Sketchbook Creation: Find Your Own Language
A course by user71638 surname71638 , Illustrator
Experiment and explore the possibilities of drawing something new every day
Experiment and explore the possibilities of drawing something new every day
Sketchbooks have played a key role in human history and countless artist’s works, from the renaissance until today. Artist and illustrator, Santiago Guevara, has already filled several with sketches and drawings, and in this course, he will help you to find your own visual language, resulting in your very first artist's book.
With Santiago, you will learn all about the tools, materials, strategies, and techniques to develop a new and original illustration project.
What will you learn in this online course?
12 lessons & 19 downloads
- 95% positive reviews (564)
- 12,843 students
- 12 lessons (1h 25m)
- 19 additional resources (13 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
An artist’s book that combines the explored visual languages from your different sketchbooks. These notebooks will include work that results from the exercises proposed in the course.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Illustration students, beginners, and any other person that has a passion for drawing and the urge to keep a daily sketchbook.
Requirements and materials
Previous knowledge is not necessary to do this course.
As for the materials, you will need notebooks of different sizes with different kinds of paper and binding. Also, pencils, charcoal, stylograph, oil pastels, hard pastels, colored pencils, and markers are needed.
Reviews
A course by user71638 surname71638
Santiago Guevara graduated as a graphic designer from the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogotá (Colombia). He has combined his work as a freelance illustrator—mainly for illustrated children's books—and his job as a teacher in the Faculty of Arts of the Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) for many years.
He has worked with magazines, newspapers, editorials and many clients worldwide. He has also published many books in collaboration with different writers and editors, 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.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation Who am I?
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My influences
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What will we do in the course?
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U2
The shape
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Format
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Kind of paper
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Hybrid formats
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U3
The technique follows the function
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Think technique
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Pass by looking. Field drawing
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To experience. Let yourself be surprised
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U4
Thematic
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There are themes that persecute us
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Genre Dissection
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Mashup
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FP
Final project
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Drawing books: find your own language
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
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The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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The course consists of Santiago Guevara showing his many sketchbooks and discussing them. Techniques are only shown in very exceptional cases, the rest is commentary. Perhaps the course would have been more interesting to me if I had been able to listen instead of having to read along, as there is no audio transcription. Unfortunately, it is a course that I regret having bought.
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PlusVery interesting
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A course that makes you want to draw!!
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I loved to see the different methods of interacting with our own work. I also loved the way the teacher speaks about sketchbooks and what they offer us.
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Inspiring!
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