Basics Curriculum for Beginners & Self-Taught Artists

This curriculum is a series of 3 videos that is a comprehensive overview of fundamental skills approaches to thinking that provide a solid foundation to based all of your studies on.

You’ll see in the curriculum essential skills like how to use a sketchbook, brainstorming, thumbnail sketches, and more great detail. Everything in this curriculum is a concept or technique that applicable across all art fields and art media.

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This curriculum is a terrific reference for teachers, and can be provided as a supplement to class work. The variety of formats in this curriculum include videos, slideshows, which provides flexibility in how you use it.

Basics Curriculum, Part 1

  • Daily Sketchbook
    • Art Prompts
    • Art Prof Photo Reference Collection
  • Draw Along
  • Drawing from a Mirror
  • Gesture Drawing from Life
  • Drawing Spaces on Site
  • Ideas Brainstorming
  • Thumbnail Sketches
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Basics Curriculum, Basics Part 2

  • Study Artworks
  • Contextualize your art
  • Study Art History
    • Art History Resources
  • Mastercopies
  • Study Contemporary Art
    • Contemporary Art Resources
    • Art Books
  • Study Composition
  • 2D Composition
  • Shapes & Sizes
  • Subject & Mood
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Basics Curriculum, Part 3

  • Craftsmanship
    • Artist Books
    • 3D Design
  • Elements of Art
    • Value
    • Line
    • Shape
    • Texture
    • Space
    • Form
  • Color Theory
    • Complementary Colors
    • Color Schemes
    • Purple & Yellow
    • Underpainting Techniques
    • Mixing Flesh Tones
  • Critique

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