Art Prof

Here are topics & art media that will make your art school stand out from the thousands of applications art schools receive. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ueIDIcj3bag. Many students fall into creating generic, cliche artwork that tends to all look the same, here are specific actions you can take with your art school portfolio to get your work to jump out from the crowd and be more distinctive. Discussion led by Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Jordan McCracken-Foster.

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Creating a mastercopy of a historical drawing is an effective exercise for honing your drawing skills. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/y3tbk6VPHic. This video is a hands on demo that provides tips for how to get started with a mastercopy, as well as a discussion that provides insight into the value doing a mastercopy can have to advance and strengthen your drawing skills. Demo by Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Jordan McCracken-Foster.

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This video is part 1 in a Drawing Curriculum designed for self-taught artists. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zEGflMcsg0Y. This discussion provides insight into the immense range and types of drawing media: charcoal, colored pencils, graphite, erasers, pastels, pens, markers, scratchboard, inks, drawing surfaces, drawing accessories, smudging tools, surfaces, and sketchbooks. Discussion led by Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Lauryn Welch and Cat Huang.

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See how to get started with alcohol inks, and the broad range of visual effects you can create. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R89UQZtbjMA. This demo shows how the alcohol inks behave with Yupo paper, watercolor paper, and with tools like Q-tips, sumi brushes, cotton rags, and more. Techniques with the alcohol inks shown include how to layer colors, how to create gradients and blend to get specific colors, and how to create a balance of saturated and muted colors, and more. Demo led by Art Prof Clara Lieu.

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Preparing an art school portfolio can be an intimidating process that can stressful, especially if you are doing it all by yourself without any guidance or assistance. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ToQUTBjuHeM. Our Art School Portfolio Track is a structured sequence of prompts and video lessons that will support the development of artworks for your portfolio. This track is created with the specific intent to balance between gaining a broad range of skills while also with the goal of creating a finished portfolio for your art school applications.

In addition to the free Art School Portfolios Track, we will also be offering a premium course which provides live voice sessions with our staff artists and ongoing support in our Discord. The curriculum for this premium course is exactly the same as the free Art School Portfolios track, the one difference is that the premium course allows you to work closely with our staff through voice sessions.

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Join our virtual art studio, where you can find support and inspiration when with other artists. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xwYKbSNMwyw. We can motivate each other, get momentum in our work, and get feedback on our artworks. This video is a virtual studio hangout with 3 artists, having a casual conversation in the studio as they work on their personal artwork. Artists include Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Deepti Menon, Jordan McCracken-Foster, and Alex Rowe.

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Do you rationalize to yourself why your artwork doesn't need a background? Time to stop making excuses and see the immense potential that backgrounds can have on your artwork, regardless of the media you work in. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/v0aFyR0F5yo/. Backgrounds are not just visually rich and dynamic, but they contribute tremendously toward communicating a narrative, atmosphere or tone to your artwork, they are a powerful tool you don't want to skip out on! Discussion with Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Cat Huang and Deepti Menon.

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Writing an effective artist CV and resume is hugely important to pursue job and career opportunities as an artist. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pTXyrGmgzQg. This video explains in great detail what should or should not be included in an artist CV, as well as tips for how to format a CV different depending on where you are sending your CV for review. Discussion led by Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Lauryn Welch.

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Many artists feel pressured to do their art non stop, when really taking breaks is extremely valuable in improving and progressing as an artist. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZrNf3iEemMY. Stepping away from your artwork gives you time away to absorb your ideas, to have non art related experiences that can provide fresh inspiration, and getting distance so you can look at your artwork with a fresh pair of eyes. Discussion by Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Deepti Menon and Alex Rowe.

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Join our virtual art studio, where you can find support and inspiration when with other artists. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aRUNvZ4abaA. We can motivate each other, get momentum in our work, and get feedback on our artworks. This video is a virtual studio hangout with 3 artists, having a casual conversation in the studio as they work on their personal artwork. Artists include Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Cat Huang and Alex Rowe.

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