Introduction to Artistic Figure Drawing
Initial perspective
A course by Leonardo Gauna , Illustrator
About the video: Initial perspective
Overview
“We will see in three poses some deformations of the structures that we observed and previously documented about the figure in three-dimensional space, we will distinguish and organize them logically to easily understand their transformations when translating it into two-dimensional space.”
In this video lesson Leonardo Gauna addresses the topic: Initial perspective, 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
“For the final lesson in this unit. we will examine initial perspective and explore how the structural elements discussed throughout the unit change when viewed from different spatial orientations. In arranging a body's pose or predicting issues that might occur with the model during the process. our primary focus is on organizing how these forms will appear to deform and create an illusion of depth within two-dimensional framework. We aim to construct a convincing visual reality by manipulating shapes and To grasp this. it's crucial to recognize that drawing is a set of symbols that mimic s...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Artistic Figure Drawing
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Drawing, Figure Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching

Leonardo Gauna
A course by Leonardo Gauna
Leonardo Gauna is an illustrator with more than a decade of experience who lives in the city of La Plata, Argentina. He has illustrated for a variety of media outlets, institutions, agencies, and galleries, and has traveled across the world to present artistic and educational projects in cities like Tokyo, Toronto, Paris, Belo Horizonte, Prague, and Houston, among others.
In 2014, the publisher TASCHEN featured his work in the book Illustration Now 5! Leonardo has published 12 books and his latest is a collection of his illustrations. He currently teaches workshops and courses and does research on virtual reality, which was the topic of his thesis for his degree in fine arts from the La Plata National University.
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