Class Syllabus: One Stroke Painting of Fruits and Veggies

Office Hours:	ongoing
Course Meeting Times:	ongoing

Course Description

One Stroke decorative painting technique is sweeping the nation. In this course, you will be motivated, inspired, and enriched to learn this easy decorative painting.

You will learn about brushes, paints, surfaces, apples, blossoms, leaves, strawberries, garlics, tomatoes, eggplants, carrots, radishes, green onions, as well as completed designs for many projects. You will learn how to use cardstock to construct pins that you can wear, with your unique designs, and construct decorations to be used on bags and boxes for gift packaging.

Everyone loves to receive cards and hand-painted bags, as well as pots, mugs, stemware, and jars. You can decorate the memory pages to your scrapbook, as well as decorate an album cover or photo box. Painting surfaces are endless.

This course will give you the tools, tutorials, and guidance to execute these painting strokes. 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. Many people prefer in-home art study programs because working at their own pace is easy to fit into anyone's lifestyles and schedule. A table and chair in a corner is all you need. You will also get many websites to visit for supplies, painting surfaces, and organizations.

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 "class samples".

http://www.joanwaffcreativedesigns.com

Course Requirements

There are no requirements for this course. You will get written instructions and stroke guides in each lesson.

Course Goals

The goal of this course is for you to be able to paint apples, blossoms, leaves, bracts, strawberries, garlics, tomatoes, eggplants, carrots, radishes, green onions and construct cardstock pins to wear. You will be able to use elements alone, and with others, to create your own unique designs. 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

Students will need to obtain the following supplies: Folk Art acrylic OR enamel paint by Plaid Colors: floating medium (colorless), wicker white, green forest, sunflower yellow, schoolbus yellow, burnt umber, maple syrup, berry wine, dioxazine purple, crimson. If you paint on glass, use the Folk Art ENAMELS. The colors are the same as acrylics. Brushes: Plaid by Donna Dewberry Sizes: Medium scruffy, 3/4" flat, #12 flat, #2 script liner 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 a 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 assignment. 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 these. 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 apples.
Demonstrate blossoms, fruit leaves, strawberries and limbs.
Demonstrate painting tomatoes.
Demonstrate painting garlic, roots, ties, and bow.
Demonstrate painting eggplants.
Demonstrate painting carrots and radishes, and
Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.

Featured Courses in Art

1. Event Planning 101 ($75.00) Event planning is one of the hottest new fields available to people from all walks of life today. more		2. Soap Making 101 ($60.00) Learn how to make your own soap in our self-paced online course. more

3. One Stroke Painting - The Basics ($45.00) GET STARTED WITH THE BASICS!. more		4. How To Draw 101 ($95.00) This course is designed for beginner artists who have an interest in learning how to draw or sketch -- or simply want to improve their skills. more

