Part 2 of this painting curriculum provides painting prompts that will stimulate all areas of painting, and that can be done in any paint media.
Including: color, brushwork, thumbnails, composition, and more in order to gain a well rounded skill set in painting.
Discussion led by Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Alex Rowe.
Video Walkthrough
- Abstract painting prompts
- Mark making prompts
- Tools & additives
- Sky paintings
- Texture & taste paintings
- Still life prompts
- Monochrome still lifes
- Complementary color still lifes
- Complementary color underpainting
- Self-Portrait palette knife painting
- Mood portraits
- Chiaroscuro portraits
- Night paintings
- White on white paintings
Resources
The complete Painting for Self-taught Artists Curriculum document links to every video that expands on the topics touched here.
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Full Curriculum
Overview · Painting 1 · Painting 2 · Painting 3
Historical Artists Mentioned
- J.M.W. Turner
- John Constable
- Willem Claesz. Heda
- Adiaen Coorte
- Evert Collie
- Max Beckmann
- Georges de La Tour
- Jusepe de Ribera
- Caravaggio
- Edward Hopper
Contemporary Artists Mentioned
- Alessandra Hogan
- Jenny Saville
- Kerry James Marshall
- Lois Dodd
- Chris Ofili
- Leyla Faye
- Cindy Qiao
- Anya Chen
- Mia Rozear
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