Drawing of Fantastic Animals in Graphite and Watercolor
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Course overview
- Provider
- Domestika
- Course type
- Paid course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Lessons
- 20 lessons
- Certificate
- Available on completion
- Course author
- César Caycho
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A fable is born when you achieve the perfect mix of fantasy and reality to transmit a message that encourages the public to reflect on everyday events. Create pieces that convey a powerful message using graphite and watercolors in the capable hands of plastic artist César Caycho, who specializes in this technique.
In this course, learn to create unique illustrations of fantastic animals combining graphite and watercolors. Discover how to express your values and ideals in a captivating way through drawing alongside César Caycho.
Description
Start the course by getting to know César Caycho a little better. He talks about his career so far and his main sources of inspiration.
Learn about some drawing fundamentals like lines, form, and chiaroscuro, and practice with some achromatic and figure-illustration exercises. Then study the color properties of paint looking at primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, as well as the color wheel.
Now it's time to unleash your creativity onto the page! Choose just one of your test samples and use it to produce a sketch of your final illustration. Do a color wash using overlaying and experiment with different intensities of graphite pencil to give your piece depth and texture.
To wrap things up, César shows you how to correctly digitize your artwork so you can share it on social media and print it. He leaves you with a few final tips on turning your illustration into a series.
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