , Architect and Illustrator
About the video: Materials and types of notebooks
Overview
“Next, we will travel through the world of drawing materials and I will tell you which ones are, in my opinion, the most suitable for creating a vital journal.”
In this video lesson David Morales addresses the topic: Materials and types of notebooks, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Diary: Fill Your Sketchbook with Experiences. Learn to use your sketchbook as an illustrated journal by exploring ink drawing with the cross-hatching technique.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials and Types of Sketchbooks In this lesson, I'll show you some materials to create a life journal, and I'll show you which ones are the most suitable. In the world of drawing, there are countless materials. We would go crazy looking for all types of sketchbooks, pencils, or markers. To make a sketchbook journal and also commit to drawing every day, it is very important that we reduce the amount of materials because otherwise this would be the first excuse to not draw daily or not carry materials in our backpack, forgetting them at home, and breaking the sketchbook journal dynamic. Th...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Diary: Fill Your Sketchbook with Experiences
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Ink Illustration, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration

David Morales
A course by David Morales
David Morales is a Colombian architect and notebook artist based between Barcelona and his hometown of Ibagué. It was in architecture school that he began drawing in his notebook, trying to understand the proportions and material quality of buildings that he found interesting. Gradually, these notebooks became an inseparable element of his travels and his architectural work.
In 2018, he started an art project called ""One Day One Drawing"" in which he depicts his surroundings, family, and concerns on a daily basis. He has also created book covers for the publishing house Planeta, Spain and for Taller Talante, Colombia.
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