Online Class: One Stroke Painting for the Holidays
Want to learn to paint? This is the course for you. This course is loaded with gift painting designs for cards, lunch bags, bags, gift boxes, pots, lamp shades, wood items, and home decor. Holiday painting is fun and one that can be done ahead of time. You will learn to paint the easy way, using the one stroke technique. You will be able to share your creativity to the world through painted gifts, craft shows, bazaars, gift shops, online selling, and home decor. Another advantage of this new hobby is that you don't need lots of space to paint in. A small table is fine. Senior citizens and anyone else who don't have steady hands, will be able to paint this technique. Having a new hobby will enrich your life, through sharing, such as decorating paper mache boxes and donating them to the hospitals to be given to parents of deceased babies. You will be able to join painting organizations and clubs that do great work in the local neighborhoods. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose by trying this painting technique. In this fast paced world of computers and TV, you can relax, and enjoy painting one stroke, in the privacy of your home. This course is designed for online learning, with stroke guides and written instructions, for your learning success. Come to this fun class and begin a new hobby filled with learning, designing, creativity, sharing and fun. To see samples of completed designs in all of Joan's online courses, type www.picturetrail.com/joanwaff in the browser address bar, then simply click on the album that interests you.
Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish.
An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion.
UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools
to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service
that manages all your course completions.
This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.
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1.0 CEUs
Course Description
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! You will be having fun in this course. You will be learning bunnies, heart leaves, grass, patriotic designs, cornucopia with grapes, plums, apples, pears, and fruit leaves, as well as pumpkins, pumpkin bears, snowmen, santa, bears, trees, wreaths, poinsettias, berries, bows, holiday dogs and cats as well as completed designs.
You will spread happiness to everyone through your painting creativity. Everyone loves to receive painted items.
You can give sets of cards, bags, or boxes for gifts. People love having their own painted cards, bags, and boxes to use for their gift packaging. Giving cookies in a hand painted cardboard box is rewarding and personal. You will enjoy adding decorations to your memory pages from your scrapbook, as well as painting on a photo box or album cover. Painting surfaces are endless.
Painting is self-expression that can spread joy and happiness to everyone that receives it. What is so nice about this in-home art study, is that you don't need lots of room to paint and there are endless surfaces that you can use. All you need is a small table and a chair. Painting in apartments or condos is no problem at all.
Added in this course are many websites for you to browse for your painting surfaces. You can use one or two elements learned for simple designs too. The creative possibilities are endless. The Folk Art paint is easily attainable and economical to use. Let's get ready for the upcoming holidays!
For more course samples, click on the link below, and then click on 'course samples'.
http://www.joanwaffcreativedesigns.com
You can go to Joan's Picture Trail site to see finishes designs that you can learn in all the courses. Go to: www.picturetrail.com/joanwaff and click on the album that interests you.
The "One Stroke" decorative painting technique is currently the hottest form of decorative painting. Donna Dewberry, the creator of this technique as seen on QVC, has helped millions of people gain confidence in learning to paint. Joan Waff, a Certified One Stroke Instructor, certified by Donna Dewberry, is qualified to give you the chance to learn this in the privacy of your home at you own convenience. There is no stress for completing each lesson. You can do this course on a small table, so you don't need lots of room to achieve success. This course will have you ready for all the holidays. It is packed full of subjects and designs for your painting fun. Joan will take you step-by-step in her fun filled lessons with stroke guides, and written instructions. In this course, you will learn how to paint bunnies, heart wreaths, patriotic wreaths, flags, cornucopia, pumpkins, black cats, ghosts, fences, snowmen, Santa, bears, holiday trees, holiday wreaths, poinsettias, hollies, as well as holiday cats and dogs. Sprinkled in this course are completed designs for you to paint. Joan will also be putting in her own special designs that she has created using the One Stroke technique. Some of Joan's designs have been published in the "Stroking Edge" Magazine, by Donna Dewberry. Painting is a form of self-expression as well as spreading happiness to others. Through this course, you will learn many "One Stroke" techniques and subjects to help you achieve painting creativity. Let's have fun, and learn a hobby that will last you a lifetime.
