Hello my friends and welcome to another Tuesday of tutorial!
I am Leonardo Pereznieto and today we will go over how
to do a drawing with a meaning. And I will start making the head
and face of a woman.
Normally in my tutorials I show you how to draw something
realistically, like a tiger or a fruit or a person…. but sometimes
we want to convey a meaning beyond just the thing.
And in this tutorial we will go over on how to do that,
a way to do that because there are different ways.
By the way, I`m constructing the head and the face of the woman
using the Andrew Loomis technique which I will show more in detail
in another video.
So to have a drawing with a meaning what we will do is includ elements
that each has a meaning itself.
So let´s start for example with a compass.
A compass obviously points the direction that we need to follow to arrive to a
certain place.
And if we draw the compass where her brain should be or beyond,
then obviously that´s a key element in the drawing.
And on the frame of the compass I will include another symbol.
This is a classic that has been used throughout the ages of art history,
and it´s a serpent biting its tail.
It signifies the cyclic nature of the Universe. The past, the tail.
seems to disappear, it doesn't it will be hidden but still inside
of ourselves.
It´s an eternal cycle of renewal.
And in the case of our drawing maybe can mean a new beginning,
a fresh start with a new direction. By the way I will upload a long version
of this video to my Patreon account.
The next element that we will draw, is an owl. Of course the owl represents
wisdom.
You need to accumulate wisdom in your life to have success. After the owl we will draw
a mask for the young woman.
It will be a blue butterfly.
A butterfly represents the person´s essence, or spirit. And a blue butterfly
signifies joy or a change of luck.
And just to make sure the change is for good luck, let´s add a rabbit here,
like whispering to her.
Rabbits of course mean good luck.
Now I think she has all the elements to be successful [laughter]. And she
is also beautiful.
Al right. To give the color I will use watercolor pencils.
The list of materials is in the description below the video. And I will also give
you in the description of the video a link for a very good book,
called ¨Symbols and Allegories in Art¨
If you are interested in this subject that´s a very complete book that
shows you and explains you, many many symbols and allegories used
throughout the history of art.
Since I use watercolor pencils I can melt them with a little water
and a brush.
As an artist I think it is important to know some of these symbols,
not only to be able to express yourself but also to understand what the masters
of the past have done.
Of course you can also look up the meaning of specific things
on the internet.
And by the way, these things that we talked about, like the rabbit and the butterfly
etc, have many more meanings, than the ones I mentioned.
Of course I talked about the symbolism that goes with this drawing.
And to give meaning to a piece of art you don't have to have so many elements
in it, necessarily, so many as in this example. You can make your message pretty
obvious and openly by using symbols that are generally known by people
or you can have secret messages by hiding the symbols or by using
symbols that are not generally known.
I would LOVE to know what do you think about this video.
The last touches and it´s ready!
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And I will see you on Tuesday ;)
Subtitled by Grethel Trejo