See how a Course Works: Intro to Online Learning
Description
Looking for an online painting course to fityour busy schedule and budget? Look no further than Painting I from Gatlin International.
Artists have used oil paint to represent the physical world for centuries. Oil painting was the medium of choice for masters like Van Gogh and Renoir as well as de Kooning and Pollock. Now you too can learn how to paint with oils - from the comfort of your own home or studio.
In this online painting course, you'll learn the traditional approach to painting with oils. You'll receive a thorough orientation to the tools of the trade, including paints, canvases, brushes, and solvents, You'll also learn a systematic, time-honored approach to oil painting that enables you to express proportion, perspective, and lighting in the world around you.
Each lesson in our online painting course guides you systematically through a disciplined approach to creating beautiful fine art.
You'll begin by learning how to create preparatory sketches and underpaintings, and discover how to mix your paints to create the hues you want.
You'll learn about value through monochromatic painting and color studies as you paint still lifes, and explore a wide variety of techniques and conceptual approaches.
Never thought you could paint? Renowned painter and instructor, Jordon Schranz, will teach you the techniques you need to know in order to create paintings you can be proud of.
Unleash your creativity with the online painting course from Gatlin International. With our open enrollment policy, getting started is only a mouse-click away!
Outline
LESSON 1: Preliminary Drawing
Every painting starts with a number of preliminary drawings. This lesson focuses on the fundamentals of drawing as they relate to oil painting. You'll look at methods for accurately representing objects in your sketches by using perspective for interest and depth, and applying believable shadows and highlights. Get your sketchbook and some household items ready for the first exercise, where you'll prepare a still life arrangement and explore your subject by drawing it from different perspectives
LESSON 2: Materials, Workspace, and Canvas
The range of paints, brushes, and surfaces that can be used by oil painters is almost infinite. In Lesson Two, you'll learn to sort through the options and choose the materials that are best for your needs. Solvents, canvas types, and equipment are explored, along with techniques for safely handling them. Then you'll learn to load up your palette and mix colors. In the exercise, you'll prepare your canvas for your first painting and create the underpainting that will guide your work.
LESSON 3: Light and Value
Value doesn't just mean how much your art is worth in the marketplace. It refers to the amount of light that is present in your subject. Painting is all about representing light values with color, and accuracy is key. In this lesson, you'll learn about the techniques artists use to represent light and dark with paint and how to capture depth through your color choices. You'll create a value scale in paint and a monochromatic still life in this lesson's exercise, paying close attention to highlights, midtones, and shadows.
LESSON 4: Combining Color in Paint
This lesson takes your study of light to the next level, exploring the color wheel, color harmonies, and color contrast. You'll learn how colors relate to one another, and how to use these relationships to create interesting effects. You'll mix paints to make your own color wheel in the exercise and also create a full-color still life painting, learning to use color as value.
LESSON 5: Painting Techniques
Using color and value, you're on the right track to bringing your paintings to life, but you need another major component: technique. Painters use a wide range of practical and stylistic techniques to develop their signature works. You'll learn about some popular historical approaches and styles in this lesson and explore a start-to-finish process for creating a painting. In the exercise, you'll practice this process and the styles of your choice in two still life paintings.
LESSON 6: Making a Painting
In Lesson Six, you'll wrap up the course with a look at the creative side of painting: How to communicate your ideas in paint. Three painting case studies are explored, teaching you about visual metaphors and how to create intriguing compositions as you explore the beauty in everyday objects. You'll also learn techniques for painting in natural and artificial light. In the exercise, you'll practice everything you've learned to create two final paintings.
Additional Info
- Languages
- English
- Course Length
- 60.00 hours
- Duration of Access
Enrolled students have access to the class for six months. During this period, questions or assignments may be submitted at any time to the instructor. Each course lesson requires an average of 10 hours of study time.
- Instructor
Jordon Schranz is a New York/New Mexico-based visual artist, musician, curator, and educator whose work focuses on the idea of social and political interaction and their underlying cultural structures. Jordon earned his BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Currently he is working in Las Cruces, New Mexico on an extensive project based on security camera footage and themed around issues of privacy and surveillance. In addition, Jordon is an active member of the New York experimental music scene, regularly curating, performing, recording, and promoting avant-rock, free jazz, noise, and experimental music performances in addition to running Tigerasylum. Jordon is the Director of Fine Arts for the Sessions Online School of Fine Arts and an instructor at the Las Cruces Museum of Art and the Preston Contemporary Art Center.
- Prerequisites/Audience
Courses are designed for adult learners interested in building skills and portfolio for a design career. To take the course, students simply require a computer (PC or Mac), an Internet connection (56 Kbps modem or faster), and any required software. For courses with software requirements, computers must meet software manufacturers' system requirements.
- Requirements/Materials Included
To take this course you'll need Oil paints, canvas, brushes, and other art supplies are described in depth and available at a discount at the beginning of the class. Supplies may vary based on student needs and should be purchased after entering the class, basic experience in drawing, and a digital camera (or ability to digitize film photos) to present your artwork digitally.
- Certification
3 CEU
Sessions College is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). Certificate programs are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools.
