Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction & Supplies

    • Welcome to the Bootcamp

    • Supplies List

    • Zoom Link

    • Times of the Calls

    • Voxer
  • 2

    WEEK ONE: Drawing & Composition

    • Welcome to Week One: From Idea to Drawing!

    • Visualization for Drawing Guided Meditation

    • The Steps and Stages of this Painting Process

    • My Drawing For this Course

    • Drawing Perfectly Symmetrical Drawings Using Tracing Paper

    • Various Transfer Methods - #1 Using Tracing Paper to Transfer

    • Various Transfer Methods - #2 Using Transfer Paper to Transfer

    • The Printed Canvas

    • Download the Deer Drawing

    • Priming the Canvas Before Painting

    • FIRST LIVE CALL - Drawing and Composition

    • Books on Composition
  • 3

    WEEK TWO: Underpainting Techniques

    • Welcome to Week Two! Underpainting!

    • Using a Wet Palette: Why It’s Essential for Acrylic Painting

    • Acrylic Painting Basics: Brushes and Paints

    • Vocabulary & Terms to Know

    • Tips for Blending with Acrylics

    • Underpainting Demo: Laying the Foundation

    • The Finished Underpainting!

    • WEEK TWO LIVE CALL - Values and Form
  • 4

    WEEK THREE: Glazing

    • Intro to Glazing

    • Materials for Glazing in Acrylics

    • Opaque vs. Transparent Colors

    • How to Mix Your Paint for Glazing

    • Optical Color Mixing with Glazing

    • Glazing Demo

    • The Finished Glazed Painting

    • Common Glazing Problems (and How to Solve Them)

    • WEEK THREE LIVE CALL - Color Theory

    • The Color Wheel
  • 5

    WEEK FOUR: Refinement & Final Touches

    • WEEK FOUR LIVE CALL