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12-18 yrs Advanced Digital Painting

ONILINE 

ADVANCED DIGITAL PAINTING (12-18 yrs)

2 hours weekly,

online: $180 monthly


Students use their own tablets or laptops. Sibling 15% off

If you are seeking proficiency in digital media and add are looking to add digital pieces to your college portfolio,  this class is the right choice. 

CURRICULUM

Color Composition
How to create a color palette to set the mood for your illustrations

- Different color palettes

- Complementary

- Analogous

- Split complementary

- Triad

Landscape painting
Thumbnails

-Creating smaller sketches with limited values to project compositions

- Using alpha lock and clipping masks in your workflow

- Creating depth using contrast and brightness

- Creating color iterations to produce multiple candidates in limited time

Simple digital landscapes
Blue skies, green grass, white clouds
Forests
Sunsets

Map Icons

Perspective
1,2,3 point perspective

Architecture studies

Lights and values

Creating texture

Surface spheres
Creating surface texture

Realistic head proportions

Realistic character portraits

Self portaits
Finding your resemblance

Human Anatomy and porportions
Torso
Arms
Legs
Hands and feet

Silhouettes
Separation of positive and negative space
Proper brushes to create silhouettes

Stylized human anatomy

Spotlight
Manga
Mechs
Studio Ghibli

Priority registration for Kids' and Teens' winter/spring classes is currently in session. New families can register starting 11/25/24.
If you would to schedule a trial in 2024, please email us. 

Adult workshops are available for purchase.

WINTER-SPRING SCHEDULE - 2025

Location
Day & Time
Class Name
Class Teacher
Room
Online
Wednesday 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Advanced Teens/ Portfolio Prep 

Ali Naqvi

Materials we provide for in-studio classes,

and recommend for the online lessons:

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Paint:
- set of acrylic paint (at least these colors - black, white. red. blue. yellow, green. brown, orange, purple). Recommended brand - Basics by Liquitex 
- watercolor paint, preferably in dry pans form. Recommended brand - Artist’s Loft by Michaels
Set of soft pastels. Recommended brand - Artist’s Loft by Michaels 

Drawing Medium:
- regular HB pencil
- eraser
- optional: set of graphite pencils of different softness (2H, H, B, 2B, 4B etc)
- colored pencils. Recommended brand - Prismacolor 
- optional: markers. Recommended brand - Copics 
- liners or sharpie pens. 

Tools:
- brushes - flat and round (pointy). Use separate brushes for acrylic and watercolor paint.
- wooden clay sculpting tools
- paper plates for mixing paint
- water bucket or cup
- scissors 
- glue stick

Clay:
- Air-dry clay - white. Recommended brand - Crayola 
- Oven baked clay - white. Recommended brand - Sculpey 
- Modeling clay - multiple colors. Recommended brand - Claytoon 

Surfaces:
- painting boards or mixed media paper, 8’’x10'’ or bigger - good for acrylic paint, coloring pencils, markers and graphite pencils.
- canvases, 8’’x10’’ or bigger - for acrylic paint only
- watercolor paper, 8’’x10’’ or bigger - for watercolor paint
- sketchbook or loose sketch paper (printing paper is ok) - any size
- construction paper (multiple colors), 11’’x14’’ or bigger

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