Drawing and Painting 1 

Full course

This course is designed to represent a full year of drawing and painting for ages 12+. Our lessons guide the learner through rigorous skill-building exercises inspired by a vast and diverse collection of fine art and illustration. Students’ artistic ideas are developed through projects centered on their imagination and creative exploration through project-based learning. Throughout the course, students will find themselves immersed in the world of art with interdisciplinary connections to subjects such as history, science, mathematics, English language arts, and social studies as they define their artistic vision and style. Our research-based curriculum meets and exceeds the expectations for learning in the U.S. National Common Core Learning Standards for Visual Arts at the grade 9 through 12 levels. 

  • Darlene Garcia Torres

    M.S.Ed., Ph.D.

  • Robyn Neill

    M.S.Ed., M.F.A.

  • Starting date

    Ongoing

  • Format

    Online Course

This Drawing and Painting I course includes:

    • 14 units
    • 40 video lessons
    • 40 online quizzes
    • Over 14 hours of video instruction and tutorials
    • Over 90 worksheets with sample answer sheets and examples, including art history worksheets with writing components
    • Over 30 instructional diagrams
    • Over 40 project examples
    • Over 220 public domain or Creative Commons art references from a diverse range of artists
    • Over 200 vocabulary terms and definitions included in a complete course vocabulary list and within individual lessons
    • 38 rubrics, point systems for every course assignment, and an overall course grading system in spreadsheet format
    • A curriculum map with assignments, projects, topics, and learning standards addressed in each lesson
    • A complete materials list with different brand recommendations
    • 40 lesson plans with defined lesson objectives, learning standards, essential questions, learning targets, vocabulary, art references, materials lists, and steps for lesson activities

Course Topics:

    • Pencil types and their properties
    • Shading techniques
    • Rendering techniques
    • Setting up a still life
    • One-point, two-point, three-point, and axonometric perspective
    • Principles of dynamic composition
    • Techniques for creating the illusion of three-dimensional space
    • Drawing the human form
    • Drawing from observation
    • Gesture drawing (motion studies)
    • Botanical illustration
    • Zoological illustration
    • Using photo references
    • Drawing from photos with the grid method
    • Scaling images with the grid method
    • Colored pencil techniques
    • Pen techniques
    • Collage techniques
    • Concept art
    • Book illustration and design
    • Watercolor painting techniques
    • Acrylic painting techniques
    • Drawing from imagination
    • Finding inspiration from other artists
    • Art history (pre-historic to contemporary)
    • Art criticism
    • Portfolio development
    • Artwork presentation


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