Art Prof

Teaching Artists Cat Huang and Alex Rowe demo how to create a comic showing animal sounds and movements. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DyBr4DrGIqA.  Cat explains useful comics techniques such as point of view, the "foot rule," panels, speech bubbles, spreads, and pages in order to communicate a narrative.

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Teaching Artists Jordan McCracken-Foster and Deepti Menon who how to build character designs from simple shapes. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/P0GMNe3Ici8. Jordan and Deepti begin with a random shape and then react to that shape in order to create a unique character with personality and movement.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates techniques for wet charcoal drawing. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/373hJfQwUO0. Prof Lieu shows how to use a spray bottle, newsprint, and compressed charcoal in order to experiment with making abstract strokes on the paper to create a dynamic and engaging range of contrasting marks.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu draws her guinea pigs, Wheat, Jub Jub, and Fluffy live with soft pastels. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dIZB9Tm2xEo. Drawing a moving creature IS possible!! Prof Lieu demonstrates how to capture each guinea pig's personality by using gesture drawing techniques.

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Hang out with Art Prof Clara Lieu while you work on your artwork! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zn-oWh3aXI4. Chat about any art related topic, ask a question artists, materials, techniques, discuss artist wellness, or any other struggles you might be having as an artist.

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Teaching Artists Alex Rowe and Jordan McCracken-Foster use gouache and procreate to create paintings of rocks in landscapes. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dh6RoSD8dHQ. Jordan and Alex explore how to create a broad range of textures and colors to make a convincing depictions of rocks in outdoor landscapes.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Cat Huang outline part 2 of a comics curriculum for self-taught artists. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hC3yhVZrx6Y. Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/jGIA3NzT_QU. Prof Lieu and Cat review prompts for comics to give yourself, comics history, what comics are like today, and more resources for learning comics on your own.

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Part 3: Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates how to sculpt a small scale sculpture sketch of a figure using plastilene, an oil based clay that is flexible and safe for home art studios. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8tqLy5-8NTk. Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/gOnu9BHPV18  and Part 2: https://youtu.be/AhrnNNTUg0k. Prof Lieu explains how to work from reference photos for the sculpture, how to build up the base and structure of the sculpture down to the finer details.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Lauryn Welch demonstrate how to draw with oil sticks and oil pastels by drawing peacocks. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VksZgAGoOZM. Prof Lieu and Lauryn explain the differences and similarities between oil sticks and oil pastels as well as their distinct qualities as drawing media.

 

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Art Prof Clara Lieu, Teaching Artist Deepti Menon, and Discord Moderator Bowsers explain how Discord can be used to create a supportive online community for artists. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cpffcKeATOg. Prof Lieu, Deepti, and Bowsers show through the Art Prof Discord, [invite link: https://discord.gg/2Ena4aR5Dh] how to create opportunities for art critiques and art related discussions through the organization of various channels and how moderators can provide a safe and supportive community.

 

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