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Procreate: Fantasy Landscape

Teaching Artists Cat Huang and Deepti Menon demonstrate how to create an fantasy landscape in Procreate, using a broad range of reference photos. Deepti and Cat talk about strategies like atmospheric perspective, texture, foreground, middle ground, and background to create a convincing landscape.

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Draw Along: Drawing Clothing, Part 4

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Jordan McCracken-Foster lead discussion and do a demo on how to draw clothing, focusing on the "dead fold." Prof Lieu and Jordan do a drawing demo using Procreate and colored pencils on how to draw "dead 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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Paint Along: Water Mixable Oils, Purple & Yellow, Part 3 of 4

Part 3 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 Part 1: https://youtu.be/UK6Vc44wvGU and Part 2: https://youtu.be/SI7OxHZwe_8. 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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Procreate Animation: Bounce a Character!

Art Prof Clara Lieu learns from Guest Teaching Artist Sean Lark Reece how to do animation in Procreate. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SfIoQxip0HQ.  Sean begins by demonstrating how to bounce a ball and to export it as a gif. Next, Sean shows how to add simple shapes to turn the ball into a character.

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Draw Along: Fish in Adobe Fresco

Art Prof Clara Lieu learns how to use Adobe Fresco using an iPad from Guest Teaching Artist Mia Rozear, focusing on doing drawings of fish. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ygzgZ4fPCRc. Mia explains the basics of drawing with Adobe Fresco covering layers, tools, and various effects that are possible with the program.

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Art Prof 2021 Winter Raffle!

The Art Prof staff announces the 2021 Art Prof Winter Raffle: https://artprof.org/2021-winter-raffle/. Support Art Prof and you could win one of our super cool raffle prizes: a box of yummy art supplies could magically appear on our 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.

Self-Taught Artists Curriculum, Part 3

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Lauryn Welch provide Part 3 of a basic curriculum for self-taught artists that cover the basics for a foundation in art.  Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NNat5N4OSRU. Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/KIEXU1tP8rI and Part 2: https://youtu.be/NRIXKa3h7RI. Lauryn and Prof Lieu explain why specific skills are important when you are just getting started, and give advice for what sequence is most effective for gaining these skills.

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Draw Along: Drawing Dogs in Soft Pastel

Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates drawing with soft pastels. Techniques for how to start and develop a soft pastel drawings are explained. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KF2DFxQwFqM.  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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Paint Along: Water Mixable Oils, Purple & Yellow, Part 2 of 4

Part 2 of 3: 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/SI7OxHZwe_8, and watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/UK6Vc44wvGU. 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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Self-Taught Artists Curriculum, Part 2

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Alex Rowe provide Part 2 of a basic curriculum for self-taught artists that cover the basics for a foundation in art. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NRIXKa3h7RI and watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/KIEXU1tP8rI. Alex and Prof Lieu explain why specific skills are important when you are just getting started, and give advice for what sequence is most effective for gaining these skills.

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