Mixed-Media Travel Sketchbook
Influences
A course by Claudio Patanè , Architect and Teacher
About the video: Influences
Overview
“My models of reference are many and varied. Ancient music always accompanies the construction of my Custodians. Many reference artists. Mostly some artists were my dear friends, poets, whom I had the honor of knowing and from whom I learned: freedom, tenacity and lightness. Each graphic narration, each drawing, is the concentrate of karst thoughts and memories, unconscious of others, which we transfer into our works. ”
In this video lesson Claudio Patanè addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Mixed-Media Travel Sketchbook. Learn to create, arrange, and bind an artistic journal to depict your daily travels through words, drawings, and objects.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson, I'll show you my influences, the sources of inspiration that helped me grow and develop a sense of curiosity for the world and reality, leading me to transfer that and narrate it in an illustrated journal or a custodiary. Most are wonderful acquaintances I've met throughout my life: friends, poets, artists, and even coworkers. One is actually a family member of mine, my son. In particular, something I really admire about him and take as inspiration is his spontaneity. He interprets the world through a clear, limpid, pure lens, conveying his thoughts in drawings th...”
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Course summary for: Mixed-Media Travel Sketchbook
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Painting, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Watercolor Painting

Claudio Patanè
A course by Claudio Patanè
Claudio Patanè is an architect and teacher based in Sicily. After graduating in architecture, he went on to collaborate with a studio in Lisbon. Once back on Italian soil, he began teaching and researching at a number of universities and art academies.
He currently holds workshops and classes as well as produces pieces for publications, editorial series, private commissions, wine labels, and more. He also collaborates as a journalistic writer for Suq. Unconventional Sicily.
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