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Draw Along: Procreate Shading & Coloring

Teaching Artists Cat Huang and Deepti Menon demonstrate shading in Procreate, using character designs they created in past streams. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/njUUfwJwIpE. Cat demonstrates on a character she designed based on Jordan, [https://youtu.be/pQWQOFs9oUs ] and Deepti develops her caricature of Kate Middleton. [ https://youtu.be/Wqe55_G05ZY]

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Draw Along: How to Draw Hair with Charcoal Part 1 of 2

Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates how to draw hair using charcoal. Prof Lieu explains how to approach drawing the hair as a three dimensional mass, and then subdividing that mass to articulate the specific clumps of hair. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/E6qULOZRk2g. Charcoal drawing techniques and materials are also explained and demonstrated.

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Paint Along: Water Mixable Oils, Part 2 of 3

In Part 2 of 3 of this tutorial, Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates techniques for working with water mixable oil paints, exploring the range of this media's best talents and drawbacks. Watch this episode on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/ZozlVd-YU_M.  Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/HFz0L2XzwlE  Prof Lieu observes a still life in order to create a monochromatic study to show light, contrast, and shadow.

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Paint Along: Water Mixable Oils, Part 1 of 3

Part 1 of 3: Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates techniques for working with water mixable oil paints, exploring the range of this media's best talents and drawbacks. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HFz0L2XzwlE. Watch Part 2: https://youtu.be/ZozlVd-YU_M. Prof Lieu observes a still life in order to create a monochromatic study to show light, contrast, and shadow.

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Draw Along: How to Draw Clothing, Part 2

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Jordan McCracken-Foster lead discussion and do a demo on how to draw clothing, focusing on the diaper fold. Watch this episode on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/LUg_CIX7Hxg  Prof Lieu and Jordan start by explain different fold types: pipe fold, moving fold, half lock fold, dead fold, diaper fold, zig zag fold, and spiral fold. Next they do a drawing demo using Procreate and colored pencils on how to draw diaper folds while also talking about the challenges of drawing clothing and providing advice for how to start.

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Crit Clash: Pig Couch

Teaching Artists Lauryn Welch and Jordan McCracken-Foster debate "Pig Couch," moderated by Art Prof Clara Lieu. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ACWCXPtmlqw. In "Crit Clash," we assign a point of view to each artist for the purposes of this debate. In this case, Lauryn is arguing for the Pig Couch, while Jordan is arguing against. These views are not necessarily what Lauryn and Jordan think in real life by the way, so you might see them making statements they wouldn't normally make!

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Draw Along: "Ugly" Animals

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Deepti Menon lead a drawing demonstration drawing "ugly" animals, exaggerating their most pronounced figures to create quirky illustrations in Procreate. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UtWBI_hFZd0. Prof Lieu and Deepti explain their drawing process, how they go about color, and interpreting the reference photos.

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Red & Green: Complementary Colors Explained

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Alex Rowe explain the basics of how complementary colors work and how they can be used effectively to create color contrast in color art media. Prof Lieu and Alex discuss the way the complementary colors are laid out in the color wheel, as well as how complementary colors can be implemented into paintings.

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Draw Along: Oil Pastel Portrait

Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates how to draw a portrait using oil pastel. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/m3LvvB1EKKk. Prof Lieu explains various techniques that can be used to build up vibrant colors and three dimensional volume with oil pastels including layering, blending, creating a diverse range of textures and marks, and more.

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Draw Along: Torso in Colored Pencil, Part 2 of 2

Part 2 of 2: Art Prof Clara Lieu demos how to draw a male torso using colored pencils. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/oVOhYoKnQIA (Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/8vpfE4a81XY ) Prof Lieu explains how to begin by blocking in the major masses and the centerline of the torso and then breaking down those forms into muscles and bony landmarks. Techniques explored with the colored pencils include how to layer the colors, how to vary physical pressure to create different densities of color, and more.

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