Art Prof

Print Along: Trace Monotypes

Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates how to do trace monotypes. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nAs_pFndFWg. This is an easy & fast printmaking technique that creates an amazing range of textures and marks. First a thin layer of printmaking ink (water mixable oils, oils, or acrylic mixed with slow-dri medium work too) is rolled onto a sheet of plexiglass. Next a sheet of paper is placed on top of the plexiglass that has ink on it, and then you can draw with a pen, pencil, any tool that will make a mark. Pull up the paper and you will see your trace monotype on the other side of the paper!

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10 min. Art Prompts for Self-Taught Artists

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Deepti Menon and Alex Rowe show diverse art prompts that can be done in 10 minutes, that self-taught artists can do to jump start their studio art practice.  Watch this episode on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/T49UzJPQ0Y8. These are prompts that are easy, accessible, and quick to start with bare bones art supplies. Sometimes the toughest part of the creative process is getting started, and these prompts will get you going!

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Draw Along: Color Schemes for Character Design

Teaching Artists Cat Huang and Jordan McCracken-Foster demonstrate how to create a range of different color schemes with 1 character design. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UmG9jC1gv2M Cat and Jordan talk about how color can be used to establish a specific mood or personality in a character and how to group colors to work effectively with each other.

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Elements of Art: SPACE

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Lauryn Welch talk about space,  one of the Elements of Art. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/I6SXgUHK-SE. Topics include texture that is achieved in single art media vs. mixed media, texture as it relates to patterning, ways of collecting texture references, exploring texture as a means of conveying a tactile sensation, and more.

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Draw Along: Cross-Hatching in Pastel Pencils

Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates how to draw the front male torso with pastel pencils. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wOXGQ52WQ1A. Prof Lieu shows cross-hatching techniques while discussing anatomical landmarks on the front male torso including the centerline, pit of the neck, the clavicles, the sternum, and muscles including the pectoralis major, the external oblique, and more.

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Bad 2D Compositions

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Lauryn Welch discuss common problems artists encounter with 2D compositions, explaining how certain types of compositions can come across as tiresome and or cliche. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/np0qNoI9Mj8. Next Prof Lieu and Lauryn show examples of artworks they think are effective with others that are not and discuss their reasons why they think a composition is successful or not.

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Procreate Draw Along: Mastercopies

Teaching Artists Jordan McCracken-Foster and Deepti Menon demonstrate how to do a mastercopy in Procreate. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fV3bT7vgrv4. Deepti and Jordan explain why doing a mastercopy is a good exercise for beefing up your digital painting skills, with a step by step process for starting one.

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Lighting for Artists: Highlights in Art Explained!

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Cat Huang and Alex Rowe explain how lighting works, focusing on the specifics of how highlights work. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VMM99HxtKkM.  They explain how artists can apply their knowledge of highlights, both as a visual element and as a tool for narrative storytelling.

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Paint Along: Water Mixable Oils, Purple & Yellow, Part 4 of 4

Part 4 of 4: Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates water mixable oil painting techniques of a still life based on the complementary pair yellow and purple. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pCDb3rUpLGw. Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/UK6Vc44wvGU, Part 2: https://youtu.be/SI7OxHZwe_8 and Part 3: https://youtu.be/alPWajT3RRQ. This is a follow up exercise to a complementary color chart that Prof Lieu did in gouache to explore complementary colors: https://youtu.be/I3jTmDEIqcw. Prof Lieu talks about color saturation, value, composition, and more.

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Draw Along: Male Front Torso

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Jordan McCracken-Foster demonstrate how to draw the front male torso. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lir_c6zZdH8. Prof Lieu shows cross-hatching techniques using a charcoal pencil and vine charcoal while Jordan draws with Procreate. Jordan and Prof Lieu talk about anatomical landmarks on the front male torso including the centerline, pit of the neck, the clavicles, the sternum, and muscles including the pectoralis major, the external oblique, and more.

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