Experimental Illustration with India Ink and Acrylics

Start by getting to know your teacher, Elisa Talentino, artist specialized in illustration, painting, graphic arts, and animation. She tells you about her work, her career, and the artists and artwork that inspire her during her creative process. She also explains how consistency, trial and error, and tenacity have been the driving force behind her mastery of experimental illustration.

Next, go over the materials you need to unleash your inner artist, from specific tools to homemade alternatives, and start creating without limits.

Follow up with a series of exercises designed to help you find your own style, embrace other disciplines, and let go of your fears. Then, discover how to channel the results of these exercises and transform them into a story in physical format. Elisa introduces you to the leporello, an accordion-style book that’s perfect for experimenting and breaking the boundaries of a single page.

Learn different painting techniques such as the use of India ink and acrylic paint on paper and acetate, as well as monotyping, a technique that walks the line between printing and painting. Armed with these new techniques, take some time to experiment, make mistakes, and internalize their creative potential with a few practical exercises.

Continue building on what you've learned by applying these techniques to produce different textures that you can use as a foundation for all your artwork. Once you’ve explored these creative possibilities, Elisa teaches you how to transfer your ideas to your leporello and digitize your work to put the finishing touches on your illustrations.