What You Will Learn

Learn how to draw and paint in a virtual format! In this course, students will digitally paint still lifes, gain visual development skills by creating concept-based paintings, and develop character designs and storytelling paintings!

Keywords: digital painting, painting, drawing, still life, art, storytelling, visual development, concept-based, character designs 

 

Design For 

Grade 6 - Grade 8

 

 

Course Overview

4 - 8 students	1.5 hours per class
Eastern Time Thursday 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. ET  Pacific Time Thursday 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. PT	12 classes / meet once a week 4/29/2021, 5/6/2021, 5/13/2021, 5/20/2021, 5/27/2021, 6/3/2021, 6/10/2021, 6/17/2021, 6/24/2021, 7/1/2021, 7/8/2021, 7/15/2021

 

 

Lesson

• Unit 1. Introduction to Digital Painting

• Unit 2. Painting Form, Lighting, Value, and Color

• Unit 3. Painting a Still life: Value 

• Unit 4. Painting a Still Life: Color

• Unit 5. Continue Painting Still Life

• Unit 6. Introduction to Visual Development

• Unit 7. Paint your Favorite Character’s Room

• Unit 8. Finish Painting Character’s Room

• Unit 9. Develop an Original Character Design

• Unit 10. Paint a Storytelling Image with Character

• Unit 11. Continue Painting Storytelling Image

• Unit 12. Finish Painting Storytelling Image

Course Projects

• Project  1 - Practice painting a still life master copy

• Project 2 - Paint a still life using the value

• Project 3 - Paint a still life using color

... 9 more projects

 

Materials

*Prepare your own materials

• Drawing Tablet: *Huion Drawing Tablet with Pen  *Any drawing tablet with pen or iPad with Apple Pencil 

• Still Life Props: 3D Geometric Shapes

• Mixed Media Sketchbook: 11 x 14 or smaller

• Drawing Pencils and Eraser

 

 

Instructor

Ringling College of Art and Design, BFA in Computer Animation | 3D Generalist, Story Artist, Illustrator, Photographer

 

Beth's Artworks 

*cropped screenshot from Beth's 3D Generalist Demo