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The Fundamentals of Drawing Level One - Drawing is a valuable skill for the artist. It helps them understand line and form. Many of the Old Masters perfected drawing and used this skill extensively as a precursor to their art. This indepth course is for the beginning and/or intermediate artist. An introduction to drawing, explores the tools, materials and techniques of drawing to develop concepts and skills necessary to study drawing. This course emphasizes the development of observational skills and involves students with the creation of shape, form, and texture. The first objective of the instructor is to teach her students how to see, and to 'draw what they see and not what they think they see'. 

Student Support - Streaming Video, drawing exercises, forums, teacher critiques.

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Bubbles - This acrylic composition of a whimsical fish is painted on a 12"x36" gallery canvas. The concept of mixing color to a chromatic value scale will be taught as students learn to brush mix and gain confidence with this style of painting. This course will demonstrate to the artist how to work with and control color intensity while using a bright palette of color. Form and dimension are covered. This painting uses both direct and indirect methods for painting and several techniques, such as 'wet in wet' blending and refined blending is also demonstrated, along with dry brushed effects for creating surface texture. Transparent air bubbles will also be taught.

Student Support: Streaming video, text lessons, forum discussions, and individual student critiques.

Contemporary Baroque: This course is designed to create a pair of decorative art works for home decor.  Using a traditional motif such as 'baroque scrolls' and an orchid bloom, the artist has created for you an interesting double composition used in combination with heavy textures. Students learn how to work with Mica pigments,and textural mediums to create a faux background on gallery canvas to make this contemporary art. The surface size is 14"x18" gallery canvas.

Student Support - Streaming videos, text instructions, forums, and teacher feedback.

Black & White Tulip - This beautiful black and white traditional tulip is painted on an 18x18" gallery styled canvas. This online painting course is designed for the beginner to intermediate artist who wishes to paint a large flower on a neutral mottled background. Emphasis will be placed on creating background dimension with a mottled painting technique.There are many exercises included in this course, several of which are transferrable to other subjects. Students will also learn how to develop detail liner work that flows with surface contours.

Calla Sophistication: This contemporary design is an elegant painting for home decor. The design is painted on a mottled background. This 12"x36" gallery canvas is the perfect support for this elegant flower and will fit into any color scheem. The course materials will cover 'wet in wet' blending and utalize a first stage grisaille underpainting. The student will focus on value and dimension and use a refined blending style.

Student Support - Streaming video, text lessons, Instructor feedback, and individual student critiques.
 

Student Support -  This course will be accompanied by streaming video demonstrations, written text lessons, forums where students can discuss concepts as well as ask for critiques and feedback from the instructors.

Student Support - Streaming video, text lessons, forum discussions, teacher feedback and critiques. - 10 Units

Red Geraniums Vignette - This 18"x36" gallery canvas will make a real statement in your room. The popular composition offers the student an opportunity to explore many techniques and a wide variety of textures. From creating an aged stone effect, to wet in wet flower petals and worn Terra Cotter pots. The mottled plaster walls and the small landscape vignette add charm and interest to the painting. The instructor will walk the student through each painting step via streaming videos and step by step photographs.

Sweet Elegance Pansy by artist instructor Connie Clark is another traditional motif with a contemporary twist. This beautiful floral, soft and pretty would be wonderful for dreamy home decor. Wet in wet blending teamed with layering applications and a mottled background make this an excellent learning exercise for all skill levels. Realistic water droplets, tints and accents and details will also be demonstrated and covered. Canvas surface 20"x 24". Gallery canvas would also make an excellent surface.

This design is also available as an e-packet, available to purchase and download from the AAO online store. Give the gift of your art and paint this lovely Pansy flower for someone special! Paint this elegant design on your own with the e-packet instructions or join the artist online in her classroom to paint along with her step by step video demonstrations and instruction.

Student support: streaming videos, text lessons, step by step photographs and demonstrations will be included with the course.

Terra Cotta Topiary - Painted on a 12"x36" gallery styled canvas surface, this contemporary composition will fit nicely into most room interiors. A warm palette with cool accents makes for an interesting color combination. The goal of the course is to teach the student artist how to work with a low key palette as well as demonstrate how the artist might view and appreciate the composition if it were rendered in a higher key palette. More than a painting exercise, this course teaches the artist how to render many textural surfaces.

Student support - Streaming video, text lessons, question and answer forums, teacher critiques and feedback.