The Art of Woodcut Portraits
The Use of India Ink
A course by Luciano Ogura , Visual Artist
About the video: The Use of India Ink
Overview
“Here I will show the advantages of using India ink when cutting the wood: when it dries on the MDF surface, it will hardly be removed at the time of engraving.”
In this video lesson Luciano Ogura addresses the topic: The Use of India Ink, 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
“The use of India ink In this class, we will use India ink to paint the matrix. What are the advantages of using ink? First, if you start etching the matrix with just this pencil drawing, while recording, with its own motion of digging the matrix, you will end up blurring the drawing and you will lose the reference. And here, we only have a line drawing. With India ink, you have the areas of color, black areas, white areas. And even the textures that you can perform here, to better define your design, define the curves, the hairs, the right eye, you can make the drawing clearer, and easier f...”
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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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