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
“Initial perspective For this last lesson in this unit, we will look at an initial perspective. A first approach to how all those structures are deformed that we saw in the unit, in space or in the disposition of a body in a pose, or foresee a problem that may arise with the model in front. Mainly, what we will organize is how they deform in space based on creating an apparent reality in two-dimensional space, an apparent depth in a two-dimensional space. For that you have to understand that drawing is a symbolic convention which actually simulate something beyond, something more apparent. S...”
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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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