Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners
Shading techniques
A course by Siamés Escalante , Illustrator and graphic designer
About the video: Shading techniques
Overview
“Throughout this lesson, you will learn different ways to shade your drawings depending on the tool you are using. We will address very important topics such as the position of the tip, weight and direction of the stroke so that with a lot of practice, you can master all this and apply it to your illustrations.”
In this video lesson Siamés Escalante addresses the topic: Shading techniques, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners. Create illustrations that tell a story with a variety of graphite pencils.
Partial transcription of the video
“LESSON 2 Shading techniques When it comes to drawing with pencil or with mines, with resting the tip of the pencil on the paper you are already creating strokes, so it is necessary to take into account several points when drawing. The first is the tip position. I will rotate my blade because it is easier for me and I am more comfortable drawing diagonally. Do not forget to put your support sheet so as not to stain your paper. The tip position refers to which part from the tip of your pencil you will draw. You can draw either with the tip, the mere tip, the part of here of your pencil, to cr...”
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Course summary for: Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Narrative, Pencil Drawing, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Siamés Escalante
A course by Siamés Escalante
Adrianna “Siamés” Escalante is a Mexican illustrator born in the Yucatán province, currently living in Mexico City. Her style is inspired by Japanese culture and by the extraordinary imaginative world of children's stories. The illustrations that she creates are considered wholesome and full of life, capable of transporting the viewer to a universe of innocence, fantasy, and melancholy.
She works in editorial as well as creating commercial pieces for clients such as Penguin Random House, Vans, Izzi Telecom, and el Palacio de Hierro. Her work has been exhibited in various art galleries.
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