Introduction to Artistic Figure Drawing
Influences
A course by Leonardo Gauna , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you what have been my biggest influences and inspirations. We will see the main artists of graphics and visual and artistic production of history, as well as current colleagues and illustrators.”
In this video lesson Leonardo Gauna addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Artistic Figure Drawing. Learn how to observe and depict the human figure with exercises to develop your style.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences We will start with one of the artists who influenced me. One, actually, that I really enjoy watching and researching is Carlos Alonso. He is an Argentine illustrator and painter born in Mendoza. He currently lives in the city of Córdoba. What is interesting and delicious about his work, is the speed, the synergy, the organic degree that each of his strokes has, his compositions. He was a student of Lino Eneas Spilimbergo and Lajos Szalay. Lajos Szalay is a Hungarian artist who came to Argentina and made an influence on many artists that today they have a certain notoriety. With L...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Artistic Figure Drawing
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Figure Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching

Leonardo Gauna
A course by Leonardo Gauna
Leonardo Gauna is an illustrator with more than ten years of experience, who lives in the city of La Plata, Argentina. He has already worked as an illustrator for different media, institutions, agencies, and galleries that have taken him to cities like Tokyo, Toronto, Paris, Belo Horizonte, Prague, and Houston, among many others, presenting artistic and educational projects.
In 2014, TASCHEN included his work in the book Illustration Now 5! He has 12 books published and, in his latest, he compiles some of his work as an illustrator. He currently teaches workshops, courses, and carries out research on virtual reality, the subject of his thesis for his degree in Plastic Arts at the University of La Plata.
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