Art Prof

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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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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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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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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Teaching Artists Cat Huang and Jordan McCracken-Foster lead a drawing demonstration on Procreate, creating character designs of each other, Part 2 of 2. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pQWQOFs9oUs. (watch Part 1 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NVFFK9PeOhI ) Cat and Jordan discuss their approach towards developing a character, addressing their personality traits and how to incorporate those traits into the character design.

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Teaching Artists Deepti Menon and Jordan McCracken-Foster draw with Procreate, creating caricatures of the British Royal Family. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Wqe55_G05ZY. Deepti and Jordan demonstrate how to stylize and exaggerate specific features of each family member in order to capture their unique personality and character.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu and Guest Artist Sean Lark Reece draw monkeys & gorillas in Procreate. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ECOlVbZr3UQ. Sean teaches Prof Lieu how to use Procreate, explaining various techniques and ways to draw with the program. Prof Lieu and Sean discuss how to create monkey and gorilla characters, explaining while they draw their creative decisions

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Art Prof Clara Lieu interviews animator & storyboard artist Janice Chun about how she got started working in the professional industry after graduating from RISD. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fkVF-BlFVOE. Janice is currently a revisionist for Cartoon Network, and has worked on South Park, Close Enough, and more. Prof Lieu and Janice talk about what skills are necessary to work as a professional animator and what it takes to get work in the industry.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu, Teaching Artist Cat Huang, and Guest Teaching Artist Julie Benbassat talk about their absolute, must read manga books. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Yyb0LVTXfsE. Julie and Cat provide their insight on a diverse range of manga types and topics: sports, nonfiction, physical disabilities, mental disabilities, LGBTQ+ representation, and niche.

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Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Alex Rowe and Lauryn Welch talk about texture, one of the Elements of Art.  Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xEUb0UZcG2A. 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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