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3-Month START Program: Stream & Community
Introduction
Welcome and Course Overview (2:14)
Blending Realism with Abstract: An Introduction
From Realism to Abstract: A Personal Journey (5:17)
Shifting Perceptions, Creating Connections: Three Levels of Seeing (2:59)
Organise Your Workspace
Overview (0:29)
Essential Tools for Drawing and Painting (9:56)
SUPPLY LIST
Fundamentals Of Realist Portraiture PART I - focus on drawing
Chapter Overview (1:20)
General Axes (4:34)
Planes of The Head, Light & Shadow Shapes (6:31)
Mapping the Planes: Adapting the Asaro Head to Your Portraits (6:55)
PRACTICE AT HOME: creative excercises & assignments
APPENDIX
Portrait Drawing Demo
Before We Start: Materials and Studio Set Up (3:27)
Drawing Irene (13:59)
Drawing Sarah (13:43)
PRACTICE AT HOME: Creative Excercises & Assignments
FOCUS ON: 5-mins videos on additional drawing topics
Chapter Overview
Shading Techniques
Drawing the Eyes, Mouth, Nose
Drawing Hands
Cast Shadows & Shadow Shapes
Edges & Transitions
GIVEAWAY: Enter the 5-mins Sketch Challenge
Fundamentals of Realist Portraiture PART II - focus on painting
Chapter Overview (1:39)
Understanding How Light Affects: Chroma & Temperature (1:45)
Mastering Temperature: How Master Painters Created Depth (2:56)
Concluding Notes (0:42)
PRACTICE AT HOME: References & Creative Excercises
Mixing Realistic Skin Tones For Any Complexion
Chapter Overview (0:55)
An Effective Method to Mix Any Skin Colour (3:41)
Color Mixing Demo: How To Organise Your Palette (11:14)
Colour Mixing Demo: Focus on White/Pale Skin (15:21)
Colour Mixing Demo: Focus on Olive / Light Brown Skin (13:31)
Color Mixing Demo: Focus on Dark Brown / Black Skin (11:04)
Concluding Notes (1:15)
PRACTICE AT HOME: creative exercises and assignment
Before We Start Painting: Approaches and Stages of the Painting Process
Approaches to Painting Portraits in OIl (3:39)
Stages of the Painting Process (3:23)
Creating Impactful Portraits I : White & Pale Complexion
Overview of the lesson
Tracing, Transferring & Composition
Mapping the Planes, Cool and Warm Tones
Mixing Skin Tones Using a ZORN PALETTE (4:03)
Create a Preliminary Colour Study
Start Painting: Blocking-in
Get the likeness right
Zoom-in Into the Finer details and Rendering
Concluding Notes
PRACTICE AT HOME: creative exercises and assignment
FOCUS ON: Painting Hair
A General Approach to Painting Hair
DEMO: Color Mixing For Different Hair Types
PRACTICE AT HOME: creative exercises and assignment
Blending Realism with Abstract PART I: preparing the ground
A Method to Unleash Creativity (1:49)
Priming Your Surfaces (2:43)
Creating an Abstract Ground for a Medium Painting (1:28)
Toning & Applying Gold Leaf​ (4:11)
Spray Painting, Stencilling & Layering (9:15)
Tips and Best Practices to Keep Inspired! (3:55)
PRACTICE AT HOME: creative exercises and assignment
Let's ZOOM IN on: Calendar of Events and Topics
About the ZOOM sessions
Introductory ZOOM Session Thursday 21st Nov: ALL WELCOME!
SAT 14TH DECEMBER: Inspired By Sargent: Painting Hands
Inspired By Rembrandt: Painting Eyes, Mouth, Nose
Inspired By Klimt: Painting on Gold Leaf
Inspired By Rubens: Painting Silk
Inspired By Ingres: Painting Floral Patterned Dresses
Inspired By The Pre-raphaelites: Painting Flowing Red Hair
PAINTING CHALLNGE: Create a Portrait with One Brush
Mastering Your Tools: Mediums, Brushes, and Finishing Techniques
Painting Mediums
Brushes & Brushwork
Varnishing, Framing, Photographing Your Work
Sourcing Your References
Conclusion
Course Recap
Continuing Your Artistic Journey
Essential Tools for Drawing and Painting
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