Fanzine and Self-publishing Lab

Overview

“Many times I find it difficult to start and this exercise just attacks that. Make a template of some figure and paint it several times. Now, in each one, draw the first thing that comes to mind; We must not think much, in fact part of the fun and that makes this exercise fruitful is to make impulsive and intuitive decisions.”

In this video lesson Alfonso De Anda addresses the topic: Repeated figures, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fanzine and Self-publishing Lab. Publish your first fanzine and rediscover the joy of working with paper.

Partial transcription of the video

“REPEATED FIGURES To finish the unit, I will teach you an exercise I've been having a lot of fun with lately. For this, what we are going to do is make a figure Right now I'm going to show you how with a stencil, and repeat that figure several times and then draw on this figure. As we do, you are going to grab the wave more. For this exercise, you will need paper, thick paper, and I will use Chinese ink, you can also use watercolor or, if appropriate, acrylic paint, if you want, But Chinese ink I like how it looks. You'll cut many pieces of paper of the same size and you take one of them and...”

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Course summary for: Fanzine and Self-publishing Lab

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (410)
• 6892 students
• 5 units
• 15 lessons (1h 48m)

• Category

  Craft, Illustration

• Areas

  Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration