Artistic Drawing with Ink
Finding the Balance: The Composition
A course by Diego Andrade , Illustrator and Visual Artist
About the video: Finding the Balance: The Composition
Overview
“The time has come to make a brief review of some of the most important rules when arranging the elements of your piece. These key composition tools will be of great use to you.”
In this video lesson Diego Andrade addresses the topic: Finding the Balance: The Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Drawing with Ink. Learn creative illustration techniques to express your ideas using ink and a stylograph.
Partial transcription of the video
“Finding the balance: the composition Next, let's talk about a concept which I consider very important, but it is practically 100% theoretical, which is composition. Being aware of it will give you better tools to communicate your message more efficiently. Composition as such is the act of ordering the elements that we are embodying, whether on a canvas, on paper, on a digital canvas, etc. We can be guided by certain rules or elements that are not necessarily law or things written in stone. They are simply tools that can help you to better express what you want to communicate. These rules ar...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Drawing with Ink
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration

Diego Andrade
A course by Diego Andrade
Originally from Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Diego Andrade is an illustrator, visual artist, and tattoo artist. His work is a combination of analog techniques, mainly ink, cross-hatching, and pointillism. Through his pieces, he invites the viewer to reflect on death and the spirituality of humankind.
He has participated in many exhibitions, both individual and collective, in Mexico, Colombia, and the United States. His work has been exhibited in galleries such as Gama Crea, Panteón, Serie 5, and Nucleus Portland, among others, as well as in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bogota.
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