Ceramic Modeling and Illustration with Watercolor
Materials and tools
A course by cayagutierrez · Claudia María Gutiérrez , Illustrator and Ceramic Artist
Joined February 2015
About the video: Materials and tools
Overview
“If you chose to make your piece in clay, I will tell you how to work it and the tools you will need for its modeling. If you chose to work on already cooked pieces, you will learn how they are made, what sponge cake is and what its characteristics are. I will show you the materials you will need to make your sketches. I will talk about watercolor and its characteristics, in addition, you will know the types of ceramic pigments that exist and those that you will use for your final project, as well as the different brushes that you can use according to the type of stroke you want to achieve. Finally, I will explain to you the importance of ceramic enamel so that your pieces can become utilitarian.”
In this video lesson cayagutierrez · Claudia María Gutiérrez addresses the topic: Materials and tools, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ceramic Modeling and Illustration with Watercolor. Learn to model ceramic pieces with your own two hands and discover the techniques to illustrate captivating stories about them.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials and tools Hello! In this lesson we will talk about materials and tools, but first I want to tell you especially what we will see throughout this course. To begin I will tell you about my inspiration process to create my characters and find the accompanying text. We will shape the sketches and we will do some illustration exercises and we will talk about some important considerations when putting together the composition for your pieces. If you choose to work your own pieces from scratch, you will learn to wedge the clay and I will teach you the slate technique to make a plate and ...”
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Course summary for: Ceramic Modeling and Illustration with Watercolor
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Fine Arts, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

cayagutierrez · Claudia María Gutiérrez
A course by cayagutierrez · Claudia María Gutiérrez
Claudia María Gutiérrez, @cayagutierrez, is an illustrator and ceramic artist who originally studied social communication, a profession she practiced for several years. She has illustrated books for multiple publishing houses, completed illustration commissions for public and private organizations, and undertaken many personal projects. While looking for ways to transfer her own drawings onto objects, she discovered the fascinating universe of ceramics, an ancient craft with infinite possibilities. Since then, she has merged the two worlds together.
She won the 2011 Tragaluz Illustration Award (Colombia), was a runner-up at the 2013 Latin American Ilustración -LAI2- competition (USA), got a special mention from the jury of the 2013 Ibero-American Illustration Award (Argentina), and participated in the 2015 Bratislava Illustration Biennial.
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