Mixed-Media Travel Sketchbook
The Objects and Cover
A course by Claudio Patanè , Architect and Teacher
About the video: The Objects and Cover
Overview
“In this step I will show you how to keep the real objects inside the Custodian. To do this, it is necessary to work directly on the pages, making the Custodian a sort of sculpture, an open work that holds fragments of the world. I will also work on the cover.”
In this video lesson Claudio Patanè addresses the topic: The Objects and Cover, which is part of the Domestika online course: Mixed-Media Travel Sketchbook. Learn to create, arrange, and bind an artistic journal to depict your daily travels through words, drawings, and objects.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Objects and Cover In this lesson, I'll tell you how to incorporate real objects into your custodiary. To do this, it will be necessary to proceed by cutting the sheets of paper we worked on and drew on, making your custodiary an open piece, a living sculpture. In this lesson, we'll also work on the front cover and the back cover that will contain and assemble all the pages we've worked on. I've decided to add the stone and the twig. I'll place the stone in my custodiary by punching a hole in the pages, while I'll use the twig as a bookmark. I'll place the stone in the upper, right-hand ...”
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Course summary for: Mixed-Media Travel Sketchbook
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Painting, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Watercolor Painting

Claudio Patanè
A course by Claudio Patanè
Claudio Patanè is an architect and teacher based in Sicily. After graduating in architecture, he went on to collaborate with a studio in Lisbon. Once back on Italian soil, he began teaching and researching at a number of universities and art academies.
He currently holds workshops and classes as well as produces pieces for publications, editorial series, private commissions, wine labels, and more. He also collaborates as a journalistic writer for Suq. Unconventional Sicily.
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