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Course Description
This course teaches you how to paint two scenes. The Tropical Beach scene teaches you how to create a pretty sky, water, sandy beach, grasses, palm tree, distant islands, and a cute sail boat. The Countryside scene teaches you how to paint an autumn sky, barns, meadows, winding path, and pretty flower clusters.
Taking this course will have you painting your own creative landscapes or seascapes in no time.You do not need painting experience to take this course. The instructor teaches you the components, one stroke at a time.
Learning from home is a safe and private environment, and the instructor is with you all the way! You learn at your own pace!
What are you waiting for? Learn a fun new hobby today and give this class a try!
Course Requirements
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Goals
The goals in this course is for the students to become proficient in creating their own landscapes and seascapes on canvas, cards, bags, and more.
Course Materials
Paints: DecoArt Americana Acrylics
Colors: White, Ultramarine Blue, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow, Naphthol Red, Black Green, Burnt Umber,
Brushes: Royal half inch foliage, half inch Flat (any brand), #8 flat, #2 Script Liner (any Brand)
Painting Surface: 140lb. watercolor paper pad 9x12 or larger size.
Miscellaneous: foam plates, brush basins, practice pad, paper towels.
Grading Policy
There are no grades issued in this course. This course is for you to find a new hobby and use it for the rest of your life.
Completing this course is simply finishing the lessons, assignments, and quizzes.
Why take this course?
Taking this course will teach you simple landscapes and seascapes 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 projects. Your work will be unique.
Instructional Methods
Joan will be taking you step-by-step through each element, with strokes guides in the lessons, as well as written instructions.
Her stroke guides are given in small segments, so you build strokes upon strokes to a finished element. You can e-mail Joan with your painted strokes for her feedback and for any questions you have on your lesson. She will get back to you promptly.
How do you take an online class?
On line classes are simple to participate in.
After joining the class, you will have access to the lessons, assignments, quizzes, forums, emails, polls, and announcements.
When you submit an assignment or quiz, Joan automatically gets these and she will give you feedback quickly. You can attach photos in your assignments or email them to Joan. You do not need a photo to participate in this class. The assignments will have a place for your comments, and you can place your comments there.
The lessons and pictures are down loadable on your printer. This makes it easy for you to work at your own pace.
If you have any questions about the classroom site, you can email Joan and she will get you an answer.
