Individual Course Modules
You can also purchase each of the 10 course modules individually, choosing exactly the topics you want to focus on, from beginner fundamentals like tools, color, and composition to intermediate skills like color harmony, finding your visual voice, and working on a larger scale.Ā
Beginner Course 1: Tools & Techniques
This module covers the essential supplies used in acrylic painting, from surfaces and brushes to gesso, paints, mediums, and palette knives. You'll learn how each material contributes to the creative process so you can choose the right supplies with confidence.
Beginner Course 2: Lines / Shape / Form
This module breaks down how every abstract painting starts with line, shape, and form. Through hands-on exercises, you'll practice mark making and begin developing your own personal line style.
Beginner Course 3: Texture
This module explores the difference between actual texture and the illusion of texture in a painting. Using tools like modeling paste, gel medium, and stencils, you'll experiment with techniques that add depth and create focal points.
Beginner Course 4:Ā Color / Value
This module covers the basics of color theory, from building your own color wheel to understanding tints, tones, and shades. You'll also learn how warm and cool colors and shifts in value affect the mood and depth of a painting.
Beginner CourseĀ 5:Ā Composition
This module looks at how space and composition create a sense of balance and movement in a painting. You'll practice composition techniques like horizon lines and the rule of thirds to arrange your work with intention.
Beginner CourseĀ 6: Canvas Prep
This module covers the final steps for getting a painting ready to show, including labeling, varnishing, and attaching hardware for hanging. By the end, you'll be able to finish your work with a polished, gallery-ready look.
Intermediate Course 1: How to Start A Painting
This module covers techniques for beginning an abstract painting with confidence, including mark making and identifying sweet spots that draw the eye. You'll layer collage, stencils, and other tools to build a strong foundation for your own work.
Intermediate Course 3: Finding Your Visual Voice
This module is about discovering your own artistic voice through reflection and exploration. You'll look at artists who inspire you and learn how personal experience and emotion can shape the work you create.
Intermediate Course 2: Harmonizing Colors
This module focuses on building color harmony through a mother color, color stories, and glazing techniques. You'll learn to create a more unified, intentional palette across your paintings.
Intermediate CourseĀ 4: How to Paint a Large Abstract Painting
This module covers how to approach a large-scale abstract painting with intention, building composition through mark making, texture, and layered techniques. You'll work on an oversized canvas to create a bold piece that reflects your personal style.
