Sketchbook Creation: Find Your Own Language
Pass by looking. Field drawing
A course by Santiago Guevara , Illustrator and Painter
Joined May 2012
Joined May 2012
About the video: Pass by looking. Field drawing
Overview
“The exercise in the notebooks that challenges me the most is the field drawing. Go out to some public place and try to capture a scene that happens in front of my eyes. Likewise, I consider him a great teacher. One of the experiences that I most value having learned from drawing in the field is learning to observe. Passing through the world paying attention to the things that populate it, has not only enriched my work but also my life experience. In this lesson, I am going to teach you a couple of exercises that will help you train this skill so that you can capture what is happening around you.”
In this video lesson Santiago Guevara addresses the topic: Pass by looking. Field drawing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sketchbook Creation: Find Your Own Language. Experiment and explore the possibilities of drawing something new every day.
Partial transcription of the video
“In the previous lesson. we discussed thinking techniques. This time. our focus is on a method known drawing or "noticing as you go." Field drawing involves actively observing your surroundings and capturing has always been the biggest challenge. It is the kind of drawing that challenges me the most because it unsettles you. and in that regard. i also think it's a great teacher because you have to go against the tide. step out of your comfort zone. For example. Breaking down a space or creating something akin to a corral that serves as a workshop for illustrators or draftsmen is crucial. Han...”
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Course summary for: Sketchbook Creation: Find Your Own Language
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Colored Pencil Drawing, Creativity, Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook
Santiago Guevara
A course by Santiago Guevara
Illustrator Santiago Guevara graduated with a degree in graphic design from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogotá, Colombia. He combines his work as a freelance illustrator–primarily for children's books and young adult literature–with a teaching position in the art department at the Pontifical Xavierian University.
He has collaborated with magazines, newspapers, publishing companies, and both national and international clients. To date, he has published and co-authored numerous books with a variety of writers and companies, including Corazón de león by Antonio Ungar, Los irlandeses by Jairo Buitrago, La gata sola by Carolina Sanín, Soy asesino y padre de familia by Fabio Rubiano, and Los 16 motivos del lobo by Amalia Moreno.
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