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Color & Mixed Media - Fun Tools & Techniques

In this on-going class, we will learn a new technique with different colorful media each week.
Elizabeth (BFA, MAE)
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4.8
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What's included

1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hours per week
Projects
1 hour per week. Some projects may require extra time outside of class to finish.
Letter Grade
included
Progress Report
included

Class Experience

Beginner - Intermediate Level
Looking for the next step in your artistic journey? This class is a primer on using color and a variety of media. Each class will focus on learning a different art medium, technique, and topic. This list of techniques will rotate back around again with a different subject matter each time, so you can continue to take the class and review techniques with a unique drawing as the topics rotate through.

⭐New to Outschool?  Send me a message before you enroll!!!⭐

This is a mixed media class for students who are interested in expanding their drawing and painting skills while learning color theory and a variety of techniques. I strongly recommend that all students (even older students) begin with "How to Draw.... EVERYTHING! Realistic Drawing Techniques for Beginners" before joining this class. Enroll here:
→ https://outschool.com/classes/how-to-draw-everything-realistic-drawing-techniques-for-beginners-FKRDhqrb

Throughout the class, I encourage students to share their artwork with me so that I can help them improve and better tailor my instruction to the class. At the end of class, I save time for students who want to share their personal, unrelated artworks.

Schedule of Topics
Week of 11/4: Colored Pencil Design
Week of 11/11: Mixed Media: Chalk Pastel & Watercolor Mythological Creature
Week of 11/18: Oil Pastel Erasing & Layering - Silhouette
Week of 11/25: Watercolor Dry Brushing - People / Genre Scene
Week of 12/2: Chalk Pastel & Paper Stencils Landscape
Week of 12/9: Colored Pencil Still Life from Photo
Week of 12/16: Oil Pastel Sgraffito - Design
Week of 12/23: Mixed Media: Oil Pastel Monoprint & Watercolor Resist Animal
Week of 12/30: Watercolor, Light to Dark - Still Life
Week of 1/6: Chalk Pastel Blending - Mythological Creature
Week of 1/13: Colored Pencil & Oil Pastel Silhouette
Week of 1/20: Mixed Media: Oil Pastel on Unique Grounds - colored paper, acrylic'd paper, canvas paper, canvas board - Still Life from Photo
Week of 1/27: Oil Pastel Blending Portrait
Week of 2/3: Watercolors & Underpainting - People / Genre Scene
Week of 2/10: Chalk Pastel & Colored Pencil landscape
Week of 2/17: Colored Pencil - Animal
Week of 2/24: Mixed Media: Oil Pastel/Crayon & Watercolor Resist - Portrait
Week of 3/3: Oil Pastel Sgraffito – Still Life
Week of 3/10: Watercolor Wash - Design
Week of 3/17: Chalk Pastel (Light vs Dark Application) – Mythological Creature
Week of 3/24: Colored Pencil – Silhouette
Week of 3/31: Mixed Media: Watercolors & Colored Pencils - Genre Scene
Week of 4/7: Oil Pastel & Colored Pencil – Still life from Photo
Week of 4/14: Watercolor & Colored Pencils – Landscape 
Week of 4/21: Chalk Pastel on Colored Paper - Animal
Week of 4/28: Colored Pencil – Portrait 
Week of 5/5: Mixed Media: Chalk Pastel & Watercolor – Still Life
Week of 5/12: Oil Pastel Erasing & Layering -  Design
Week of 5/19: Watercolor Dry Brushing – Mythological Creature
Week of 5/26: Chalk Pastel & Paper Stencils – Silhouette
Week of 6/2: Colored Pencil – People/ Genre Scene
Week of 6/9: Oil Pastel Sgraffito – Still Life from Photo
Week of 6/16: Chalk Pastel & Colored Pencil - Flowers
Week of 6/23: Colored Pencil - Still Life
Week of 6/30: Mixed Media: Oil Pastel/Crayon & Watercolor Resist - Design
Week of 7/7: Oil Pastel Sgraffito - Mythological Creature
Week of 7/14: Watercolor Wash - Silhouette
Week of 7/21: Colored Pencil - Genre 
Week of 7/28: Chalk Pastels - Still Life from Photo
Week of 8/4: Mixed Media: Watercolors & Colored Pencils - Landscape
Week of 8/21: Oil Pastel & Colored Pencil - Animal
Week of 8/28: Watercolor & Colored Pencils Portrait
Week of 9/1: Chalk Pastel on Colored Paper - Still Life
** This topic list will repeat, re-mixed. **

#creative

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Please keep an eye on the calendar above and prepare the appropriate supplies for each class!
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Full-curriculum and assessments or evaluation is available for homeschool students! The work is equivalent to a high school Art 1, Painting 1, or Mixed Media class. Join as a fun after-school activity or as preparation for entering an art school. Grading and critical feedback will be provided privately through Outschool student messages. The class may be repeated for continued credit (Drawing II, etc.); I will provide leveled-up assignment variations in class.
Learning Goals
Become familiar with tools and techniques for oil pastels, chalk pastels, watercolors, and colored pencils.
Understand basic color theory.
learning goal

Other Details

Parental Guidance
Please keep track of which media we'll be using in class by checking this page and the class description calendar above. Students need to be prepared with their materials at the start of class as much as possible.
Pre-Requisites
Although NOT required, I strongly recommend all attend How to Draw EVERYTHING! Realistic Drawing Techniques for Beginners" first: → https://outschool.com/classes/how-to-draw-everything-realistic-drawing-techniques-for-beginners-FKRDhqrb
Supply List
Please keep track of which media we'll be using in class by checking this page and the class description calendar above. Students need to be prepared with their materials at the start of class as much as possible.

STUDENTS MUST HAVE:
Watercolors
Watercolor Brushes
Watercolor Paper (not the same as sketch book paper!)
Oil Pastels
Chalk Pastels
Colored Pencils
Drawing, Sketchbook, or Multimedia Quality Paper


ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES - Students will need at least ONE item from each list:

🖊️ Scraping Tool (plastic knife, old ballpoint pen, putty knife, scratchboard tool, popsicle stick, or nail file etc.)

🧽Blending Tool (Q-tip, Makeup Sponge, Silicone tip sculpting or blending tools, paper towel)

📚Colorful Sketchbook or Drawing Paper, Canvas Paper, Canvas Board, or Gessoed/ Acrylic-painted paper (prepare and dry before class!)
Joined March, 2022
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Virginia Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
Master's Degree in Education from Virginia Commonwealth University
I teach classes on a variety of arts-related subjects: 
  * piano, sight-reading, song-writing; 
  * realistic drawing techniques;
  * comic book creations & anime drawing styles;
  * digital arts, Photoshop, graphic design.

Look at the bottom of my profile to find my other classes. 
    → https://outschool.com/teachers/Elizabeth-Essex ←

I hold a Bachelors in Fine Art from Virginia Tech and a Masters in Art Education from Virginia Commonwealth University and am a former public school art teacher. I love teaching drawing, painting, sculpture and Photoshop to learners of all ages. I've been teaching for 20+ years and running my own piano studio for 10+ years. There's a special place in my heart for creative works and the artists that make them, especially fantasy stories and narrative artworks, comics and graphic novels.

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weekly
1x per week
50 min

Completed by 15 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-14
2-9 learners per class

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