Creative Illustration: Play with Unexpected Materials
Polyspan engraving
A course by Adolfo Serra , Illustrator
About the video: Polyspan engraving
Overview
“This material allows you to get patterns where the line is white. In this lesson I will teach you how to do it.”
In this video lesson Adolfo Serra addresses the topic: Polyspan engraving, 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
“Polystyrene Printing Now, I'm going to explain how we can get very surprising results with plastic or polystyrene trays. Here I have two pieces of a tray that you can get from the supermarket. They hold fruit or meat. Compared to the other print we made with Tetra Pak, the difference is that the line will be white. Before, the drypoint line on the Tetra Pak was black. In this case, we're going to paint onto the stamp, but the line will be transferred to the paper as a white line. I’ll use a pen to make a very simple line drawing. You could even work with the pen itself, making a deeper impr...”
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Course summary for: Creative Illustration: Play with Unexpected Materials
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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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