Introduction to Plasticine Painting

A course by Jacinta Besa González , Visual Artist

Visual Artist. Tulsa, Chile.
Joined April 2019

Learn to paint with a versatile material that adds volume and texture to your work

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2,880 students
Audio: Spanish
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Learn to paint with a versatile material that adds volume and texture to your work

You probably have experience painting with watercolors, acrylics, colored pencils, or even with aerosols, but have you ever painted with Plasticine?

In this online course, explore the properties of this exciting material with Chilean visual artist Jacinta Besa as she shows you how to use it to add rich color and volume to your illustrations.

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What will you learn in this online course?

18 lessons & 15 downloads

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  • 18 lessons (3h 0m)
  • 15 additional resources (4 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
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What is this course's project?

Create a painting approximately 30 x 40 cm in size using Plasticine.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

Artists, designers, embroiderers, and anyone who is interested in learning more about using an unconventional material to explore color.

Requirements and materials

No prior knowledge is necessary.

As for materials, you need sheets of paper, a pencil, an eraser, masking tape, a clear acrylic sheet for the frame, Plasticine (at least two boxes), and absorbent paper.


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Jacinta Besa González

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Jacinta Besa is a Chilean visual artist with more than a decade of experience working Plasticine. For her, this material proves to be a versatile tool that works as a volumetric pigment that can be spread, layered, used for reliefs, melted, and solidified.

Her work is extremely varied. Some pieces are two-dimensional and completely made of Plasticine, others use a transparency as a support to project the shadow of the piece onto the wall, and some even combine photography with Plasticine.

She also develops installations with objects that are previously submerged in melted plasticine, and these pieces have been exhibited in galleries, cultural centers, biennials, museums, and fairs in Chile and abroad.


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • Presentation
    • Influences
    • What will we do in this course?
  • U2

    Materials, uses and preparation

    • The plasticine and its qualities
    • Choosing the model image
    • Drawing of our model
    • Color palette and volume exercises (part 1)
    • Color palette and volume exercises (part 2)
    • Ways to paint with plasticine
  • U3

    We started to paint!

    • Work with green tones (part 1)
    • Work with green tones (part 2)
    • Work with green tones (part 3)
    • Working with pink tones (part 1)
    • Working with pink tones (part 2)
    • Working with pink tones (part 3)
    • Touch up of the work
  • U4

    Final process

    • Cleaning the matrix
    • Framing the work
  • FP

    Final project

    • Introduction to plasticine paint

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Introduction to Plasticine Painting. Illustration, and Craft course by Jacinta Besa González

Introduction to Plasticine Painting

A course by Jacinta Besa González
Visual Artist. Tulsa, Chile.
Joined April 2019
  • 100% positive reviews (144)
  • 2,880 students