Art Prof

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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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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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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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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Art Prof Clara Lieu explains the most important muscles on the front torso of the human figure for artists. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4mhTJ6buOmQ. Muscles covered include the serratus anterior, rectus abdominis, external oblique, deltoid, pectoralis major, and trapezius.  Prof Lieu explains how these muscles interact with the bony landmarks and how they overlap on top of each other.  

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Teaching Artists Cat Huang and Jordan McCracken-Foster lead a drawing demonstration of how to do coloring and shading techniques in Procreate. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5DNNar265k. Cat works on a character design that she worked on in 2 past streams, part 1: https://youtu.be/pQWQOFs9oUs and part 2: https://youtu.be/njUUfwJwIpE, while Jordan works on a character design of Lauryn that he started in this stream: https://youtu.be/7_JC_JRvD4M . Cat and Jordan talk about various tools and tricks that can be used to achieve a convincing sense of form and color in their characters.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Lauryn Welch and Alex Rowe explain how lighting works, focusing on the specifics of shadows. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uRXgJt-7YW8/. They explain how artists can apply their knowledge of shadows, such as the difference between cast shadows and form shadows in order to create a broad range of visual effects in many art forms.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu explains her artistic journey. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BBxaMMnu9bI. Prof Lieu includes her artistic development as a child to a teen, to her experiences as an undergraduate and graduate student, teaching in academia at RISD, SMFA, Wellesley College, and Lesley University, her studio practice and exhibition history as a fine artist to her recent transition to teaching art online via Art Prof.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates how to draw a landscape using oil pastel. Techniques for creating depth and space such as atmospheric perspective are explained. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GzeNBBBd2Ws.  Prof Lieu talks about various techniques specific to oil pastels including layering, blending, creating a diverse range of textures and marks, and more.

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Part 1 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/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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