Visual Thinking: Organize and Present Powerful Ideas
Kicking off Drawing
A course by Hermen Lutje Berenbroek , Design Strategist
About the video: Kicking off Drawing
Overview
“This lesson is about the basics of drawing. I'll show you how to practice drawing using elemental shapes, and you'll learn to combine elements to create visuals easily – as simple as possible, not simpler. ”
In this video lesson Hermen Lutje Berenbroek addresses the topic: Kicking off Drawing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Thinking: Organize and Present Powerful Ideas. Design a visual language that communicates concepts in an engaging way, by learning to explore ideas and structure information effectively.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Kicking off Drawing This lesson is about drawing and getting you up to speed in drawing people and objects. In the previous lesson, we've experienced how easy it is for people to see patterns and shapes. Let's emphasize this course is really not about creating art. It's about creating functional drawings. Let's tap into the human superpower. Grab a pen and a piece of paper and join me in these exercises. We will start with creating basic shapes to create objects. Then we will explore what makes a good drawing work. Here we go. Start simple and draw a dot. Then draw a line. Draw a circle. ...”
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Course summary for: Visual Thinking: Organize and Present Powerful Ideas
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Communication, Creative Consulting, Creativity, Design Management, Drawing, Marketing, Presentation Design

Hermen Lutje Berenbroek
A course by Hermen Lutje Berenbroek
Hermen Lutje Berenbroek is a design strategist who specializes in helping individuals and organizations to explore, understand, and solve complex challenges through visual thinking. As a child, he was always curious about how things work and began drawing as a way to make sense of the world around him. He went on to channel that creativity at art school, graduating with a degree in visual communication and interaction design from ArtEZ University of the Arts. Hermen then began working as a designer for a number of companies including global business design consultancy XPLANE.
He later started his own brand Artifizer in 2019 where he offers a variety of services from visual maps to presentation development and workshop training for international clients in a variety of industries. Hermen also shares his expertise via his blog and on social media.
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