True Grit: How One Designer Taught Himself to Draw and Became an International Artist

True Grit: How One Designer Taught Himself to Draw and Became an International Artist

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True Grit: How One Designer Taught Himself to Draw and Became an International Artist

A writer from Archinect and a former colleague from Woodbury University, Sean Joyner, interviews the story of SeeTheLines and how Alan Ramiro Manning came to discover his passion for sketching.

See the link below for the full story. 

https://archinect.com/features/article/150143166/true-grit-how-one-designer-taught-himself-to-draw-and-became-an-international-artist

A Self Taught Sketch Lesson on Learning Proportions

A Self Taught Sketch Lesson on Learning Proportions

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Arc de Triomf – Barcelona, Spain

 

The Arc de Triomf of Barcelona, Spain

The Arc de Triomf of Barcelona, Spain

It was an active Saturday afternoon with vibrant life all around coming from clamor on the fair grounds.

This made for quite the experiential urban sketch…

I began this sketch with a certain framework in mind –

Layers of proportions and symmetrical observations.

As soon as the bones were laid-out on paper, it was ready for shadows, color, and LIFE.

Process:

The Arc de Triomf of Barcelona, Spain

The Arc de Triomf of Barcelona, Spain

Ink and Shadows

Ink and Shadows

First layer of color highlighting the most important object

First layer of color highlighting the most important object

Layering color and finishing touches of darkening shadows and sky color

Layering color and finishing touches of darkening shadows and sky color

Fin

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