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Painting Basics
4
Choosing a Painting Surface
Choosing a Subject to Paint
Choosing Painting Materials
Using a Palette and Mixing Colours
Drawing Materials
4
A History of Paper and Its Use
Pencil and Its Use in Art
Working with Charcoal
Working with Pastels
Types of Paint
5
Gouache
Painting Mediums
Using Oil Paint
Water Colour
Working with Acrylic Paint
The Basics
4
Abstraction and Abstract Art
Understanding Landscape
Understanding Life Drawing
Understanding Portrait
Starting Out
10
Artwork Preparation and Equipment You May Need
Building Confidence
Collage, Paper on Paper
Keeping a Sketchbook
'Loosening' Exercises
Producing a Finished Work
Understanding the Art World
Ways of Viewing
What Is Drawing?
What Is Painting?
The Elements
4
Painting with Impasto
Tone
Understanding Colour
Using Line for Drawing and Painting
Drawing Basics
6
A Still Life Set Up
Choosing a Subject to Draw
Combining the Elements of Drawing
Facing the Blank Page
Landscape Painting for Beginners
Setting Up
Styles
7
Conceptual
Contextualising Your Work
Developing a Style
Expressionist
Learning About Abstract Art
Realist Painting and Drawing
Surrealist
Drawing Exercises
7
Blind Drawing
Drawing Sensations
Freeing Yourself Up
Life Drawing
Maximising Creativity Through Risk
Thinking Outside the Box
Wrong Hand Drawing
Painting Exercises
7
Creating Expression
Creating 'Space'
Hot and Cold Colours
How to Abstract a Form
Working with Colour
Working with Glazes
Working with Tone