Ceramic Character Design: Explore Color and Texture
Inspiration and Sketching 2
A course by Nastia Calaca , Ceramic Artist
About the video: Inspiration and Sketching 2
Overview
“In this lesson, I will continue to model how to create your small miniatures. ”
In this video lesson Nastia Calaca addresses the topic: Inspiration and Sketching 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ceramic Character Design: Explore Color and Texture. Learn to sculpt whimsical and handmade characters by combining colors, textures, and clay modeling techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Inspiration and Sketching Always try to sketch as much as possible. That's also true with the miniatures, so do not stick to only one model. Try out some more variants. Now I'm going to make the second sketch. I'm going to try to make a miniature out of this guy because I love how the eyes look really small in comparison with the body. It's just this chunky toad with the small eyes and the huge mouth. I start with the general shape. We have this potato-looking chunk of clay. I keep shaping the toad out of the sketch. Now I'm adding the eyes. It's just the general look, don't worry a lot a...”
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Course summary for: Ceramic Character Design: Explore Color and Texture
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Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Character Design, Fine Arts, Sculpture
Nastia Calaca
A course by Nastia Calaca
Nastia Calaca is a ceramic artist from Ukraine who currently lives and works in the Netherlands. Since childhood, she dreamed of becoming an illustration artist and went on to discover what has become a lifelong love for ceramics during a school trip to the Czech Republic. After completing a degree in ceramics at the Kyiv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Art and Design, Nastia started teaching workshops for beginners in her studio.
In 2016 Nastia founded Calaca Ceramic Art; an online store selling ceramic characters and figurines inspired by the world around her. Every piece is handmade and Nastia sells her custom orders to people all over the world. She also shares her work with over 70K followers on Instagram.
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