Week by Week
Curriculum
Every course is broken into weekly modules so you always know exactly what you are learning and why.
Understanding different types of shapes and forms in 2D.
Understanding different types of perspective and how to use perspective with shapes.
- One-point perspective
- Two-point perspective
- Three-point perspective
- Aerial perspective
- Perspective with simple forms
Understanding light, shadow, values, light direction and how light reacts with forms.
- Light
- Shadow
- Values
- Light direction
- How light reacts with forms
- Understanding lighting on basic shapes
Simplifying complex subjects into constructive forms and applying perspective.
- Simplifying complex objects
- Breaking subjects into basic forms
- Understanding construction
- Applying perspective
- Final assignment
Evaluating current skill level and learning from established artists.
- Evaluate student's current skill
- Understand how the student approaches basic subjects
- Master studies
- Learning from established artists
- Observational analysis
Understanding materials, edge types and surface properties.
- Different materials
- Different edge types
- Surface properties
- Hard and soft edges
- Painting cloth, silk, metal, rock and flesh
Understanding light, shadow, form and how materials respond to lighting.
- Light
- Shadow
- Form
- Surface response
- Material behaviour under lighting
- Value relationships
Introduction to landscape painting using references and observation.
- Studying from photographs
- Real-world references
- Existing artwork
- Environmental observation
Using environmental lighting, color and mood to communicate emotion.
- Environmental lighting
- Color and light
- Mood
- Atmosphere
- Color relationships
- Using lighting to communicate emotion
Composition fundamentals, thumbnails and planning finished artwork.
- Composition fundamentals
- Thumbnail creation
- Concept exploration
- Visual storytelling
- Planning an artwork
- Concepting