Key Elements of Fine Arts

If you are looking to kick-start a new hobby, this course is the best choice. It covers all the fundamentals artists use to draw freely from imagination or real life. Even a complete beginner by the end of this course will be able to paint a portrait and create a composition from scratch.

Detailed Schedule

• Day 1. The Cezanne lesson.
• Obtaining desired color by mixing.
• Day 2. The Silhouette lesson.
• Learning to assess proportions, adjust the drawing to the paper size, and develop eye-hand coordination.
• Day 3. The Escher lesson.
• Learning to shade 3 basic shapes of 3D world: sphere, cylinder and block. 
• Day 4. The Durer lesson.
• Understanding Isometric, Reverse and Renaissance perspectives. Practical outdoor studies.
• Day 5. The Degas lesson.
• Lecture on evolution of 3-dimensional space on 2-dimensional surface throughout the history art, general compositional rules and schemes, practical studies.
• Day 6. The Miro lesson.
• Learning the key concepts of composition, such as line, shape, weight, movement, and the relationship of objects within the picture. A short lecture on history of abstract art opens this lesson.
• Day 6. The Chardin lesson-1.
• Learning to compose and paint a still life. Starting the project.
• Day 7. The Chardin lesson-2.
• Developing and finishing the still life, learning to make final touches.
• Day 8. The Michelangelo lesson.
• Learning human proportions and some aspects of human anatomy. This lessons ends up with series of sketches of wooden and live figures.
• Day 9. The Holbein lesson.
• Learning proportions of human head, and drawing an alabaster head.
• Day 10. The Serov lesson.
• Painting a quick portrait from a live model.
• Day 11. The Gaugin lesson - 1.
• Creating a composition with one or several human figures from start to successful finish.