Specialization in Surrealist Illustration

Course summary

• U1: Get inspired

  • Introduction

  • Influences | Marco Mazzoni

  • Influences | Virginia Mori

  • Influences | Redmer Hoekstra

  • Influences | Marija Tiurina

  • Influences | Jhoel Mamani Espinoza

• U2: Surrealist Illustration Inspired by Nature

  • What Will We Do in This Course?

  • Materials

  • Shading and Color Techniques

  • The Symbolic Meaning of Animals

  • Sketching

  • What Is Drawing Through the Window?

  • Draw Without Looking

  • Shape Shifter

  • Create the Palette

  • Let’s Do the Lines

  • Starting to Color Our Animal

  • Color the Rest of Our Animal

  • Finishing Touches

• U3: Surrealist Illustration with Ballpoint Pen

  • Personal Research

  • Exercises to Unlock Creativity

  • The Importance of Ideas

  • Analysis of the Idea and Sketch Phase

  • Choosing the Best Sketch

  • Evaluate the Drawing before Inking

  • Inking

  • Study for the Texture

  • Color on Final

  • Digitization and Retouching

• U4: Surrealistic Fineliner Illustration

  • What Will We Do in This Course?

  • Materials and Tips

  • Hatching

  • Light and Dark

  • Drawing Textures

  • When Ctrl+Z Is Not An Option

  • Planting the Seeds

  • Weeding and Watering

  • Giving All Your Attention to the Right Plant

  • Bloom and Pollinate

  • Watching It Bear Fruit to Harvest

  • Leaving the Nest

  • Hiding and Flying

• U5: Surreal Illustration with Watercolor and Ink

  • The Materials

  • Watercolour Techniques

  • Experimenting with Colour

  • Surreal Inspiration

  • Sketching Forms

  • Rough Sketches: Concept and Composition

  • Tracing on Watercolour Paper

  • The First Watercolour Layer 1

  • The First Watercolour Layer 2

  • Additional Watercolour Details 1

  • Additional Watercolour Details 2

  • The Glitter and Gloss

  • Scanning and Preparing for Print

• U6: Introduction to Surrealist Oil Painting

  • What will we do during the course?

  • Character creation part 1

  • Character creation part 2

  • Surreal character

  • Stage Construction

  • Use of pictorial tools

  • Tone Identification

  • The volume through monochronous drawing

  • Color theory applied to oil part 1

  • Color theory applied to oil part 2

  • The volume through color drawing part 1

  • The volume through color drawing part 2

  • Spatiality and relationship with the environment in oil painting

  • Free forms with volume part 1

  • Volume free forms part 2

  • Large, medium and small

  • Composition part 1

  • Composition part 2

  • Shape, secondary elements

  • Final development, background painted

  • Final development, painted character part 1

  • Final development, painted character part 2

  • Final development, rhythm and harmony

• Final project

  • Specialization in Surrealist Illustration