Travel Log Illustration with Mixed Techniques
A course by Iván Cruz , Illustrator
Learn different illustration techniques to narrate your travels in a sketchbook
Learn different illustration techniques to narrate your travels in a sketchbook
Looking for a creative way to collect memories and experiences? How about illustration? In this online course, illustrator and travel enthusiast Iván Cruz teaches you how to capture the people, places, animals, and things you come across during your travels using materials that fit in your pocket.
Learn a range of mixed techniques to bring your travels to life in the pages of a notebook. Warm up your hand with some exercises and see how to compose an illustration with your personal touch before sharing your artistic vision with the world.
What will you learn in this online course?
15 lessons & 17 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (77)
- 3,369 students
- 15 lessons (2h 15m)
- 17 additional resources (8 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Illustrate a two-page entry telling the story of a trip you took using mixed techniques.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Travel and painting enthusiasts who want to create visual memories of their experiences.
Requirements and materials
No previous knowledge is necessary to take this course.
As for materials, you need a travel notebook, watercolors, brushes, technical pens, colored pencils, and a few others that your teacher will specify during the course.
Reviews
Iván Cruz devotes his time to traveling and illustrating his experiences in journals and artist books, as well as designing pocket-size watercolor cases for travelers. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with brands like Winsor & Newton and on clothing collections with Kupa.
His creative process revolves around observation and compiling content. After recording and illustrating everything that catches his eye, Iván then uses mixed techniques to share his personal experiences with the world.
Content
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U1
A dialogue between colleagues
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
Why a blog?
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What is a travel log?
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Materials
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Basic exercises and mixed techniques 1
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Basic exercises and mixed techniques 2
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How to approach the drawing?
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U3
Travel and illustrate
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Plan the page
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Sketch, layout and structure
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Conceptualization
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Color palette, illustration, collage and techniques 1
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Color palette, illustration, collage and techniques 2
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Color palette, illustration, collage and techniques 3
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U4
Share your trip with the world
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Final photograph
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Publishing and Social Media
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FP
Final project
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Travel Log Illustration with Mixed Techniques
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synoir
It gave me some brilliant ideas about how to utilise the materials I have around me. It was inspirational and easily followed through the steps!
muhamed59
Amazing results when we learn all techniques used in the course and apply them to any drawing.
New experience learned here.
Very interesting course if you complete it.
captainshift
Great course! I really liked understanding the thinking behind this type of journal/ log composition. Ivan makes it looks so easy and I think that is part of his magic. I would like to have understood the paints/tools that he uses a bit better. I'd like to try some of these techniques but I'll have to figure out the colours now.
carl_ewerton
Excelente Curso
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bycauartedesign
Estou gostando muito do curso, o professor explica com muitos detalhes. Recomendo.
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