Ceramic Arts: Specialization: Traditional Techniques

Overview

“This is the most exciting part and, honestly, my favorite: developing the character design. This stage involves hours of guiltless surfing online for various references on Pinterest, sketching on paper and clay, then creating a small miniature for a better understanding of proportion. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Inspiration and Sketching 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ceramic Arts: Specialization: Traditional Techniques. Create unique ceramic vessels at home, learn clay molding, design, firing, and glaze techniques for decorative pieces.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Inspiration and Sketching In this lesson, we'll start to develop a character design. To do so, we need to find some nice references of a real animal. We'll look for it on Pinterest and on Google Images. Then, we'll use these references to create the sketches in volume with three and two dimensions to sketch it on paper. For this course, I chose to work on the toad sculpture. I found some nice references on internet, and I chose the best from them. When sketching them, don't stick a lot to the real animal. Set your imagination free and pick whatever animal you prefer. How to develop the ch...”

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Course summary for: Ceramic Arts: Specialization: Traditional Techniques

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (11)
• 1503 students
• 7 units
• 101 lessons (17h 58m)
• 31 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Decoration, DIY, Fine Arts