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The Complete Painter: Lessons from the Masters

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Get the true art school painting experience with help from a brilliant instructor, as you learn how to create your own tools and to copy great masterworks as artists have been doing for hundreds of years.

Syllabus

  • 01: The Grand Tradition of Painting
  • 02: Health and Safety in the Studio
  • 03: Basic Painting Materials
  • 04: Studio Setup and Brush Care
  • 05: First Exercises: Line and Mark
  • 06: First Exercises: Value, Edges, and Texture
  • 07: Creating Basic Forms: Lines, Shapes, and Solids
  • 08: Value: Making a Value Scale
  • 09: Value: A Simple Still Life
  • 10: Value: Mood, Palette, and Light
  • 11: Value: Block and Sphere in Grisaille
  • 12: The Figure and a Portrait in Brunaille
  • 13: Working with the Earth Tone Palette
  • 14: Ensuring Accurate Proportions
  • 15: Composition: Shape, Ground, and Format
  • 16: Composition: Leonardo and the Armature
  • 17: Composition: Balance, Focus, and Space
  • 18: Degas, Hammershøi, and Other Projects
  • 19: Materials: Oil Paint Brands and Quality
  • 20: Materials: Oil Paint Characteristics
  • 21: Color: Theory and Exercises
  • 22: Color: Painting with Limited Palettes
  • 23: Materials: All about Medium
  • 24: Materials: All about Brushes
  • 25: Materials: Flexible Supports
  • 26: Materials: Rigid Supports
  • 27: Materials: Carpentry for the Studio
  • 28: Project: A Modigliani Portrait
  • 29: Project: A Degas Ballerina
  • 30: Project: A Corot Landscape
  • 31: Project: Derain’s Portrait of Matisse
  • 32: Project: A Porter Self-Portrait
  • 33: Painting’s Evolution: Indirect Painting
  • 34: Nighthawks, The Scream, and Other Projects
  • By This Professor

Taught by

David Brody

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