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Course Description: Fine Art Principles for All Media

This course is designed to help you learn the painting language,the elements of art,the principle of art and how to apply them to your painting. The course will help you to better perform your art and learn more about the whys and how-to's.
Each lesson has exercises and tutorials, as well as examples and reference material. Beginners and the more experienced amateur will learn all the aspects and styles that will help them determine their style preference. The skills acquired will bring rich dividends. For more details, please review the lesson outline below.

Lessons

Lesson 1 - Art Basics

In order to become a painter either for the pleasure or to pursue further as an artist, we need to learn the language and the very basics. This first lesson will help you to better understand Art painting.

What make's a great painting?
Thinking like a painter
Becoming a good painter
Developing as an Artist
Making a painting career
Art Critic
Elements of Art
Exercises and Tutorial

Lesson 2 - Perspective

Sometimes we ask ourselves, what is wrong with this painting and yet many times we cannot find the answer. Most of the time it is the perspective. If the perspective is wrong, your painting doesn't seem right. You will learn the different methods of perspective and will be able to apply the results to your sketching, drawing or painting.

One-point perspective
Two-point perspective
Measurements
Three-point perspective
Drawing Ellipses
Foreshortening
Drawing People
Casting Shadow
Reflection
Changing Direction
Complex Shape
Enhancing Depth by Shading
Exercises and Tutorial

Lesson 3 - Sketching

Sketching or drawing is the foundation of a painting. You will learn why it is essential to visualize the elements and establish them quickly and accurately and how to do it.

The importance of sketching
The use of a photo
Composition
Choosing a subject
Planning the painting
Grid
Exercises and Tutorial

Lesson 4 - Color

This lesson is all about color. We will learn the different combinations and what they are called, and you will learn how to use color effectively.

Color Wheel
Additive color and Subtractive color
Primary colors
Secondary colors Intermediate colors
Cool colors
Warm colors
Neutral colors
Complimentary colors
Local color
Tint and Shade
Analogous colors
Value
Pigments
Composition
Color symbols
Digital Color
Exercises and Tutorial

Lesson 5 - Principal of Art

This lesson covers the heart of painting. The Whys and the How-to's.

Balance
Contrast
Emphasis
Movements
Pattern
Proportion
Rhythm
Unity
Variety
Exercises and Tutorial

Lesson 6 - Style/Artist

In this lesson, we will study the different styles, and see how the artist was influenced by the period in which he lived and painted. By studying these different styles, you will be able to tell which style attracts you the most and why. This will help you to develop your own individual style of painting. Something that makes your artwork unique. So that someone will look at it and say; this painting is a yourname.

Abstract
Baroque
Byzantine
Cubism
Dada
Fauvism
Futurism
Gothic
Greek
Hudson River School
Impressionism
Luminist
Neoclassism
Op Art
Pop Art
Post-Impressionism
Pre-Raphaelites
Realism
Renaissance
Roman
Romanesque
Romanticism
Rococo
Surrealism
Exercises and Tutorial

Lesson 7 - Wrap-up & Review

Prerequisites

This course is not software specific and the lessons can be applied to any type of painting, real life or digital, but you will need a graphic program to complete the lessons. An alternative would be a scanner or digital camera if you are working with canvas or paper.

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