Introduction to Art and Drawing
• Survey of Famous Artists
• The Artist’s Eye
• The Elements of Design
• Preparing to Draw
• Drawing Class
• The Clinic
Painting with Pastels
• What You’ll Need to Begin
• Composition and Color
• Putting Pastel to Paper
• Painting From Photographs
• Painting From Life
• When is Your Painting Finished?
Watercolor Painting
• Basic Watercolor Tools and Materials
• Types of Watercolor Pigments
• Dark Staining, Light Staining, and Non-staining Colors.
• Dominance and Staining Dominance.
• Rules for Reflections
• Fundamental Concepts of Composition and Design
• Wet-and-Blot Lifting, Edge Blending and Back Runs
• Application of Various Watercolor Techniques
• Glazing and Lifting
• Creating Negative Shapes
• Charged Washes
• Use of Palette Knives and Brush Handles.
• Produce Complete Watercolor Paintings
Acrylic Painting
• Textural Techniques Enhance Traditional Painting
• Brilliant Design with Flat Opaque Colors
• Ultrarealism: Acrylic as Transparent Watercolor
• Pulsating Color with Buttery Impasto Strokes
• Careful Planning Produces Lively Results
• Build Luminosity with Multiple Thin Glazes
• Unlock the Imagination with Experimental Techniques
Oil Painting
• Getting Your Supplies Together
• Capturing the Illusion of Three Dimensions
• Making Your Brush Behave
• Getting the Colors You Want
• Putting It All Together
• Creating a Still Life Painting
• Creating a Landscape Painting
• Creating a Portrait Painting
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