10d • General discussion
My 4 Core Lessons
The classroom is dense with information. Allow me to bring some of it out and highlight it for you. Here is how to utilize my lessons.
The 4 Core Lessons
Felicia has broken down the methods she used to evolve her own skill and shares them with you while offering presence and encouraging guidance. You will get access to one lesson per month. Practice each lesson until you perfect it. Get help from Felicia in Critique Club.
- Step by Step Drawing - (Lesson 1)
- Big Picture Quicksketch- (Lesson 2)
- Step by Step Portrait Painting (Lesson 3)
- Still Life Painting - Milk and Water (Lesson 4)
These four lessons are the foundation of how Felicia taught herself to paint well. Repeat each of these lessons until you perfect* them. Follow along with, and master the steps until the process is second nature.
- Lesson 1 - you want to perfect* likeness (shapes), value, and edge.
- Lesson 2 - you want to perfect* your shapes, and color/value choices.
- Lesson 3 - you want to perfect* likeness (shapes), value, color and edge.
- Lesson 4 - finally, you will learn to strategize your approach within Felicia's step by step method for the added complexity of the still life lesson.
You may vary your subject as you repeat these exercises.
- Paint from life.
- Paint self portraits or have someone pose for you.
- Paint master copies.
Let the variety in your subject keep you engaged as you commit to the strict process until you master it.
After developing these processes Felicia utilized them unwaveringly for approximately 5 years -until they offered no more challenge. She then began to explore new processes or the abandonment of processes altogether .
* Perfect doesn't mean that you make an exact copy of Felicia's demo unless that is your chosen goal. You must eventually decide for yourself how much realism you wish to portray with the mastery of these fundamentals. Precision can be found in any aesthetic. Perfect is when you are thoroughly satisfied with your efforts and don't need to be told by anyone else if it's enough. It may take time before you know where that line is. Until then... enjoy the study and the structure of Felicia's lessons and her guidance in Critique Club meetings.
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