There is no need to buy any books for this course. You will have written instructions and stroke guides with each lesson and every step.
Painting Supplies needed are:
Paint: Folk Art acrylic by Plaid
Colors: floating medium (colorless), wicker white, engine red, pure oranges, burnt umber, thicket, sunflower yellow, school bus yellow, licorice, maple syrup, night sky, dioxazine purples, berry wine, green forest, and denim blue.
Brushes: Plaid by Donna Dewberry Sizes: 3/4" Flat, #10 Flat, #12 Flat, Medium Scruffy, #2 Script Liner, 1/2" angular
Miscellaneous: Foam Plates (for palette), Paper Towels, Brush Basin, Wax Paper, Artist Practice Pad (optional)
Instructor Joan Waff also teaches two other courses for UniversalClass on One Stroke painting: One Stroke Flowers and One Stroke Roses.
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this
online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and
CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.
Course Lessons
You can go to Joan's Picture Trail site to see finishes designs that you can learn in all the courses. Go to: www.picturetrail.com/joanwaff and click on the album that interests you.
The "One Stroke" decorative painting technique is currently the hottest form of decorative painting. Donna Dewberry, the creator of this technique as seen on QVC, has helped millions of people gain confidence in learning to paint. Joan Waff, a Certified One Stroke Instructor, certified by Donna Dewberry, is qualified to give you the chance to learn this in the privacy of your home at you own convenience. There is no stress for completing each lesson. You can do this course on a small table, so you don't need lots of room to achieve success. This course will have you ready for all the holidays. It is packed full of subjects and designs for your painting fun. Joan will take you step-by-step in her fun filled lessons with stroke guides, and written instructions. In this course, you will learn how to paint bunnies, heart wreaths, patriotic wreaths, flags, cornucopia, pumpkins, black cats, ghosts, fences, snowmen, Santa, bears, holiday trees, holiday wreaths, poinsettias, hollies, as well as holiday cats and dogs. Sprinkled in this course are completed designs for you to paint. Joan will also be putting in her own special designs that she has created using the One Stroke technique. Some of Joan's designs have been published in the "Stroking Edge" Magazine, by Donna Dewberry. Painting is a form of self-expression as well as spreading happiness to others. Through this course, you will learn many "One Stroke" techniques and subjects to help you achieve painting creativity. Let's have fun, and learn a hobby that will last you a lifetime.
There is no need to buy any books for this course. You will have written instructions and stroke guides with each lesson and every step. Painting Supplies needed are: Paint: Folk Art acrylic by Plaid Colors: floating medium (colorless), wicker white, engine red, pure oranges, burnt umber, thicket, sunflower yellow, school bus yellow, licorice, maple syrup, night sky, dioxazine purples, berry wine, green forest, and denim blue. Brushes: Plaid by Donna Dewberry Sizes: 3/4" Flat, #10 Flat, #12 Flat, Medium Scruffy, #2 Script Liner, 1/2" angular Miscellaneous: Foam Plates (for palette), Paper Towels, Brush Basin, Wax Paper, Artist Practice Pad (optional)
Instructor Joan Waff also teaches two other courses for UniversalClass on One Stroke painting: One Stroke Flowers and One Stroke Roses.
Optional Certificates Awarded
Certificate of Attendance
Certificate of Class Participation
Certificate of Appreciation
Certificate of Merit
The Certificate of Merit is given when student completes all lessons, assignments, and quizzes.
Certificates awarded by the instructor will vary and are based upon student merit.
Any awards you earn are considered unofficial (or temporary) unless you decide to make the award official.
To make an award official, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and shipping of a hard copy of the certificate as well as access to the UniversalClass Transcript Service.
Official awards include a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award you earned for a lifetime (great for employers
to verify your achievement).