Online Art School «Artefacto»
NEW ONLINE COURSE
BY DYLAN PIERCE
Unlock the art of painting a ginger cat with watercolor as Dylan Pierce guides you in capturing its character, emotions, and uniqueness, while strategically using shape, color, and carefully chosen edges to convey the perfect mood, character, and emotion
LIFETIME ACCESS |
NEW ONLINE COURSE
BY DYLAN PIERCE
Emotive Watercolor Cat: The Art of Expression
Unlock the art of painting a ginger cat with watercolor as Dylan Pierce guides you in capturing its character, emotions, and uniqueness, while strategically using shape, color, and carefully chosen edges to convey the perfect mood, character, and emotion
LIFETIME ACCESS |
In this course, Dylan Pierce shows you how to paint a cat with watercolor, using a step-by-step approach for showing character, emotions, and uniqueness of the animal.
Painting with Dylan, you will learn how watercolor works, see how to keep your washes clean and also how to put life in the painting with juxtaposing colors and allowing contact in carefully chosen areas. Dylan explains how making color choices and choosing specific edges will give you more than a likeness, but also a mood.
Dylan’s goal in this course is more than just painting fur and capturing the soul but to teach you how to strategically use shape, color and carefully chosen edges to convey the perfect mood, character and emotion. Dylan explains how to make artistic choices based on the specific message. In this painting, Dylan conveys a warm, nurturing gentleness and playfulness.
This course will suit intermediate and experienced artists who:
already know fundamental techniques and want to study professional painting approaches;
dream to get more control over color and pigment and practice such techniques as transparent glazing, timing of wetness, dry into damp, and wet into wet;
are looking to achieving life and capturing the soul in the painting;
would like to learn to not just copy a photo, but convey mood and emotions by choosing a suitable design.
Course Table of Contents (~5.5h)
Lesson 1
Introduction
Organizational information, how to use the platform. The list of materials needed for the course.
Lesson 2
Theory
Consider the approach to working on a portrait of a cat and what to pay attention to.
Lesson 3
Pencil drawing
Make a pencil drawing for future artwork. Learn techniques to accurately depict subjects and enhance your observational skills.
Lesson 4
First layer
Make the first watercolor layer using different colors and shades and the author's approach.
Lesson 5
Color studies
We will do color studies for future work, learn how to read all info from the picture (mood, meaning, important things, light&dark, etc.).
Lesson 6
Working with a muzzle
We will begin to work on the details of the cat's muzzle, learn how to paint realistic cat's eyes, transfer the shade of eyes, skin of the nose, learn to work with light and shadow.
Lesson 7
Making a cat fur
We will study the author's techniques for realistic cat fur and make the next layer of watercolor, which will give the final image of the portrait.
Lesson 8
Working with the background
Learn to work with the background, which will "support" the focal point of the painting and give an abstract effect.
Lesson 9
Final touches
Make final touches that give our portrait a finished look and help us convey a sunny and calm state of the scene.
Lesson 10
Conclusion
As a creative task make your own cat painting, using the techniques learned in the course.
What results you will achieve at the course:
01
Understand the right timing for applying water and paint
02
See how to effectively layer watercolor to create a more dimensional and lifelike painting
03
Choose edges, colors, and shapes to bring out the mood and character and capture the soul
Meet your instructor
Dylan Pierce
- Upon realizing at an early age his enjoyment of drawing and painting, Dylan was encouraged to pursue his passion in art. He studied at Chris diDomizio’s art school in Atlanta, Ga for ten years.
- Dylan’s paintings have won many national and international awards. For example, his original watercolor "Uplifted" won the Award of Excellence in the Alabama Watercolor Society 2017 National Exhibition.
- Dylan has participated in about 10 group and solo exhibitions, and conducted watercolor workshops in the southeast US, Southern Africa, Italy, and Russia.
- Dylan's paintings have been featured in International Artist, Watercolor, Wildlife Art, L'Art de Aquarelle, and numerous other publications.
- The artist paints the beauty and breadth of wildlife and people with the rare ability to “capture the soul".
We offer different plans
Basic
- 10 lessons (total 5 h 43 min)
- 1 watercolor painting
- Access to the students' chat
- 60 days access to the course
Standard
- 10 lessons (total 5 h 43 min)
- 1 watercolor painting
- Access to the students' chat
- LIFETIME access to the course
- Bonus 1: 50 ArtiCoins
- Bonus 2: Recording of the workshop "The Main Components of Artistic Design"
Basic
- 10 lessons (total 5 h 43 min)
- 1 watercolor paintings
- Access to the students' chat
- 60 days access to the course
Standard
- 10 lessons (total 5 h 43 min)
- 1 watercolor paintings
- Access to the students' chat
- LIFETIME access to the course
- Bonus 1: 30 ArtiCoins
You have no risks – we support you!
No risk for you*
In case after 1–2 lessons of the coursе you realize that is not for you, YOU WILL GET YOUR MONEY BACK!
*within 14 days after payment
Freedom & Mobility
Make your own schedule and go through the lessons at a comfortable pace – whenever and wherever you like
How is our course organized?
BEFORE COURSE
Full course program
List of course materials
Friendly community of beginner and professional artists
AT COURSE
Recorded video lessons
Watch lessons at your own pace
Closed students' chat
AFTER COURSE
Own portfolio
Skills and knowledge practiced
Part of our art community
Which materials do you need for the course?
- watercolor paper in a block,
- watercolor paints,
- a pencil, an eraser,
- a knife to cut the paper and sharpen a pencil,
- a container for water,
- a set of brushes,
- paper towel
Examples of Dylan's works
Frequently asked questions
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Contact us
For customer care:
info@artefactoschool.online
Our working hours:
Monday — Friday
7 am — 6 pm Central European Time (CET)
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