Introduction to Portraits with India Ink and Nibs
The inking technique
A course by José Rosero , Visual artist and teacher
About the video: The inking technique
Overview
“Chinese ink is worked in different ways, it can be used with pointillism, continuous line, contour, wefts, etc. For this course we will use line and plot in order to achieve volumes. I will explain five different types of plot and their use one by one. In addition, I will teach you how to achieve different shades with ink. ”
In this video lesson José Rosero addresses the topic: The inking technique, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Portraits with India Ink and Nibs. Learn to interpret, draw and add personality to a subject from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“The inking technique I already explained the materials that we will use for our final project, Now let's delve into the use of ink and pen in this lesson about inking techniques. What we are going to do is to see that the pen is working correctly, to calibrate it, it is also very important to have a supporting role, which can help us to do the ink tests and to support our hand too. A pen, as I said, is made of a metal base and, like any metal, it tends to expand and contract, to be at its point it must be heated. For that we will use a normal, common lighter, we simply turn it on and pass i...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Portraits with India Ink and Nibs
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Category
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Areas
Fine Arts, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
José Rosero
A course by José Rosero
José Rosero is a visual artist and teacher. His job is to approach the image from different points. He is now the director of CASATINTA, a space dedicated to workshops, exhibitions, and events around the visual arts. He also coordinates the Fig. International Congress of Illustration, of which seven versions have already been made in FILBO (2011-2017).
He has made several exhibitions, conferences, and workshops based on his own research participating in different events in Colombia and in other countries such as Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico, and Chile.
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