Online Art Academy
The Bo Bartlett Center is offering an Online Art Academy for All Ages. The class consists of 2-3 hours of pre-recorded videos. Students are welcome to
move at their own pace, whether they follow the day by day structure, watch everything
at once, or simply work when they have time. Students can either follow along with
the video or watch the demonstration and then try it on their own. Each week of videos
will be posted on the website on separate pages, with registrants receiving a code
to access the classes. A list of reference images and other resources and examples
will also be posted on the website. Each class will have its own materials list, and
for the ones with painting, parents will be able to choose oil or acrylic according
to what would be best for their student. The instructor’s email will be available
to registrants so they can ask for help or questions as they go. There is also a student
gallery on Instagram (@bobartlettcenterartacademy) so participants can send the work they complete to the instructor. With permission,
their work will be posted with the rest of the group. The instructor will be available
for scheduled 20 minute personal critiques with each registrant, so they can be helped
on an individual level when they are ready.
Instructor
Julianna Wells is an American artist who lives and works in Columbus, Georgia. She completed her
MFA degree at the New York Academy of Art with a focus in drawing and painting. She
holds a BFA from Columbus State University and has received various scholarships and
accolades throughout her time as an emerging artist. Capturing quiet moments of reflection
and introspection in her work, Wells captures the delicate interaction of our environments
and inner psychological and emotional states.
Curriculum
Drawing – An introduction to the principles of drawing in graphite and charcoal.
Day 1: Introduction, what is art? Go over materials, how to measure by eye,
drawing from life
Day 2: Line – go over strokes and variety of hatching in graphite, showing weight
and mass shell still life, gesture drawings
Day 3: Light on form – open form drawing in charcoal of apple or other spherical
fruit – go over tonality and show form
Day 4: Figurative drawing in charcoal – anatomy
Day 5: Personal critiques
Painting and Color
Day 1: Introduce materials, acrylic vs oil, color theory and mixing, how to
prepare your canvas or panel
Day 2: Mud head with palette knife of a brick, apple or coffee cup
Day 3: Temperature and tonality still life (egg, shell, or other white object
on a white cloth in natural light) seeing subtle shifts – temperature
Day 4: Color still life of fruit on complimentary cloth or paper – all prima
(direct painting)
Day 5: Personal critiques
Portrait Painting – An introduction to portraiture and indirect painting
Day 1: What is an underpainting? Introduction – Do composition sketches for
a self-portrait or of another person in both graphite and charcoal, go over anatomy
of the face
Day 2: Drawing with paint – block in composition focusing on light and dark
relationships
Day 3: Develop the grisaille
Day 4: Reestablishing the drawing and using a full color palette
Day 5: Personal critiques
Narrative Painting – How to develop a painting idea from beginning to end
Day 1: Composition and perspective – how to develop ideas for a painting
Day 2: How to take reference photos and edit them, make drawing and painting
studies for painting idea
Day 3: How to transfer your idea to your larger painting and begin underpainting
Day 4: Developing the painting
Day 5: Personal critiques
Tuition: $75 per week