Experimental Illustration with India Ink and Acrylics
Materials
A course by Elisa Talentino , Illustrator
About the video: Materials
Overview
“Now let's get to the heart of our course. In this lesson, I want to explain to you all the materials we will use. These are very simple and easy to find materials in stores or online or that, perhaps, you already have at home. I will give you some pointers on some specific tools that you will see me use, but for many of these there are valid home alternatives that I will suggest to you as you go. Remember: the tool is not essential, but the use made of it. A bit like when grandmothers used to say that detergent doesn't matter so much to clean as the famous “elbow grease”.”
In this video lesson Elisa Talentino addresses the topic: Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Illustration with India Ink and Acrylics. Create stunning illustrations with unconventional materials and find your own style using alternative painting techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials In this lesson I will show you the materials we will use in the course. These are simple materials to find, in stores or online, or often these are objects that you naturally have at home and therefore there is no need to buy. During the lessons I will use some specific tools, however I will show you that for many of these tools there are very valid alternatives that you already have available at home. Remember that the specific material you use is not so important as much as the use made of it, a bit like grandmothers when they said that detergent is not so important, as much elb...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Illustration with India Ink and Acrylics
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Fine Arts, Traditional illustration
Elisa Talentino
A course by Elisa Talentino
Elisa Talentino is an Italian illustrator specialized in the publishing field. Driven by her passion for decorative prints, she devotes most of her creative energy to making artwork using monotype and screen printing. Her illustrations are a combination of her two biggest interests: painting and literature. She has worked for major Italian publishing companies like Mondadori, Einaudi, and Il Corriere and her illustrations have appeared in international newspapers such as The New York Times and The Washington Post.
She has twice been awarded a gold medal by 3x3 magazine, a prestigious New York publication devoted to contemporary illustration, and has had her work showcased at major international events like the Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2015 and the Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition in 2019 and 2020. She has also published numerous books including Quando il mondo era tutto azzurro, released by Topipittori in 2020.
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