Illustrated Portraits in Art Nouveau Style
Introduction to Art Nouveau Graphics
A course by Celeste Vargas Hoshi , Illustrator and Visual Artist
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: Introduction to Art Nouveau Graphics
Overview
“To understand the concept of art nouveau we have to know its origin. In the next lesson we will focus on the commonalities of the illustrations of said movement, understanding it from its context and origin; art nouveau is not only illustration, it is a lifestyle. We will review illustrations by the great masters such as Alphons Mucha, Aubrey Bradsley or Henry Privat-Livemont. We will review the main characteristics that, combined, make an image unequivocally art nouveau. This will help us a lot, because if we make sure that these characteristics are in our illustration, that art nouveau essence that we want to achieve will be maintained. ”
In this video lesson Celeste Vargas Hoshi addresses the topic: Introduction to Art Nouveau Graphics, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Portraits in Art Nouveau Style. Create a digital illustration in Photoshop based on a photograph, experimenting with a current and customized version of modernism.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction to Art Nouveau Graphics In this lesson, I will briefly introduce art nouveau and its main features. Art nouveau is an artistic movement dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It succeeded Symbolism, which sought to evoke sensations and the inner world, as opposed to the naturalism of the time. Its name was coined at the 1900 Paris Exposition, where it was called “art nouveau” for the first time. However, even before that, artists had established themselves as representatives of the movement. One of the most famous is Alphonse Mucha, a Czech poster artist who mad...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Portraits in Art Nouveau Style
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
Celeste Vargas Hoshi
A course by Celeste Vargas Hoshi
Celeste Vargas is an illustrator with extensive experience in the editorial field. She has worked with renowned publishers like SM, Editorial Xilófono, and Estruendomudo, with which she published her last book Los Juguetes Perdidos de Hans Christian Andersen (The Lost Toys of Hans Christian Andersen).
She currently specializes in Art Nouveau and has introduced the style into her pieces with great mastery. The Nikkei people, feminism, and LGBTQI+ rights are all recurring themes in her work. Some of her pieces such as contemporary drawings, prints, and an art book have been exhibited in Peru, Mexico, and Japan
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