Super! Mexican Sign Painting
A workshop on Mexican sign painting with a Mexican flavor and tradition. Along with getting to know the basics of the trade, we will create a sign on the fabric, a very popular and affordable method that allows for a more controlled brush contact. We will experiment with themes, composition and colors that are typical of the traditional style.
Topics
- Background and a brief history of sign painting
- Market signange
- Description of materials
- Basic strokes and first exercises
- Sign painting styles in Mexico
- Process of making a sign
- Sketching techniques
Goals
Learning the basics and techniques for the sign painting on the fabric
Skills to strengthen
Typographic proportions, morphology of lettering styles, composition, material management
Required material
Materials are included
Giovanni Bautista
Giovanni Bautista
Giovanni Bautista is a Oaxacan graphic designer and a sign painter. He has been in touch with letterforms from an early age through the sign painting trade, a craft of making Mexican popular art that his father had dedicated his life to since 1980, making traditional signs and drawings. Currently, Giovanni directs and executes different projects at the workshop, he has taught Mexican sign painting workshops at the San Agustín Center for the Arts and at the Artes de México publishing house.