MODULE I Introduction to materials. Composition. Color science.
Lesson 1. Painting materials, auxiliary tools, tips on storing and caring for materials. An exercise to get to know watercolor, what are its properties, possibilities and limitations
Lesson 2. The concept of composition on a sheet, search, techniques. The concept of linear, angular and aerial perspective. Shadows, features of construction and image. Exercise on the analysis of the setting and preparatory drawing for painting
Lesson 3 - 4. Color science. Theory. Basic concepts and terms. Temperature and color saturation, types of color combinations. How to obtain the necessary shades, introduction to the concepts of "nuance", "contrast" and "tone". Color samples and palette. Grisaille
Lesson 5 - 6. Techniques and different approaches in watercolor. Stylization, filling technique, color stretching, gradient filling, wet-on-wet technique, masking fluid, graphic effects. Exercises on watercolor techniques
Lesson 7 - 8. Features of working with acrylic paints. Techniques and approach to work. Materials for work, tools, care for them. Brush or palette knife. Exercise to get acquainted with acrylic paints
Lesson 9 - 10. Fabric and folds in various painting techniques. The structure of folds. Transfer of materiality, type and character of folds. Exercise on depicting folds in different techniques
MODULE II Watercolor.
Lesson 1. Minimalism. Landscape.
Italian landscape. Large gradient fills. Smooth color stretches. Tonality and consistency in work
Lesson 2. Still life. Grisaille exercises and color solution. Work sequence. Analysis of tone, light and shadow, color
Lesson 3. Still life. The concept of picturesqueness. The ability to see shades of color. Analysis of color, tone of reflexes
Lesson 4. Watercolor on wet. Eastern still life. Study. Practicing tonal vision and the ability to take color exactly by tone. Techniques and effects in work
Lesson 5. Rendering Texture and Material. Still Life with Glass. Caustic
Lesson 6. Rendering texture and material. Still life of metal objects. Reflections
Lesson 7. Watercolor landscape on wet. Landscape of a sunlit park. Sky with clouds. Trees and falling shadows. Stages of work, techniques and color palette
Lesson 8. Watercolor landscape on wet. Seascape with boats and reflection. Aerial perspective. Caustics of water. Techniques and materials
Lesson 9. Botanical Sketch. Flowers. Gradient Fill and Hatch in Watercolor. Techniques and Effects
Lesson 10. Landscape in the technique on wet. Night cafe. Techniques, technical features of the stages of work and color palette
MODULE III Acrylic paints
Lesson 1. Brief theoretical block on working with acrylic. Exercises on grisaille. Technology of work. Analysis of tone, light and shadow, color
Lesson 2. Still life. The concept of picturesqueness. The ability to see shades of color. Analysis of color, tone of reflexes
Lesson 3. Landscape with an architectural fragment. Old town. Analysis of the color of shadows, tone of reflexes
Lesson 4. Rendering texture and material. Still life with glass. Caustics of glass objects
Lesson 5. Rendering texture and material. Still life of metal objects. Reflections
Lesson 6. Conveying the state of nature. Sunlit landscape. Creating a harmonious color palette. Conveying shadows. How to paint trees, tree crowns and tree shadows
Lesson 7. Still life illuminated by the sun. Techniques and materials. Working with a palette knife
Lesson 8. Landscape with sea and mountains. Techniques and effects. Reflections on water. Aerial perspective
Lesson 9. Cityscape. Landscape on the state of nature. Rainy weather. Techniques and effects. Transfer of the wet damp state of the urban environment, transport, people. Reflections
Lesson 10. Landscape on the state of nature. The sky at sunset. Techniques and effects. Elongated horizontal format. Transfer of the evening sky, soft light and cumulus clouds
MODULE IV Decorative painting. Styles and trends.
Lesson 1 - 2. The concept of decorative painting, its goals, features and materials. Decorative painting, styles and trends. Decorative still life from nature illuminated by the sun in the style of impressionism. Claude Monet, Konstantin Korovin. Acrylic
Lesson 3 - 4. Post-Impressionism. Vincent van Gogh. Composition by Representation. Stars in the City. Acrylic
Lesson 5 - 6. Pointillism. Paul Signac. Landscape with an architectural fragment. Acrylic
Lesson 7 - 8. Decorative painting of the Art Nouveau era. Alphonse Maria Mucha. Decorative composition in watercolor. Ornament. Composition in a circle
Lesson 9 - 10. Decorative painting of symbolism. Pattern by Gustav Klimt. Composition with a figure in the style of G. Klimt. Acrylic