Creative Sketchbooking: Explore and Play with Illustration
The stain as a visual resource
A course by Alejandra Acosta , Designer and Illustrator
About the video: The stain as a visual resource
Overview
“Now we are going to analyze and make different types of stains with wet techniques that will serve as inspiration and as a starting point to carry out your illustrated works.”
In this video lesson Alejandra Acosta addresses the topic: The stain as a visual resource, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Sketchbooking: Explore and Play with Illustration. Create a professional, illustrated idea log and discover your artistic vision through playful exploration and creative exercises.
Partial transcription of the video
“The stain as a visual resource In this lesson I am going to show you how I use the stain as a visual resource for my illustrations. In this case I am going to teach you how to work with wet techniques and I'm going to show you the different characteristics of watercolours. As I showed you a while ago, there are watercolor tablets, which are pills that already come with the pigment ready in a little box and that pigment is dry. To work with this type of pigments or watercolors you need to moisturize them first. You have to use a brush with water, remove a little pigment, take it to a plate o...”
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Course summary for: Creative Sketchbooking: Explore and Play with Illustration
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Areas
Colored Pencil Drawing, Creativity, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Sketchbook, Watercolor Painting
Alejandra Acosta
A course by Alejandra Acosta
Alejandra Acosta is a Chilean illustrator known for her undaunted exploration of visual techniques and languages in her art and the books she illustrates. After earning a degree in graphic design, Alejandra spent several years working as an art director before deciding to pursue her passion for illustration full time.
With more than a decade of experience, she's found success as a professional illustrator and has an extensive portfolio showcasing her diverse illustration styles. She has collaborated with many of the big names in publishing including Jekyll & Jill, Zorro Rojo, Barbara Fiore, Amanuta, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Sexto Piso, Carthusia, Loqueleo, Planeta, and Random House.
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