Creative Artist's Diary: Define Your Visual Language
A course by Armando Mesías , Artist
Awaken your creativity by experimenting with materials and new ideas through drawing, collage, and watercolor
Awaken your creativity by experimenting with materials and new ideas through drawing, collage, and watercolor
Accidents, mistakes, or the unexpected can lead to new creations. For an artist like Armando Mesías, who regularly experiments with different materials and visual languages in his work, without play there is no creativity.
In this course, learn how to express yourself with experimental techniques through your artist's diary. Explore your own language through new materials and unusual approaches and travel down unexpected paths to gain visual and manual flexibility.
What will you learn in this online course?
15 lessons & 23 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (310)
- 5,577 students
- 15 lessons (1h 30m)
- 23 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Create an artist's journal for your plastic experiments that walks the line between artwork and diary and reflects your process of exploration and learning.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
For all types of creative minds that want to spark their imagination and discover a new visual language.
Requirements and materials
You don’t need any prior experience, just be open to exploring new techniques and possibilities.
For this course you need some traditional materials like ink and colored pencils, and some more alternative ones like oil, spray paint, and coffee. You also need a journal, a camera, and a computer with Photoshop.
Reviews
A course by Armando Mesías
Armando Mesías is an artist whose work focuses on large-scale drawing and painting in different formats. You can find his art in his studio or in art collections, private institutions, and galleries.
The aim of his work is to start conversations that can only be approached from subjective experience. He thrives off experimenting with different visual languages like oil painting, drawing, or collages, as well as different materials ranging from traditional staples to mediums you’d never expect.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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What Will We Do in This Course?
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U2
Classification of Materials
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Media and Materials
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Techniques
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Classification of Materials
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U3
Development of Pieces for the Notebook
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Creation of Spots
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Drawing: Objects and Spaces
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Drawing: Portrait and Figure
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Composition and Collage
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Last Added 1
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Last Added 2
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U4
Registration and Digital Publication
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Registry
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Digital Edition
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Publication
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FP
Final project
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Creative Artist's Diary: Define Your Visual Language
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Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
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taipa
Very interesting and creative approach.
The course to return to again and again. Highly recommend.
persiria_pr
Corso molto stimolante. L' insegnante suggerisce delle tecniche insolite con naturalezza incoraggiando a provare senza preoccuparsi dei possibili errori che possono entrare a fare parte del processo creativo.
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mjego
Concise, but thorough. Best for beginners.
jp
Great course and very inspiring
4azubai
Curso muy inspirador
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