Expressive Figure Drawing: Explore Lines, Shapes and Colors
Places from where we can face the drawing
A course by Daniel Torrent Riba , Illustrator, Writer, and Educator
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: Places from where we can face the drawing
Overview
“Many times we draw without being aware of where we are doing it from. Next, I am going to explain the different basic points from which we work when drawing.”
In this video lesson Daniel Torrent Riba addresses the topic: Places from where we can face the drawing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Figure Drawing: Explore Lines, Shapes and Colors. Learn to draw the human figure in an expressive and personal way by combining observation, feeling, and imagination in your creative process.
Partial transcription of the video
“Perspectives to Approach our Work In this lesson, I'm going to offer you several perspectives we can use to approach a sketch. As illustrators, painters, cartoonists, we often draw and work with references without thinking about the place on our body from where we're executing the work. I can tell you three basic points from which we work. The first, perhaps the most obvious when we work with references, is the eye. We draw trying to create a reality that looks like the one we perceive with our eye; that is, from our unique point of view. We see things with our eyes, with our tiny eyes, and...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Figure Drawing: Explore Lines, Shapes and Colors
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing
Daniel Torrent Riba
A course by Daniel Torrent Riba
Dani Torrent is an illustrator, painter, and also a writer. He lives in Barcelona and has more than ten years' experience illustrating picture books, many of them self-authored. He studied film directing and that knowledge is reflected in the structure, pace, and composition of his creations, which embody the essence of a short film.
He has created illustrations for media outlets and advertising, but he is most well known for his creative work in the field of children’s and young adult literature. He has worked for Spanish publishing companies such as Edelvives, Kalandraka, Alfaguara, Cal.lígraf and Comanegra, but his artistic work has had a much greater impact on his career and led him to be a renowned illustrator. He has also published his work in France, Italy, Belgium, Mexico, China, Korea, and the United States.
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