Expressive Figure Drawing: Explore Lines, Shapes and Colors
Release the form
A course by Daniel Torrent Riba , Illustrator, Writer, and Educator
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: Release the form
Overview
“Now I am going to tell you how we can get out of realism and put into practice our own style using the eye, the mind and the feeling.”
In this video lesson Daniel Torrent Riba addresses the topic: Release the form, 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
“Freeing your Shapes In this lesson, I’m explaining how you can free your shapes. We learned how the eye intervened when depicting your references, then, we tried to understand the human body as a reference, each element at a time, and now, we're going to try to create something more personal. Let's try to create our own bodies, our own kind of shape, a depiction of our own codes. In short, let's try to create your own style. To move away from actual realism, which would be a style, we can use a binary opposition, we can think of our drawing as something that’s more synthetic or analytical. ...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Figure Drawing: Explore Lines, Shapes and Colors
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Category
Illustration -
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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