Introducción al arte de la pintura!

Students are welcome to join at any time, regardless of where we are at in the schedule.

This course will specifically be focused on working with numerous paints, such as watercolor, acrylic, gouache, and tempera, to allow for a thorough learning and practicing experience within this medium category. I will be teaching students a number of techniques, such as utilizing a wash, creating specific textures, and how to accurately mix colors. Students will then work to apply learned skills to a painting of an image we will work from as a group. I will be provinding images for subject matter, with a variety of people, landscapes, abstract, etc. Students will be encouraged to find their own images, if comfortable, as long as they apply to the lesson and subject matter.

In addition, drawing skills will also, naturally, be practiced and developed as drawing will need to be completed prior to the painting process in many instances. 
Each week, we will meet and prepare for specific artwork and subject matter and will then spend numerous class periods to thoroughly complete the work to satisfaction. I will have specific activities to practice certain techniques. For instance, we will have times where we practice mixing colors to replicate a color seen in an image. Some of these will take place in the form of a game.

My classes maintain a positive atmosphere with the central goal of developing and growing as artists. For this reason, there are no grades and students are welcome to converse and connect to one another during times when I am not teaching. No previous skill is necesary. Anyone and everyone is welcome no matter the skill set, as I will adjust my teaching to each individual's needs.

Week 1- Getting comfortable with watercolor and playing around with it; teaching some techniques; play around with salt technique; prepping first painting (Landscape, realistic or surrealist).
Week 2 -Drawing the image first; if time, starting painting process. 
Week 3 - Working on painting.
Week 4 - Working on painting; finish painting.
Week 5 - Color mixing game with watercolor! Lesson on watercolor skin tones. Prepping second watercolor painting (figure...with a twist!!)
Week 6 - Drawing the image; if time, starting the painting process.
Week 7 -  Work on painting.
Week 8 - Work on painting; finsh painting.
Week 9 - Shaving cream marble painting.
Week 10 - Introduce Acrylic. Prepping first acrylic painting (abstracted still life); draw the image; if time, begin painting.
Week 11 - Work on Painting. 
Week 12 - Last Day!! Work on Painting and Finish!