The Art of Woodcut Portraits
Starting an Engraving
A course by Luciano Ogura , Visual Artist
About the video: Starting an Engraving
Overview
“Now I'm going to start planning the woodcut, making the drawing that will be cut in the matrix from reference images. ”
In this video lesson Luciano Ogura addresses the topic: Starting an Engraving, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Art of Woodcut Portraits. Learn to express yourself using wood, ink, and paper to create a series of portraits filled with contrast.
Partial transcription of the video
“starting an engraving In this class, we will make drawings for the making of woodcuts. You can make the portrait from any reference, both from the internet, or making a photo of a family member, or draw a friend, or draw a person on the street, the possibilities are many. Now, I'll show you what I chose for my project. This photo here, of Nina Simone, it's probably the picture of Nina Simone with her daughter. It's a picture I've seen on Nina Simone album covers, and she is an artist that I adore very much. That's what I'm going to work on now. I'll fix it right here on the table and take a...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Woodcut Portraits
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Engraving, Fine Arts, Ink Illustration, Portrait Drawing, Printing, Traditional illustration
Luciano Ogura
A course by Luciano Ogura
Luciano Ogura is a São Paulo-born Brazilian visual artist. No sooner had he graduated in architecture from Mackenzie Presbyterian University, than he set off on his adventure as an artist. He specialized in woodcut, and now has over 20 years' experience.
Throughout his career, he's participated in individual and group exhibitions in different countries including Brazil, Germany, and Argentina. He works with woodcut, linocut, and art books, focusing mainly on urban themes such as decadent metropolis architecture and street dogs. He has also been teaching woodcut at various cultural centers since 2012.
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