Drawing and Creativity for Big Little Artists
A course by PuñoIllustrator and Educator
A course by Puño, Illustrator and Educator
Train your creativity, whether a child or an adult, using just your hands, your brain, and some basic tools
This course is for children and adults alike who want to explore their artistic side through exercises and games designed to train a specific creative or artistic ability.
Anyone can be an artist. Puño, a Spanish illustrator and educator based in Colombia, works on this very simple but powerful basis, and assures that using just your hands, brain, and some basic tools, anyone can become a great artist, overcome creative blocks, and learn new family activities for a rainy day.
If you're not familiar with Puño, take a look at his other courses: [url=https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/138-drawing-for-beginners-level-1/course]Drawing for Beginners Level -1/url], [url=https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/262-creative-drawing-techniques-for-beginners/course]Creative Drawing Techniques for Beginners/url], and [url=https://www.domestika.org/es/courses/58-creating-original-illustrations-with-a-tablet/course]Creating Original Illustrations with a Tablet/url], all aimed at beginners who want to get started in the world of drawing and illustration.
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 10 downloads
Let's invent a character
7 minutes, 44 seconds
Drawings to warm the hand and the brain
11 minutes, 13 seconds
Gestural and corporal expression
10 minutes, 37 seconds
Building animals with geometric shapes
19 minutes, 53 seconds
Album of drawn photos
4 minutes, 42 seconds
Home printing to various inks
17 minutes, 38 seconds
What's included in this course?
Start by getting to know more about Puño, his professional journey, and some of his influences specifically relating to this course before taking a tour of the materials you need to complete the exercises.
Now it's time to get to work! To know how to draw you have to know how to think, so Puño shares several great ways to stimulate your creativity and see reality from different perspectives. The key to being a great artist is observation!
Next up, it's time to sharpen your pencils. Puño walks you through a series of drawing exercises for exploring different worlds, from gestural expression and body language to the construction of drawings with geometric figures. Remember that your drawings don't have to look like things themselves but rather how you see them.
Continue with some more exercises, this time to get stuck into the materials, acquire some manual skills, and understand the time that each project takes.
Use colored paper to experiment with the interaction between them before photographing real household objects to build abstract landscapes. Finally, learn to make printed drawings with several different colors using EVA foam and colored tempera.
What is this course's project?
At the end of the course, set up an exhibition of your artistic works in your home or school using the results of each of the exercises from the lessons.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Children between 6 and 100 years old who want to improve as artists, parents who want creative activities to do as a family, and educators looking to incorporate new dynamics into their classes.
Requirements and materials
No drawing or special skills are necessary for this course. The suggested materials are only a guide. If you can't find any of them, be brave and experiment with whatever you have at home. For example, you can sometimes use coins and glasses instead of a circular ruler and markers instead of India ink. That said, you do need a notebook, hard grease pencils, colored pencils or markers, black markers of varying thicknesses, some scissors, colored tempera, a rolling pin, an old tray, EVA foam or a cardboard box, old newspapers and magazines, a glue stick, colored card, a camera, a printer, pins, Blu-Tack or painter's tape, binder clips, some old clothes to avoid damaging new ones, and, finally, an adult.
Reviews
- tuvidamasfacil80PLUS27 days ago
EXCELENTE! Lo recomiendo para docentes y padres para desatar la creatividad de los niños.
- 2 months ago
Gran experiencia, puño es un gran maestro, con paciencia, muy claro y el curso lo tomaron mis hijas Nina y Nala, 8 y 5 años. Se entretuvieron mucho, sus papás, Leslie y Pablo nos divertimos tan bien, tanto que volveré a dibujar y pintar después de 25 años de no hacerlo, ya les contaremos que tal nos va a los nuevos y principiantes artistas en formación y desarrollo, gracias Puño por inspirarnos!!!!!
- 2 months ago
Estamos muy satisfechos con el curso, lo esta haciendo mi hijo que tiene 10 años y esta muy curioso con el dibujo, esta aprovechando muchísimo cada aula, puño es un profesor increible <3
- 2 months ago
Está increíble el curso; se sale de lo normal y hace explorar muchas cosas y formas, combinándolas para crear algo nuevo a tu estilo. Lo súper recomiendo para los pequeños.
- 3 months ago
Muito enriquecedor esse curso, ajuda a gente a se tornar mais criativo!
Content
- U1
Presentation
- Meet Puño, Illustrator
- Influences
- U2
To Learn to Think
- To recharge the brain!
- Photo Safari
- How do we name it?
- Let's invent a character
- U3
To Learn to Draw
- Drawings to warm the hand and the brain
- Gestural and corporal expression
- Building animals with geometric shapes
- Album of drawn photos
- U4
To Learn to Do
- Primary and complementary colors
- Photographing abstract landscapes
- Home printing to various inks
- How to mount an exhibition
- FP
Final project
- Drawing and creativity for small great artists
What to expect from a Domestika course
Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
Certificates
PLUSIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
Watch professionally produced courses
Domestika curates its teacher roster and produces every course in-house to ensure a high-quality online learning experience.
FAQs
This course is a hands-on introduction to creativity and drawing, designed for beginners or those with no prior experience who want to spark their imagination, experiment with accessible materials, and build creative skills through playful artistic exercises.
No, the course is tailored for beginners and doesn’t require any previous drawing or creativity experience. All you need is a willingness to learn and experiment.
You can use basic supplies like paper, markers, scissors, and colors. If you don’t have some suggested materials, alternatives are provided so you can practice with whatever you have on hand.
You’ll learn how to boost your creativity through games, drawing exercises, collage, visual poetry, and character creation. You’ll explore techniques from well-known artists and build a personal archive of influences to help develop your own style.
Creative exercises train your mind, encourage lateral thinking, and let you play with shapes, colors, and words—helping you come up with fresh ideas and strengthen your artistic voice.
The course includes activities like describing objects without key words, inventing names for colors, making collages, writing found poems, drawing characters, and experimenting with titles and images.
Yes, you can adapt the exercises using simple materials like paper, pencils, and markers. The course encourages creativity and experimentation with easily accessible resources.