8-Week Acrylic Painting - Stylized Environments: Astronomy Landscapes

This is an 8-week series. Class will meet once every week.  Though prior attendance and knowledge of the subject is not required to attend, we recommend absolute beginners join our Fundamental Painting series before they proceed to this class:
Painting Art Series Part 1 - Fundamentals for Beginners
https://outschool.com/classes/painting-winter-art-camp-part-1-fundamentals-for-beginners-IPOT5xvV

This class is designed for students who want to learn the art of Acrylic Painting while focusing on the use of settings to emphasize mood and feeling in the backgrounds of astronomical events and landscapes. Instructors will use a step-by-step approach to demonstrate acrylic painting techniques, such as under-painting, illusion of transparency, shadows and highlights, and value layering to illustrate  foreground, middle ground and background. Students will learn these essential techniques to paint confidently, progressing from expressionist to more detailed realistic styles throughout the course. Students will learn about choosing paints, painting surfaces, and how to make the most of their paint and brushes as they paint. Basic color theory and color mixing will be explored as well as textures and techniques. Everyone will work at their own pace. No previous skills are required.  Once they built a solid foundation and keep practicing, they will be able to paint a multitude of unique space inspired paintings of their own. Classes are highly interactive and students will have the opportunity to share their ideas and knowledge of our universe in a fun and upbeat environment.

Week 1 - Planet Earth
Week 2 - Meteor Shower
Week 3 - Setting Sun 
Week 4 - Northern Lights
Week 5 - Solar Eclipse 
Week 6 - Lunar Surface
Week 7 - Space Station Satellite 
Week 8 - Solar System Planets 
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Please read below for frequently-asked questions on our policies:

Mandatory Video Check-In
Video check-in is mandatory for safety purposes per Outschool policy. Students are required to have their cameras on to allow the teacher to check in and verify each learner. After check-in, students have the option of either turning off their camera or leaving it on, whatever is their preference. Younger learners are highly encouraged to leave their cameras on.

Missed Classes & Refunds
All our classes are backed by the ‘Limited’ refund policy. Parents may withdraw up to a week before class starts with a full refund OR within 24 hours of purchase. In the event a learner misses a class, recordings are made available in each classroom. Students are more than welcomed to reach out for any questions and share their work in the classroom.

Late/ Missed Class
All classes will begin on time as long as one learner is in the classroom. In the event that no students are in the classroom at the assigned class time, the teacher will leave a message in the classroom and exit after ten minutes of waiting per Outschool policy.

Minimum Enrollment & Class Cancellation
A minimum of two learners is required for every class to run. In the event that we have to cancel a class, parents will be notified within 24 hours of class. Learners will have the option of either transferring to a more populated section of the same class or receiving a full refund, whichever is preferred.

Technical Difficulties
In the event of class delay/ cancellations due to unforeseeable technical issues, all families will be notified and a make-up section will be posted, or a refund will be issued if a make-up class cannot be scheduled.