Illustrated Diary: Fill Your Sketchbook with Experiences
A course by David Morales , Architect and Illustrator
Learn to use your sketchbook as an illustrated journal by exploring ink drawing with the cross-hatching technique
Learn to use your sketchbook as an illustrated journal by exploring ink drawing with the cross-hatching technique
Ever wanted to illustrate your everyday experiences in a notebook? Transform your sketchbook into a time capsule with the capacity to store a never-ending amount of experiences and start illustrating everything around you under the expert guidance of architect and illustrator David Morales.
In this course, David teaches you to draw using the cross-hatching technique. Learn how to find inspiration from your everyday surroundings, encapsulating experiences and memories in your notebook by way of ink cross-hatching. Turn your notebook into a journal bursting with life.
What will you learn in this online course?
20 lessons & 27 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (801)
- 24,515 students
- 20 lessons (3h 54m)
- 27 additional resources (9 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Create a daily journal in which you can illustrate your experiences over 30 days.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone interested in drawing, whether you have experience or not, and who wants to create notebooks full of unforgettable memories.
Requirements and materials
To take this course it isn't essential to have previous experience, just the desire to express yourself creatively in your everyday life.
In terms of materials, you need a notebook, a pencil, and graphic pens (technical pens).
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A course by David Morales
David Morales is a Colombian architect and notebook artist based between Barcelona and his hometown, Ibagué. It was in architecture school that he began drawing in his notebook, trying to understand the proportions and material quality of buildings that he found interesting. Gradually, these notebooks became an inseparable element of his travels and his architectural work.
In 2018 he started an art project called "One Day One Drawing" in which he depicts his surroundings, family, and concerns on a daily basis. He has also created book covers for the publishing house Planeta (Spain) and for Taller Talante (Colombia).
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
The vital notebook
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Vital notebook concepts
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Materials and types of notebooks
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Crosshatching exploration
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U3
Inspiration and drawing
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Looking for inspiration in everyday objects
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Observation from relationships
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Inked 1
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Inked 2
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Series of small objects
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U4
Everyday scenes
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Familiar scenes
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Using Crosshatching Technique 1
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Crosshatching 2
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Color and vertical lines
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U5
The landscape that surrounds us
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Landscape and architecture
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Framing and rule of thirds
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Light and shadow 1
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Light and shadow 2
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Stamps and souvenirs
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Share
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FP
Final project
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Illustrated Diary: Fill Your Sketchbook with Experiences
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na_ss
Clearly one of the best course I signed in in Domestika :) The exercices are really getting you into the art of sketching.
Thanks a lot !
fabiennebegonia
Suivre le cours de David Morales donne de bons résultats, bien expliqué et montré
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dhcarmen
Nunca había practicado la técnica de crosshatching. Ha sido todo un descubrimiento de aprendizaje disfrutón y super interesante. Eso sí, muy bien llevado de menos a más, de forma progresiva, de forma que te va enganchando y David Morales se encarga de irte contagiando su pasión por lo que hace. EXCELENTE profesor/ponente !!!. GRACIAS David por esta hermosa experiencia !!.
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cecilia_carri
de très bonnes idées pour s'entrainer dès qu'on a quelques minutes
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pizana05_adriancruz
Se me hace demasiado básico, y lo digo yo que nunca e tomado clases de dibujo, pero ojo tengo 19 años y llevo desde los diez pintando en lienzo, acuarela, acrílico, estoy empezando a pintar con pintura en spray (esta última no tomo clases solo es por que quise probar), y yo esperaba técnicas o algo por el estilo pero no 👎 no me dio eso
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