Brushstrokes are at the core of being an artist and are one of the things that set artists apart from one another.
Using her approachable, easy-to-understand teaching method and lots of hands-on activities, artist Jill Poyerd breaks down historic and contemporary brushwork into twenty-two unique brushstrokes. This course is part one of a two-part series and covers twelve of the twenty-two strokes. Styles are broken down by type of application and include a brief history, examples of how they're used in masterpieces, demonstrations, and student practice exercises. Part one of the course covers invisible strokes, direct painting, strokes that use light amounts of paint, and strokes that use thick, impasto paint.
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I've been a professional artist for over 10 years now, but I've painted all my life.
And I know that one of the keys to being an artist is your brushwork.
When I was developing the idea for this course, I didn't want to just show students how I
paint.
I wanted to teach them how to paint.
And in this case, it meant teaching them all about the various brushstrokes that are available
to us as artists.
To my astonishment, it seemed no one had taken the time to break down what strokes artists
have used throughout history, as well as the present day.
So this was my task.
After almost a year of research and preparing, I'm really excited to offer this course.
Painters of all levels can benefit from the examples I give from masterpieces throughout
history.
They can learn new techniques, or new ways to handle ones they already use.
New painters will come away with a tool chest of brushstrokes, ready to apply the knowledge
to their works of art.
The course is broken into two parts that together cover 22 different brushstrokes that can be
used in almost any painting medium.
It builds from a discussion of the topics that influence paint application, to strokes
that are used for base layers.
Then it covers directly painted strokes, those that use little paint, and those that use
a lot.
Part two of this course deals with the many types of broken strokes, including those often
used by the Impressionists and Neo-Impressionists, as well as more contemporary strokes and methods.
Because students learn through informative lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on activities,
I believe they'll walk away from this course with confidence and a host of new ideas.
