Mixed-Media Travel Sketchbook
Timed Drawing Exercise
A course by Claudio Patanè , Architect and Teacher
About the video: Timed Drawing Exercise
Overview
“This exercise will involve drawing the image portrayed in a postcard with a pencil and pen only, respecting a precise duration time.”
In this video lesson Claudio Patanè addresses the topic: Timed 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
“Timed Drawing Exercise In this lesson, we'll do a timed drawing exercise. With time limits, we'll try to draw a landscape from life, using a time limit of 20 seconds, one minute, and five minutes. This exercise is very useful when you're traveling and don't have time to draw very slowly and in detail. We'll use these time limits just to loosen up our hand and quickly and concisely draw our surroundings. I'll use a postcard or a photograph or an illustration to be able to explain this exercise to you. As for materials, I'll use a 4B pencil, an India-ink pen with a 1.2 mm tip, and as a drawin...”
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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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