Expressive Drawing, Painting & Mixed Media Techniques Course
Learn methods+materials for amazing art: watercolor, acrylic, ink, pens, charcoal, pencil, pastel, abstract and more.
What you’ll learn
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Learn how to use charcoal, graphite pencil, pens, and makers to effectively draw, individually and in combination with other materials
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Learn how to use watercolor paint, India ink, and acrylic paint to produce artistic, colorful washes
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Learn how to effectively paint with India ink and acrylic paint, using various dynamic mark making techniques
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Practice creativity and artistic expression
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Learn how to use optional materials such as salt, water, rubbing alcohol, and acetone to produce interest and texture in artworks
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Draw and paint creative, expressive portraits, landscapes, still life artworks and more, using a combination of representational and expressive techniques
Requirements
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If you are new to drawing and have trouble drawing the eye or face in three of the projects, we suggest enrolling our Complete Drawing Masterclass here on Udemy, as an unofficial prerequisite, but it is not required if you want to get started
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Materials (with links) are covered in the first section, but required materials include paper, pencil, and some kind of paint such as watercolor and acrylic, to follow along with the techniques. Charcoal, pastel, ink, pens and makers are also suggested.
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A willingness to learn by following along and having fun working with the various materials to produce expressive art
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If you have trouble sketching the eye or face in three of the projects, we show how to use transfer or trace instead, but we do not go over the forms and subforms of the eye like we do in our unofficial prerequisite here on Udemy, the Drawing Masterclass, that we also teach. This class is more about expressive materials and methods!
Who this course is for:
- Artists and students who want to learn how to effectively and creatively work with materials including graphite pencil, charcoal, pastel, ink, pens and markers, watercolor paint, acrylic paint, and more.
- People how want to make expressive and creative art, using dynamic mark making, blending, erasing, and layering techniques
- People who want to paint, draw, and produce mixed media art for fun
- Graphic design and visual art professionals who want to learn more art techniques to add to their toolkit
