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Self-Taught Artists Animation Curriculum, Part 1

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Deepti Menon outline a part 1 of an animation curriculum for self-taught artists. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7xXE4Mb1HCs. Prof Lieu and Deepti explain basic principles of animation including movement, timing, weight, and personality, as well as strategies for storytelling like exaggeration and anticipation. Next they talk about historical animators and essential skills like line, color, and gesture that are necessary to be an animator.

Sculpting a Portrait in Clay

Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates how to sculpt a small clay relief sculpture of a face, using plastilene, an oil based clay that is flexible and safe for home art studios. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nfHsAncF1VQ. 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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Self-Taught Artists Illustration Curriculum, Part 1

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Alex Rowe and Cat Huang outline an illustration curriculum for self-taught artists. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lqgByXQgS68. Prof Lieu, Alex, and Cat explain the parts of the illustration industry: children's books, editorial, comics, political cartoons, adult books, and more. They cover illustration prompts you can give yourself, illustration websites and conferences, as well as the essential skills illustrators need such as linear perspective, color theory, drawing clothing, and more.

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Draw Along: Drawing Clothing, Half-Lock Folds

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Jordan McCracken-Foster lead discussion and do a demo on how to draw clothing, focusing on the "half-lock fold." Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9CuyWvtrUG4. Prof Lieu and Jordan do a drawing demo using Procreate and colored pencils on how to draw "half-lock folds" while also talking about the challenges of drawing clothing and providing advice for how to start. Prof Lieu and Jordan explain different fold types: pipe fold, moving fold, half lock fold, dead fold, diaper fold, zig zag fold, and spiral fold.

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Cold Calling & Emails for Artists

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Lauryn Welch discuss why it's important for artists to cold call to get professional opportunities as an artist. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yA8rp968FLM. Prof Lieu and Lauryn explain how to research specific people to contact, the logistics of how to go about writing an introductory email that is professional, succinct, and appropriate, and how to follow up in a manner that is not intrusive or demanding.

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Procreate: Landscape Painting

Teaching Artists Jordan McCracken-Foster and Deepti Menon demonstrate how to develop details in landscape paintings in Procreate, using a broad range of reference photos. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/m3_RC-9EkPo. Deepti and Jordan talk about strategies like atmospheric perspective, texture, foreground, middle ground, and background to create a convincing landscape.

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FINALE: Art Prof 2021 Winter Raffle!

The ENTIRE Art Prof staff all on this stream for the finale of the 2021 Art Prof Winter Raffle! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1WC_gjFJ93M. Support Art Prof and you could win one of our super cool raffle prizes: a box of yummy art supplies could magically appear on your door step, or the painting you watched Prof Lieu paint from beginning to end in a tutorial might just end up on your living room wall! You can enter by 1) pledging $1 or more monthly on Patreon, 2) making a one time donation of $5 or more or 3) enter for free by commenting on this video below telling us what you have learned through Art Prof and that you'd like to enter the raffle.

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Soft Pastel Landscape Drawing Tutorial

Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates drawing a landscape with soft pastels, using three different reference photos to create a new landscape. Techniques for how to start and develop a soft pastel drawings are explained. Watch this episode here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4AZjt08mUqU.  Prof Lieu talks about various techniques specific to soft pastels including layering, blending, creating a diverse range of textures and marks, and more.

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Anatomy for Artists: Muscles in the Upper Back

Art Prof Clara Lieu explains what are the most important muscles on the upper back torso of the human figure for artists to be able to draw and recognize. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yoWf5aqPTLI.  Muscles covered include deltoid, latissimus dorsi, teres major, infraspinatus, and the trapezius. Prof Lieu explains how these muscles interact with the bony landmarks and how they overlap on top of each other. Watch all of our Anatomy for Artist videos in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K1E6eOxiEY&list=PLvt8_pMl6ywmazoENEsPesAumylTEHEoa

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My Sketchbooks are UGLY & MESSY!

Art Prof Clara Lieu shows her sketchbooks from when she was 9 years old up to her sketchbooks today! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/chS-juqNjlY. Prof Lieu explains how what a true artist sketchbook is: ugly, messy, unglamorous, and sometimes even boring. Those sketchbooks you see on Instagram, that are so perfect and beautiful don't represent what the artistic process is really like: constant troubleshooting, messing up, failing, and trying again!

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