Creative Drawing with Oil Pastels

A course by Fortuna Studio , Editorial and type designer

Editorial and type designer. Lima, Peru.
Joined July 2020

Rediscover your surroundings by creating vivid illustrations with oil pastels and colored pencils

94% positive reviews (161)
2,807 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

Rediscover your surroundings by creating vivid illustrations with oil pastels and colored pencils

Take a look around and consider the everyday objects around you. They’ve always been there, but...what if you could bring them to life through drawing?

Rediscover what’s around you and recreate it with oil pastels with Fortuna Studio, an illustration collective from Peru led by Pierina Másquez and José María Denegri.

In this course, learn how to use oil pastels and colored pencils to illustrate three different elements that are present in your day to day.

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What will you learn in this online course?

12 lessons & 11 downloads

Testing the materials
17 minutes, 0 seconds
Blind drawing
12 minutes, 11 seconds
  • 94% positive reviews (161)
  • 2,807 students
  • 12 lessons (1h 48m)
  • 11 additional resources (0 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?

Create a small illustrated collection of 3 everyday objects using oil pastels.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

For anyone, including beginning and professional illustrators, looking to capture their surroundings through a unique drawing technique which showcases their personality.

Requirements and materials

For this course, no prior knowledge is needed—only a desire to explore the drawing process.

Regarding materials, you will need an A4 notebook, a box of oil pastels, colored pencils, an eraser, a pencil, drawing fixative, a soft brush, and Post-its.


Reviews

2,807 Students
161 Reviews
94% Positive ratings

Fortuna Studio

A course by Fortuna Studio

Teacher Plus
Editorial and type designer

Fortuna Studio is an illustration collective based in Lima, Peru that was formed by Pierina Másquez and José María Denegri in 2019. These visual artists and illustrators specialize in creating illustrations that reflect everyday life by using oil pastels and colored pencils.

Their style, their sensitivity, and their unique way of seeing the world has led them to collaborate with independent fashion brands like GARAJE, design stores like Ósmosis.pe, and editorial projects like @HERMANAS.


Content

  • U1

    Let's meet!

    • Presentation
    • Influences
    • What will we do in this course?
  • U2

    The wonders in the everyday

    • The day to day that surrounds us
    • What materials are we going to use?
    • Testing the materials
  • U3

    Exercising our observation

    • Blind drawing
    • The squiggle as a starting point
    • Sketch and color test
  • U4

    Let's do it

    • Border
    • Inside out
    • Lines and last details
  • FP

    Final project

    • Creative Drawing with Oil Pastels

What to expect from a Domestika course

  • Learn at your own pace

    Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.

  • Learn from the best professionals

    Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.

  • Meet expert teachers

    Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.

  • Certificates
    Plus

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  • Get front-row seats

    Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.

  • Share knowledge and ideas

    Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.

  • Connect with a global creative community

    The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.

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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.

All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.

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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Creative Drawing with Oil Pastels. Illustration course by Fortuna Studio

Creative Drawing with Oil Pastels

A course by Fortuna Studio
Editorial and type designer. Lima, Peru.
Joined July 2020
  • 94% positive reviews (161)
  • 2,807 students