Learn to draw detailed, surreal illustrations by combining multiple perspectives, pencil sketching, shading, and inking techniques
Drawing is a form of therapy–it’s a way to disconnect from the world, and reconnect with your well-being. Illustrator and musician Eva Redamonti always starts her process by listening to music, relaxing, and allowing her subconscious to manifest on the blank page. Her work has been featured in publications like Juxtapoz Magazine and The New York Times, and has collaborated with clients like Adobe and Medium.
In this online course, you will learn how to draw surreal illustrations by combining multiple perspectives and imagery. Explore** pencil and inking techniques **that allow you to give shape to your imagination. By the end of this course, you’ll know how to use patterns and lines to create dreamlike compositions.
What will you learn in this online course?
11 lessons & 22 downloads
The Basic Drawing: Seeing Shapes in Everything
14 minutes, 42 seconds
Materials and Inking Methods 1
17 minutes, 53 seconds
Materials and Inking Methods 2
4 minutes, 31 seconds
Warming Up
5 minutes, 34 seconds
Laying Down the First Marks
9 minutes, 10 seconds
Scanning, Merging, and Cleaning Up the Artwork
3 minutes, 15 seconds
What's included in this course?
Meet Eva Redamonti, an illustrator, animator, and your teacher for this course. Hear about her creative background, her accomplishments, and the influences that have inspired her work.
Get inspired by your surroundings by collecting references for a collage. Eva then teaches you some** basic drawing and inking techniques. **
Explore some warm-up exercises, which Eva calls “automatic drawing”. Then start doodling based on two reference images or mixing a real-life picture with elements of the warm-up, before solidifying with ink. Next, see how to** add shading and neatly adjust your linework to establish perspective.**
As a bonus, Eva teaches you how to merge your scans and** touch up your illustration in Photoshop**. She also discusses ways to build a strong portfolio or series, and present your art pieces in real life.
Recommended software & tools for this course
What is this course's project?
Draw a dreamlike composition on a large sheet of paper with pencil and ink.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone interested in learning drawing, inking, and pattern techniques for surreal illustration–from beginners to intermediates.
Requirements and materials
No previous experience necessary.
To take this course, you will need:
⦁pencils ⦁thick Bristol paper ⦁ink with a brush ⦁quills with a nib ⦁pigment-based brush pens
If you want to digitize your work, you can also use a photo scanner and Photoshop.
Reviews
- 2 months ago
Excelente!
- 1 year ago
I learned so much from this course and have gone back to it several times. Great stuff
- 1 year ago
muy claro
- 1 year ago
Pretty awesome for some abstract! I love abstract! This course is stretching me!!
- 2 years ago
The instructor has a great body of work, but her teaching style is very vague. More steps would have added value to this course.
She has collaborated with clients like Adobe, The New York Times, WIRED Magazine, Medium, CNN, The New Scientist Magazine, among others. Her work has been featured in publications like Juxtapoz Magazine, Hi-Fructose Magazine, Chop-em-Down Films, Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, and American Illustration.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- About Me
- Influences
- U2
Preparation
- Collecting References and Creating the Digital Collage
- The Basic Drawing: Seeing Shapes in Everything
- Materials and Inking Methods 1
- Materials and Inking Methods 2
- U3
Production
- Warming Up
- Laying Down the First Marks
- Finishing Up the Drawing
- U4
Post-production
- Scanning, Merging, and Cleaning Up the Artwork
- Building a Strong Portfolio
- FP
Final project
- Dream-like, Surreal Drawing in Ink on Paper
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FAQs
Yes, this course is designed for beginners and covers fundamental drawing, inking, and digital art techniques, making it accessible to students with little or no prior experience.
You'll need sketching pencils, Micron pens, brush pens, archival ink, paper, kneadable erasers, gouache paint, and access to Photoshop for digital portions. A scanner is helpful for digitizing artwork.
You'll learn foundational drawing, inking, shading, mural creation, digital collage, portfolio preparation, and how to integrate music and references into your art practice.
Yes, the course teaches digital art workflows, including creating digital collages, rasterizing images, using selection tools, and post-processing artwork in Photoshop.
No prior experience is required; the course is beginner-friendly and gradually introduces both traditional and digital techniques.
You'll learn to curate, categorize, and present your work professionally, including scanning, editing, and organizing artwork for gallery shows and networking opportunities.
You'll practice hatching, crosshatching, stippling, scumbling, using brush pens, creating gradients, and experimenting with line weights for depth and contrast.