Module A: The Beginner Traditions Artist

Lesson 1 – Introduction to Supplies

Lesson 2 – Introduction to Color Theory

Lesson 3 – Daisies and Strawberries
Skills: basecoating; brush control; comma strokes; dots; stem lines

Lesson 4 – Apple, Pear, and Stroke Daisies
Skills: sideloading; float shadows; pat highlighting and blending; washes; glass barrier; check border; crosshatching with dots

Lesson 5 – Bird and Heart
Skills: brush control; S-strokes; mottling texture; pat highlights

Lesson 6 – Country Tin
Skills: mixing; tin preparation; floating with extender; form control; graduated strokes; float washes

Lesson 7 – Introduction to Landscape Painting
Skills: making gesso from texture medium; preparing canvas; mixing color from a limited palette; toning color to create harmony; dimensional control; atmospheric and linear perspective; lost and found edges; puddling; line work; crosshatching

Lesson 8 – Tompte
Skills: stroke control; sideload glazing; liner control

Lesson 9 – Rooster, Fruit, and Berries
Skills: form through technique; comma strokes; dots; liner and detail work; float color; stipple highlights;tone colors; drybrush highlights; slip-slap background; simple face features

Lesson 10 – Drybrush Scene and Cartouche
Skills: drybrush highlights using large and small objects; using transparencies to create depth
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