Creativity for Beginners Level -1

A course by Puño , Illustrator and Educator

Illustrator and Educator. Medellín, Colombia.
Joined March 2004

Give your creative muscle a workout with an exercise plan, including drawing, collage, and photography to develop your artistic skills from scratch

100% positive reviews (58)
4,196 students
Audio: Spanish, English
Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

Give your creative muscle a workout with an exercise plan, including drawing, collage, and photography to develop your artistic skills from scratch

According to Puño, "everyone is capable of creating" and in this online course, he shows you how to awaken your creativity through drawing, collage, and photography. Check out other Domestika courses by this award-winning illustrator and educator: Drawing for Beginners Level -1, Creative Drawing Techniques for Beginners, Creating Original Illustrations with a Tablet, and Drawing and Creativity for Big Little Artists.

Get ready to train and develop your creative skills through fun and accessible artistic disciplines from scratch.

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What will you learn in this online course?

15 lessons & 27 downloads

What is creativity for?
5 minutes, 22 seconds
Train the creative muscle
6 minutes, 38 seconds
The materials and the project
3 minutes, 12 seconds
Photography and observation
10 minutes, 56 seconds
Collage and color
19 minutes, 41 seconds
  • 100% positive reviews (58)
  • 4,196 students
  • 15 lessons (1h 50m)
  • 27 additional resources (9 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?

Develop a series of creative exercises and use them to put together a selection for your portfolio.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

Anyone interested in experimenting with ideas or needing an escape from daily routines and ways of thinking to relax, relieve stress, exercise the brain, and increase concentration.

Also creative professionals who want to establish new habits and who feel they cannot break a creative block.

Requirements and materials

No previous experience is needed to take this course, just some materials like a notebook, a pencil, markers, scissors, glue, colored paper, and a mobile phone.


Reviews

4,196 Students
58 Reviews
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Puño

A course by Puño

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Illustrator and Educator

Puño has been a professional illustrator since 1994 and it was just three years later that he also began his career as an educator specializing in creativity, illustration, and graphic storytelling. He has extensive experience in desktop publishing and created and managed the publishing house Ultrarradio from 2010 to 2013. He was also director of the One Year Illustration and Graphic Novel course at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid and curator of the Madrid City Council's exhibition series La Ciudad en Viñetas between 2012 and 2015. He received the 2018 Barco de Vapor Award and the 2009 Fundación SM International Illustration Award, among others.


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • About Me
    • Influences
  • U2

    How creativity works

    • What is creativity for?
    • Constraints, challenges and creative stimulation
    • Train the creative muscle
  • U3

    Creative exercises for non-drawers

    • The materials and the project
    • Photography and observation
    • Collage and color
  • U4

    Drawing as a brain exercise

    • Reasons to draw
    • Exercises for Super Beginners
    • Doodles and zentangle
  • U5

    Advanced creative drawing exercises

    • Symmetries
    • Drawing as a shape map
    • Contour drawing
    • Prepare the project
  • FP

    Final project

    • Creativity for Beginners Level -1

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

    If you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.

  • 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.

  • Watch professionally produced courses

    Domestika curates its teacher roster and produces every course in-house to ensure a high-quality online learning experience.


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.

You can redeem the course you received by accessing the redeeming page and entering your gift code.

If you're a Plus member, when you complete a course you've purchased, you'll instantly get your personalized certificate. You can see all your certificates in the Certificates section of your profile. You can download your certificates as PDFs and share the link online. Learn more about certificates.
Creativity for Beginners Level -1. Illustration course by Puño

Creativity for Beginners Level -1

A course by Puño
Illustrator and Educator. Medellín, Colombia.
Joined March 2004
  • 100% positive reviews (58)
  • 4,196 students