Mixed-Media Illustration: Activate Your Imagination
A course by Leonor Pérez B. , Illustrator and Instructor
Learn to mix different materials and discover new visual narratives that feed your creativity
Want to explore new creative possibilities using mixed media and techniques? Embark on a journey of experimentation and discovery with illustrator and teacher Leonor Pérez, whose editorial work has been widely recognized and won several awards. She is a three-time winner of IBBY Chile's Hummingbird Medal.
In this course, Leonor teaches you a versatile and expressive range of mixed techniques for visual narrative genres. See how any life experience or everyday element can serve as inspiration to activate your imagination. Work on a few illustrations from different sources and references to catalyze ideas and form creative pathways.
What will you learn in this online course?
15 lessons & 22 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (202)
- 3,607 students
- 15 lessons (3h 12m)
- 22 additional resources (4 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Build a creative inventory: a collection of mixed-media illustrations from a range of exercises and visual experiments to activate the imagination.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone wanting to explore the technical and creative possibilities of illustration.
Requirements and materials
No specific illustration knowledge is necessary for this course, just come ready to explore your creativity and experiment with a variety of resources.
In terms of materials, you need paper, 90+ GSM paper or card, a variety of pens and pencils (graphite, colored, ink, etc.), a glue stick, scissors, newspapers, old books, and magazines (ideally also old and with an opaque finish). You also need some black acrylics along with another color of your choice, and a small paint roller.
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Leonor Pérez B.
A course by Leonor Pérez B.
Illustrator Leonor Pérez was born in Santiago, Chile where she also received her BA in visual arts. She taught children and teens for some years until finally deciding to dedicate herself solely to illustration. She then moved to Mexico to study the discipline at the UNAM's Casa Universitario del Libro, a trip that had a great impact on her career. She went on to study imagination and creativity and is currently taking a master's in education. She has worked for the vast majority of the publishing houses across Chile as well as collaborated with publishers in Mexico, the US, Korea, and Brazil.
She is a three-time winner of the IBBY Chile's Hummingbird Medal and her book Balada da estrela e outros poemas has won awards from the FNLIJ IBBY Brasil and the Catedra Unesco de Leitura PUC-Rio. Additionally, Leonor is a professor for the illustration diploma and continuing education program at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
Observe to connect
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Materials
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Experience as a reference
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Observe and draw
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From observation to imagination
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U3
The language of materials
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Photomontage
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Pareidolias 1
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Pareidolias 2
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Images over images
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Stamp with debris
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What if you mix all of the above?
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U4
Pictures and words
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Unexpected connections
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The alphabet, a pretext to create
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Creational Inventory Container
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FP
Final project
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Mixed media illustration to activate imagination
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This course is inspiring. The tutor is an accomplished university teacher as well as an artist, and it really shows. I am learning so much, and having to take notes because every unit (so far) is so concentrated, and rich in knowledge and ideas. I hope she will write a book. I love the way she introduces the work and ideas of others, crediting them of course. I prefer to have the audio in the original with English captions.
fantastic course <3 used it for my own practice n to plan cool art lessons for my students at the elementary school.
This course has in depth information and covers many aspects of the subject.
Technically I found it difficult as the text wa blurred. there was two voiceses plaIf ying one over the other from u2. I find it difficult to follow. If technical were fixed I would recommend this course. My yes vote I'd dependent on the correction
It is really very inspiring !!!! I love the technique and will definitely use all the methods in my future work
I really liked the course! I think this is how real deep art is created, with a very personal context, with a starting point from the author, psychological work and work with memories. And I really liked the author's works, especially the consideration of space in the collage. Thank you very much for the course!