Each lesson starts with a short lecture that covers major styles and artists of the period.
Semester 2 (January-May 2020):
Week of January 6, 2020 - Painting Winter: a study of a winter landscape. Understanding aerial perspective, direct and reflected light. Acrylics.
Week of January 13, 2020 - Profile portraits of Renaissance. Mixed media.
Week of January 20, 2020 - Chinese New Year. Designing a traditional paper cutout or a sculpture with a new year symbol.
Week of January 27, 2020 - Architecture Basics: understanding such concepts as a column, a portico, a dome, an arc. Designing a dream house.
Week of February 3, 2020 - designing and implementing a mosaic / stained glass composition for your dream house.
Week of February 10, 2020 - painting flowers. Learning about a-la-prima watercolor technique.
Week of February 17, 2020 - Sculpting a Japanese doll for a Hinamatsuri holiday. Oven-baked clay.
Week of February 24, 2020 - Painting and dressing up the Japanese doll.
Week of March 2, 2020 - Painting a candle / a source of light (can be a fire-type pokemon, too). Inspired by Caravaggio.
Week of March 9, 2020 - Introduction on the history of costume. Designing a costume for a favorite book or a game.
Week of March 16 and 23, 2020 - General rules of composition. Drawing a scene from a favorite book or a game. Inspired be Vermeer.
Week of March 30, 2020 - Drawing a real or imaginary object and a shadow from the object. Inspired by Ribera.
Week of April 6, 2020 - Designing a vehicle, a ship, or a space ship. Inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Week of April 13, 2020 - Drawing a realistic pencil portrait, inspired by Hans Holbein.
Week of April 20, 2020 - Painting sky: inspired by Willam Turner.
Week of April 27, 2020 - Art Nouveau: Designing an Exlibris.
Week of May 4, 2020 - The DaDa movement: Creating a surrealistic composition.
Week of May 11, 2020 - Bauhaus: creating an abstract 3D composition.
Week of May 19, 2020 - Pop Art movement: making a collage.
Week of May 25, 2020 - Manga Art. Drawing an anime character.
