Mixed-Media Travel Sketchbook
Uncomfortable-Drawing Exercise
A course by Claudio Patanè , Architect and Teacher
About the video: Uncomfortable-Drawing Exercise
Overview
“Now I will move on to the second exercise to overcome the blank page syndrome: drawing a stone from life, in an uncomfortable way, using only the pencil. I will draw with my right hand under my right leg resting on the table. ”
In this video lesson Claudio Patanè addresses the topic: Uncomfortable-Drawing Exercise, 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
“Uncomfortable-Drawing Exercise In this lesson, in order to combat blank-page syndrome, we'll do another exercise, the uncomfortable-drawing exercise, which involves drawing in an uncomfortable position. Your body will remain in tension due to this discomfort, which will yield a drawing that won't be very polished either, but it will once again be emotional and exciting, precisely because of the difficulty added by the tension of the body. It's a very theatrical and performance-like action in which the weight of the body, the volume of the body, the flesh, will be the focus of this drawing m...”
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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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