Creative Illustration: Play with Unexpected Materials
Get your hands dirty! 1
A course by Adolfo Serra , Illustrator
About the video: Get your hands dirty! 1
Overview
“Rummage through your kitchen, sip coffee, wine, and whatever else you have on hand to generate amazing illustrations. ”
In this video lesson Adolfo Serra addresses the topic: Get your hands dirty! 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Illustration: Play with Unexpected Materials. Awaken your creativity with everyday items, from coffee to feathers or an apple, and create illustrations freely and without judgment..
Partial transcription of the video
“Let’s Get our Hands Dirty! In this lesson, we’ll talk about getting to work, getting our hands dirty, playing. As you know, we’re now in the process of refinement and creation, combining techniques and testing out materials to create our illustrations. To free you from the pressure of the materials and of trying to be perfect and get incredible results, I've collected some materials that I have at home that you can find in your kitchen to play around with a bit. Mix it and see how it blends on your paper or in your drawings. I have a variety of unconventional materials here that aren’t norm...”
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Course summary for: Creative Illustration: Play with Unexpected Materials
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Fine Arts, Painting, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Adolfo Serra
A course by Adolfo Serra
Adolfo Serra (Teruel, 1980) studied Advertising and Public Relations at the Complutense University of Madrid, but it wasn't long before he decided to follow his childhood passion for drawing by reconnecting with pencils and watercolors at the Escuela de Arte 10 in Madrid. Since then he's been no stranger to colors, papers, textures, and stories.
He loves to experiment with techniques, play with materials, and, above all, tell stories with his art. He considers himself a trailblazer of blank pages who maps uncharted territory with illustrations for children and young adults.
His illustrations have been featured at the Bologna Children's Book Fair (Italy), Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (Slovakia), Sharjah Children's Book Fair (United Arab Emirates), Ibero-American Illustration Contest (Mexico), CJ Picture Book Awards (Korea), and the International Exhibition of Illustrations for Children in Sàrmede (Italy).
His wordless version of Little Red Riding Hood has been published in Spain, Germany, France, and Mexico, and has won numerous awards. He also won the 19th A la Orilla del Viento Award for illustrated album from the Fondo de Cultura Económica.
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