Introduction to Illustration with India Ink
Materials selection
A course by Hilda Palafox , Illustrator, Artist, and Graphic Designer
About the video: Materials selection
Overview
“One of my favorite parts of this course ... Talk about materials! I will show you the different materials that we can use to work with Chinese ink: papers, brushes, inks and other tools necessary to carry out this course.”
In this video lesson Hilda Palafox addresses the topic: Materials selection, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Illustration with India Ink. Explore the creative possibilities of this age-old technique.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Music] Then I will show and talk about the materials that we will use during the course. First, and one of the most important things, paper. I'm going to show you two types of notebooks with whom I work normally. This is a Cotman from Winsor Newton, It is a 300 gram cotton pad, it's a pretty thick paper, hold it super well, I use it a lot for sketches by format, but the father of this paper is that it comes with a glue on the side parts and on the bottom, This is to have greater rigidity when working with a lot of water, which sometimes you can have, and that the paper does not buckle or c...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Illustration with India Ink
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Fine Arts, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration

Hilda Palafox
A course by Hilda Palafox
Hilda Palafox, better known as “Poni,” got her start working in the world of editorial illustration. More recently, she’s worked on developing her own style which has caught the attention of brands like Nike, Vans, Google, Sephora, and Red Bull.
Her pieces, which tend to be connected to nature and the female figure, can be found in a variety of places, from international exhibitions and magazines to an impressive mural on the streets of Australia.
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