Painting Courses Catalog
Our complete catalog of courses on painting. Coming in the Spring of 2024 followed by more by the end of the year.
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PAINTING 101: Introduction to Foundations of Paining
Module Breakdown | 17 Modules (90 Videos, Ranging from 5 min. to 25 mins.)
The PAINTING 101 program is designed to guide your step-by-step through our process while we paint "the Apples" together. Through this exercise, I will explain and demonstrate painting theory and techniques with a real example. When you finish this exercise, you will have an understanding of how to paint -- with confidence and the tools necessary to succeed.
01
Introduction and Color Temperature | 10 Videos
We learn how to prepare the painting surface with gesso and Chris explains how to keep your colors clean and vibrant and why it is so important in painting.
02
Learning to Blend with Clean Color | 5 Videos
Developing control of your paint brush is vital in keeping your color clean and understanding how color changes temperature. This includes painting with Transparent colors and learning to keep your colors clean at the same time, easier said than done.
03
Transition Area for Beautiful Color | 6 Videos
Transition areas are where your color has to stay the cleanest and yet is the single most often place the color is destroyed. Often this is the halftone area which identifies the true color or is the place closest to you and has to protected at all costs.
04
Blending Difference with Brushes | 6 Videos
Understanding the different choices to lower the intensity of color, in this case using Earth Tones is a fantastic tool with red and orange colors. You will change the intensity of a color in every painting and understanding the importance of color theory and the different ways to lower the intensity of color is the key to controlling color.
05
Controlling Your Brush & Color Theory | 7 Videos
Controlling your brush and the importance of color temperature changes with importance on Monet's Yellow Color Theory.
06
Correlation of the Drawing Value Scale to Color Temperature | 4 Videos
Understanding the correlation between the Drawing Value Scale and how each color changes temperature allows the artist to freely make up or add color in any and every painting to aid in that creative process of telling your own story in art.
07
Painting Blemishes: Making a Mark | 6 Videos
Developing a touch with a paint brush allows you the painter to make more textured “Sargent marks" later in your art career. Texture is a major element of art, and this is the beginning of controlling the mark making ability of you the artist.
08
Lowering the Intensity of Color | 3 Videos
Earth Tones are fantastic in controlling the intensity of Reds. Terminal point is a drawing concept which is in everything you will do in art. Though taught in our Drawing Program we discuss it here. One of the keys and more important art tools to making your art more realistic.
09
Using Color for a Reason | 2 Videos
Understanding how to harmonize colors by placing red colors on green colors and seeing the correlation based on understanding value in drawing. The Drawing Programs Value Scale is the key to connecting value with temperature and harmonization of color.
10
Painting Blemishes: Brush Handling, Light Touch | 6 Videos
Painting the yellow blemishes requires understanding both the Red Color Tory and Yellow Color Theory and using them at the same time. Handling your brush with the lightest touch to blend will be crucial.
11
Refining the Warmth of Colors | 3 Videos
When adding white to any color you must go warmer than the spot you are adding white to.
12
Understanding the Palette | 9 Videos
Understanding Chris’ full oil painting palette, how to paint green not just in leaves, but in nature too. Understanding Transparent Colors and how they were used by the Old Masters in the past and by today’s artist.
13
Painting the Terminal Points | 10 Videos
Painting the terminal points with leaves and adding color where there is no color in the tan leaves. Understanding color theory helps you make up color.
14
Understanding Color & Mixing Colors | 4 Videos
Limited palette ruins color. The more you mix colors the more you destroy the colors intensity. Having an understanding of this gives you the artist choices about color. There is no one way, just color choices.
15
How to Glaze | 4 Videos
Explaining the difference between 'Glazing' and 'Oiling Out' with application and theory.
16
Expanding on Color Theory | 4 Videos
Oil Painting with Brown and hose the Brown Color Theory follows the Red Color Theory, do not forget to vary your edges to make your oil painting more realistic.
17
Oiling Out and Varnishing | 3 Videos
How to Varnish an Oil Painting. How and why, you Oil Out an oil Painting and the difference between the two art terms. Why Oil Paintings Crack. Knowledge is Power in Art.
