Creative Artist's Diary: Define Your Visual Language
Composition and Collage
A course by Armando Mesías , Artist
About the video: Composition and Collage
Overview
“In this lesson you will use all our loose elements (drawings, stains, pieces of paper, etc.) and you will begin to try different combinations in what will be your final compositions, or individual works within your notebook.”
In this video lesson Armando Mesías addresses the topic: Composition and Collage, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Artist's Diary: Define Your Visual Language. Awaken your creativity by experimenting with materials and new ideas through drawing, collage, and watercolor.
Partial transcription of the video
“Composition and Collage Now I'll show you how to put together the elements we were working on. On one side, the ones that were intervened with stains and the ones we gathered from our study, from our surroundings. Let's start simple. Let's combine two elements on this blank paper. Work it over a blank page so the texture underneath won't distract you. This is the most intuitive part. Here, there's no correct answer. I'll try combining the elements I worked on to the ones I gathered before. Accidents, like the oil being see-through, make for an interesting, unexpected result. Little by littl...”
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Course summary for: Creative Artist's Diary: Define Your Visual Language
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Fine Arts, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Armando Mesías
A course by Armando Mesías
Armando Mesías is an artist whose work focuses on large-scale drawing and painting in different formats. You can find his art in his studio or in art collections, private institutions, and galleries.
The aim of his work is to start conversations that can only be approached from subjective experience. He thrives off experimenting with different visual languages like oil painting, drawing, or collages, as well as different materials ranging from traditional staples to mediums you’d never expect.
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