Experimental Illustration with India Ink and Acrylics
We mix the techniques
A course by Elisa Talentino , Illustrator
About the video: We mix the techniques
Overview
“Now that you have acquired a little more familiarity with the tools and techniques, it is time to use them more freely, mixing them together. Maybe you have felt one technique more yours than another, you will find a method more akin to your taste than another or more compatible with your way of drawing. The best way to test yourself is to start with the construction of the maquette for your leporello, a rough draft of what will be your final project. Here, on plain paper, you can bring back the drawings you want to do and associate them with the technique you prefer.”
In this video lesson Elisa Talentino addresses the topic: We mix the techniques, 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
“We mix the techniques All the techniques I have shown you you will need them for the creation of the final project, which is a leporello, as anticipated in the previous lessons. I want to show you the project I made, the path taken to get to the definitive leporello, because the first thing to do for the creation of a leporello it is a maquette. The maquette is a sort of draft of the final project. Usually, the maquettes get smaller, because it is not needed, especially with large projects, repeat them in real measure. But in this case, it is a small format project which is closed in A5, I ...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Illustration with India Ink and Acrylics
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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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