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Tier One - Painting Essentials

The Traditions Education Program

You can start with Tier One. Base your choice of study on your personal schedule and artistic interests. Tier one includes the basics of color language and an introduction into the vast world of pigments, paints and artist's mediums. Tier One also includes interesting art history and six completed paintings after the style of popular ancient cultures. Enrich Your Artistic Experience! Take an Artistic Journey Through Time and Discover Ancient Art Forms

Progressive - You can sign up for Tier One Complete Course

If you are a student who wishes to learn in a progressive manner, the Tier One classes are offered as a single progressive course. The history and study of color, pigments, paint and mediums is laid out in a sequential format and follows the time line of art history. This progressive course is for students who have an interest in art history and who also like to paint cultural artworks relating to different periods in time.

Independent Classes

The classes in Tier One can also be taken as independent or individual classes, one class at a time. Each class offers a single cultural painting and is placed in the context of its artistic history and time.

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Tier One - Complete Course - Progressive Learning Approach

Essentials for the Artist Plus Art History and Painting exercises. Take an artistic journey through time and discover ancient art forms and their history. Learn fun techiques to paint six different ancient styled paintings. This class has over 20 hours of step by step video instructions and no prior painting experience is necessary. This course is presented in a unique way...it is built around the history of the art styles, early pigments and paints, color, and cultural impact on art through time. It is a course that will open your eyes to the bigger world of art...enriching your artistic experience. This is a terrific art course for Home Schoolers too!

Outstanding Value! - Course fee - $129.95 - Buy Now

Course Learning Objectives - take a look at what you will learn in the complete course.

Learn to use the Pigment Wheel.
Learn to use the Color Wheel
Discover an innovative approach to selecting color pigments.
Learn about artist's mediums and how they are used.
Learn logical strategies for choosing, mixing, and managing pigments and colors on your palette.
Build your foundation for mixing color.
Understand the language of color.
See the world of color through its ancient art forms and art history.
Expand your art history knowledge and learn the fun and simple techniques to paint six different ancient art forms inspired from different cultures. No prior skill required.

Tier One Class #1 - Art From the Beginning - Cave Painting Paint a prehistoric cave painting and replicate the simple techniques used by early cave dwellers. Learn how to use sticks, straws and your fingers to create authentic faux painting techniques used by ancient cave dwellers to create the look of limestone cave walls and these interesting animal motifs. Discover the history & beginning of art as we know it today. This is a fun and interactive class for novice as well as experienced painters. 1 painting - Cave Painting Study, 2:30 hrs video instruction. Online Class Fee - $29.95 Buy Now
Tier One Class #2 -Getting to Know Paint & Pre-Colombian Art Study Naymlap - Explore the development of paint through early pigments. Learn about the art of early cultures and replicate an authentic Pre-Colombian amulet. Explore the use of texture mediums and mica to create the faux effects of inlaid gold. This class places the focus on color glazing applications and shows the artist how to use both transparent and opaque applications. No prior skill required. Become a safety conscious artist by being aware of the ingredients in paints and artist’s materials. 1 painting - Pre-Colombian Study, 2:30 hrs video instruction. Online Class Fee - $29.95 Buy Now
Tier One Class #3 - Structure of Color - Introduction to Color & Black Figure Vases Seeing color with the standard Color Wheel and understanding the structure of color is the goal of this course. Learn how to create a Color Wheel and how to use Color Schemes for painting. Observe how the ancient Greek artists incorporated story telling into their art forms while you learn techniques for painting Black Figure Greek Vases. Artists depicted scenes from mythology and from everyday life as stories that are painted on clay vases. This class will open your eyes to the history of the color wheel and at the same time have fun painting an ancient art style. No prior skill required. 1 painting - Black Figure Greek Study, 2:30 hrs video instruction. Online Class Fee - $29.95 Buy Now
Tier One Class #4 - Overview of Color, History of Color and Mixing Study - Munsell Measure and see color in three dimensions. (Color mixes and exercises) This basic overview of color is an introduction to the three dimensions of color - Hue, Value, Intensity. Students will also explore the history of color and discover an easy formula for successful color mixing. Learn how the famous colorist Albert Henry Munsell created a standard for measuring color that modern day artists still use today. Learn to use the Pigment Wheel. This color theory tutorial is great for the artist who wants to learn about the fundamentals of color. This class includes simple color mixing and a few exercises to get you started. Making your own color mixing charts will become a fun and informative study in the future. Get started now and experience color history and color theory. Color Study, 2:30 hrs video instruction. Online Class Fee - $29.95 Buy Now
Tier One Class #6 - Pigments and Understanding Light and Pigments - Opacity and Transparency This class explores pigments relative to Opacity and Transparency. When learning to paint with acrylics, the artist must understand the differences between opacity, semi-transparency, transparency, and translucency. Whether one paints with acrylics or oils, or specializes in abstract paintings, watercolor paintings or any other style of art, understanding the properties of pigments is one of the keys to success. In this online art class, students discover how the passage of light through different pigments will affect the style and methods of painting. The choice of subject for this class lends an historical element while teaching sound principles and techniques for learning to paint. I painting (Greek red figure vase) 1 painting - Red Figure Greek Study, 2:30 hrs video instruction. Online Class Fee - $29.95
Tier One Class #7 - Art History - Unlock the Secrets of the Artist’s Palette and Historical Art Study Learn new painting techniques with acrylics. Discover these techniques as you unlock the secrets of the artist’s palette and explore the color palettes of some of the Old Masters like Rembrandt, Titian, Van Eyke, Goya, and Vermeer. Learn how the Old Masters viewed and used color, incorporate their color philosophies into your own modern day color choices. Learn how to look at modern day pigments and make creative decisions when selecting the available pigments today. This is a fun, and interesting hands-on dimensional painting using heavy textural mediums and colourful glazing techniques. This lesson shows a contemporary version of the process using modern paint and materials. Its fun, interactive and you can transfer these skills to other painting projects. 1 painting (Lion from the Babylonian Ishtar Gate) Online Class Fee - $29.95

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