Class Syllabus: One Stroke Painting of Gorgeous Flowers and Ribbons with Angle and Filbert Brushes
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Course Overview
One Stroke decorative painting technique is sweeping the nation. This technique is on QVC with Donna Dewberry. In this course, you will be motivated, inspired, and enriched to learn this easy decorative painting.
You will learn about angle, filbert, round and flat brushes, paints, surfaces, irises, hyacinths, tulips, roses, half roses, leaves, background foliage, string bows, ribbons, vines, limbs, and twigs, as well as completed designs that you can use for many projects. Having the choice of brushes will enable you to create even more dramatic designs having varying results. You will learn how to use cardstock to construct pins that you can wear, with your unique designs.
Everyone loves to receive cards and hand-painted bags, as well as posts, mugs, stemware, and jars. You can decorate the memory pages to your scapbook, as well as paint on the album cover and photo box. Painting surfaces are endless.
Young and old can learn One Stroke. Joan Waff, OSCI (One Stroke Certified Instructor), and certified by Donna Dewberry, will take you through step-by-step through all the different elements to painting independence. Once you learn a few simple techniques, you will be ready to share your creativity with the world through gifts, bazaars, craft shops, craft shows, home decor, and organizations. You will also get many websites to visit for supplies, painting surfaces, and online marketing.
Today is the day for you to jump in and learn a new hobby that will enrich your life and others for the rest of your life. Let's start painting!
You can view more course samples by clicking on the website below, and then clicking on "course samples". Feel free to join our new group that is on the first page of the website, for your painting enjoyment.
http://www.joanwaffcreativedesigns.com
Course Requirements
You do not need any prior painting experience to take this course. There are no requirements needed.
Course Goals
The goal of this course is for you to be able to paint irises, hyacinths, tulips, daisies, roses, half roses, rosebuds, leaves, background foliage, butterflies, string bows, ribbons, using the angle, filbert, round and flat brushes, as well as constructing cardstock pins to wear. You will be able to use elements alone, and with others, to create your own unique designs. The course will give you choices of brushes to use for more uniqueness and creativity in your painting. After completing this course, you will be able to share your creativity through gifts, bazaars, shops, online vending, craft shows, as well as home decor.
Course Materials
There is no need to purchase any reading materials for this course.
Painting supplies needed:
Folk Art acrylic OR enamel paint by Plaid Colors: floating medium (colorless), wicker white, thicket, sunflower yellow, schoolbus yellow, berry wine, dioxazine purple, burnt umber. If you paint on glass, use the Folk Art ENAMELS. The colors are the same as acrylics.
Brushes: Plaid by Donna Dewberry Sizes: 3/4" flat, #12 flat, #2 script liner, #4 and #6 round, #6 and #8 filbert, 1/2" angle and a 1/2" "Sheeve Foliage Angler" that is found in fine art brush dept.
Miscellaneous: foam plates (palettes), paper towels, wax paper, brush basin, soap bar or detergent, artist practice pad (50lb.paper weight is good or fingerpaint paper)
Grading Policy
No grades are issued in this course. Your quizzes are geared toward your understanding of the lesson and thinking creatively.
Why take this course?
Taking this course, will teach you simple decorative painting techniques that you can use on limitless surfaces. You will gain confidence and creativity and will be able to share this with the world, through gifts, home decor, craft shows, bazaars, charities, and craft shops. The techniques you will learn will last you a lifetime of spreading happiness to the world through your decorative art. You don't have to be an expert in painting to create beautiful designs
Certificates available for purchase.
Certificate of "Outstanding Achievement" is available to purchase for completing all lessons and assignments.
Instruction Method
The instruction method used in this course is the "One Stroke" method. One stroke means, you blend and highlight all in one stroke. This is a simple technique that anyone can learn, no matter, what your painting experience is. You will be learning topics, one stroke at a time, and will build to a complete design.
Completing the Course
There is no time limit on completing the lessons and assignments. No pressure at all! Completing this course is submitting all the lessons and assignments, which will be reviewed by the instructor. The instructor will send you feedback, as you submit them. The instructor automatically gets these by e-mail, when the student "completes" the assignment or lesson
Learning Outcomes
By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Describe the brushes and paints used in One Stroke Painting.
Demonstrate painting the iris, buds and grass.
Demonstrate painting the hyacinth and leaves.
Demonstrate painting the daisy bouquet.
Irises, Tulips, and Butterflies
Demonstrate painting irises, tulips and butterflies, and
Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
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