Online Art School Course Outline
Learn How To Draw
and How To Oil Paint

Your drawing lessons are divided into a six-lesson curriculum and include all the initial art supplies and materials you will need to learn how to draw and how to oil paint. Once you have registered and completed the enrollment questionnaire, your 10 textbooks, digital camera, personal access code to the students’ area, and your materials kit will be mailed to you. Please allow up to 15 days for your drawing lessons package to arrive.

A Revolutionary Idea in Teaching Drawing & Painting

A detailed description of the Full Drawing & Painting Art Course follows, but the key to our having students in the United Arab Emirates (Bahrain), Costa Rica, Italy, Scotland, Uganda, Panama, Norway, Japan, China, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Mallorca, Mexico, Grand Cayman, Great Britain, Canada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (West Indies), as well as all over the USA. is a digital camera. The student uses the camera to take digital photographs of their assigned lesson artwork and attach those photos to an email to the school. We can then prepare detailed comments, hand drawn and painted how-you-could-have-done-it better critiques that are posted to your Personal WEB Folder for you to review 24 hours a day/7 days a week/365 days a year

Painting and Drawing Lessons Outline

1. Learn how to draw light, shade and form.
2. Painting techniques for composition and color theory.
3. How to oil paint with still life and perspective.
4. Learn how to draw a landscape and painting techniques for landscapes.
5. Learn how to sketch and how to oil paint figures (portraits, animals, etc.)
6. Your Masterpiece! Your graduation painting on the subject of your choice.
   Graduation! Upon graduation you will receive a certificate of completion and a CD-ROM that includes all of your drawing lessons, all critiques, and some vital “next steps” insights to help you continue to progress.

(Directions and specifications are detailed in each drawing lesson in your personal Web folder.)

You have up to 30 months (2-1/2 years) to complete the art course.

Art Instructor Critiques

Each of your drawing lessons will receive a customized art instructor critique in order to help you improve and expand as you learn how to draw and how to oil paint. Critiques will use the following format:

• Your digital camera image.
• Art Instructor’s comments.
• Instructor’s visual suggestions for improvement.
• Links to images and/or information on the Web that you will find useful.
• Possible animations to clarify points and offer instruction.

Art critiques are cumulative, printable and will remain on the site at the online art school for three years. You will also receive a CD-ROM copy of all critiques upon graduation. Art critiques can be placed in a common area where other students can learn from them, or in a private area for only your viewing.

Click here to view a sample art critique.

Included In Your Art Materials Kit

Your complete art materials kit includes everything you need to graduate from the online art school. You are always free to purchase additional art materials (such as full-sized stretch canvases or alternate brushes, etc.) if you choose.

• 10 Textbooks For Each Drawing Lesson – The basic text you’ll use is entitled “Art School: A Complete Painters Course.” There are also nine other art texts included that cover the various drawing and painting techniques such as: basic drawing, composition and color theory, how to oil paint (applying and mixing paints), still life and perspective, landscapes, and figures.
  
  
• Digital Camera – You’ll use the digital camera to take photographs of your completed art lessons and email them to your art instructor. A Hewlett Packard PhotoSmart 120 is generally included in your kit. While completing your enrollment questionnaire, you will be asked questions about your computer’s capabilities so that a compatible camera can be mailed to you. If you have any questions about the use or setup of the camera, please don’t hesitate to ask.
  
  
• Art Supplies – When you learn how to draw and how to oil paint, it is imperative that you have the proper art supplies. That is precisely why you will receive such an extensive array of materials. Included in your student’s package will be:

  Drawing Starter Kit – A tremendous assortment of artist’s pencils to use with each of your drawing lessons.
  
  
  Oil Painting Starter Set – Just what you need when learning how to oil paint. Twenty-six tubes of oil color, three specialty pencils, a sharpener, an eraser, four brushes, a putty eraser, a palette for color mixing, and a wooden carrying case.
  
  
  Drawing Pads – You’ll also receive a 50-sheet, 14x17 drawing pad as well as a 10-sheet, 12x16 canvas skins pad.

Prerequisites

There are certain skills you will need to possess or obtain prior to registering for our online art school. These skills are to ensure that you are able to fully interact with your art instructor as you learn how to draw and how to oil paint.

You should have:

• Unlimited use of a computer with Internet access.
• A computer with a CD-ROM drive.
• A monitor capable with VGA or Super VGA ability.
• The ability to send and receive emails with attachments.
• High speed Internet access – if possible. Dial-up access is acceptable, but will slow your progress in viewing your critiques.

I will show you how to:

• Use your new digital camera.
• Upload and send images of your artwork from your camera.