Other Related Classes in Art

Event Planning 101 Event planning is one of the hottest new fields available to people from all walks of life today. Although some event planners may possess a college degree in business or a related field of study, a college degree is not required to be an event planner,...
Soap Making 101 Learn how to make your own soap in our self-paced online course. If you've always wanted to try different soap-making recipes, create your own signature items for personal use, for gifts or for profit, or just learn about what goes into making a so...
One Stroke Painting - The Basics GET STARTED WITH THE BASICS! This course is the best course to get you started in the One Stroke technique, whether you are right-handed or left-handed. Simple, basic strokes are taught in this course, including many tips and hints of using these bas...
How To Draw 101 This course is designed for beginner artists who have an interest in learning how to draw or sketch -- or simply want to improve their skills. It covers the tools you'll need to draw and also provide plenty of exercises to practice drawing using differen...
Sewing 101 What do you enjoy about clothing? The colors? The design? The fit? What is the most difficult part about finding clothing that falls into all three of these categories? Right, the fit. Every human being has a body shape that is just a little bit differe...
One Stroke Painting of Beautiful Roses The 'One Stroke' painting technique is sweeping the nation. This is now the most popular form of decorative painting for all who want to learn to paint. Donna Dewberry created the 'One Stroke' technique. The 'One Stroke' technique has millions of peopl...
Genealogy 101 Genealogy is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the United States. According to some experts, nearly 75% of Americans are interested in discovering their family history. There are many reasons for this: some people are interested in learning more ab...
Knitting Basics This course is designed to teach beginners the basics of knitting but it is also useful to those knitters that might need a refresher class. Whether you have just a little or no knowledge of knitting – this course is for you. Seven lessons provide ...
One Stroke Painting for the Holidays The One Stroke painting technique is the hottest form of decorative painting. Everyone can learn this easy and relaxing painting style. Joan Waff, OSCI, (One Stroke Certified Instructor), will be there every step of the way. Let's get started! Yo...
One Stroke Painting of Animals, Birds, Bugs, and more One Stroke decorative painting technique is sweeping the nation. You will learn about brushes, paints, surfaces, bluebirds, hummingbirds, nests, vines, feathers, leaves, moss, curliques, sheep, baby chicks and plaid designs as well as mice, sunflowers...
Special Events Planning 101 Think back to the last time you went to a convention, a wedding, or an off-site business meeting. Everything you saw--from the sign-up posts, to the table decorations, to the folders you've been handed--had to be created by someone. That someone would ...
One Stroke Painting of Vibrant Flowers, Fall Leaves, and more One Stroke decorative painting technique is sweeping the nation. In this course, you will be motivated, inspired, and enriched to learn this easy decorative painting. In this course, you will learn adorable daisies, all types of leaves, cute bees, colo...
How to Start a Craft Business 101 Congratulations on considering opening your own craft business! This course offers an introduction to business and guidelines that will help you create a successful and sustainable crafting business. In this course, you'll learn what to expect, how to cr...
One Stroke Painting of Birthday Flowers One Stroke painting is the hottest form of decorative painting today. Millions are enjoying this fast and easy way to create many unique designs, one stroke at a time. In this course, Joan will take you step-by-step in learning this exciting and easy...
Candle Making 101 Candle making is a craft as old as civilization itself, yet after so many millennia and technological advances, we still love the light, warmth, and beauty of a lit candle. Whether a seasoned artisan or a budding enthusiast, this course offers something ...
One Stroke Painting on Glass, Mugs, and more One Stroke painting is the hottest form of decorative painting today. Painting on glass and ceramics is now a very popular surface, and the course gives you many to choose from. Painting with Folk Art enamels are easy. You will learn dramatic wildflo...
Party Planning 101 Looking for a way to throw a children's birthday party on a budget? Easy crafting and good old creativity can balance the budget and still bring joy to all the little party guests. In the party planning business, there is no right or wrong, only a desir...
Brushstroke Basics Learn the fundamentals of brushstroke techniques in this basic painting course for beginners. You can do this in your home and at your own pace. Hundreds of people are learning to paint right now. You will have one-on-one interaction with Joan. This co...
Buying and Selling Antiques and Collectibles How to Buy and Sell Antiques and Collectibles offers a highly successful approach to acquiring and selling antiques and collectibles for both fun and profit. This course incorporates many strategies of acquiring and selling desirable objects and pieces, ...
One Stroke Painting of Gorgeous Flowers and Ribbons with Angle and Filbert Brushes One Stroke decorative painting technique is sweeping the nation. 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...
Digital Scrapbooking 101 Scrapbooks have been part of the American way of life for generations. Most of us were raised with scrapbooks and probably even helped make them as children next to our mother's or grandmother's sides. However, with the advent of the home computer and ea...
Catering 101 If you are the kind of person who... thrives on cooking for your friends, wants everyone to come to your house for dinner, feels like you have more party food ideas than you could ever possibly execute in your own home ...then you might want to start you...
Traditional Scrapbooking 101 More people every year are discovering the joy of scrapbooking to capture memories and create unique family and friend albums to keep and share. In this comprehensive course, the beginner scrapbooker will learn how to start his/her scrapbooking hobby wit...
One Stroke Painting of Floral Bouquets Fern Design This One Stroke Floral Bouquet course will show you how to create many types of floral bouquet paintings. You will learn how to create vertical shaped, c-shaped, L-shaped, arc shaped, and round shaped floral compositions. You will learn how...
One Stroke Painting of Seasonal Flowers This is an exciting course of One Stroke painting, teaching flowers from the seasons and much more. Students see still-life pictures of strokes, while Joan is painting, as well as written instuctions. Students learn Spring hyacinths, trumpets, azaleas,...

Areas of Study