Online Art School «Artefacto»
NEW LEARNING PROGRAM
BY JESSICA L BRYANT
Mastering Realistic Landscapes: Guided Program from Basics to Advanced
Dive into realistic painting with Jessica! Learn not just the how, but the why behind each detail, color, and perspective, moving seamlessly from fundamental concepts to advanced techniques. Create your own portfolio of 4 landscapes!
LIFETIME ACCESS |
NEW LEARNING PROGRAM
BY JESSICA L BRYANT
Mastering Realistic Landscapes: Guided Program from Basics to Advanced
Dive into realistic painting with Jessica! Learn not just the how, but the why behind each detail, color, and perspective, moving seamlessly from fundamental concepts to advanced techniques. Create your own portfolio of 4 landscapes!
LIFETIME ACCESS |
“The more years I paint and teach, the more I find that most decisions are best made while planning, long before putting paint to paper.”
Jessica L Bryant
Step into the world of realistic landscape painting with Jessica, through a guided program that brings you 10h of detailed video lessons and 4 insightful Zoom sessions with her and a professional artist curator. You'll navigate through foundational techniques that include observing skills, water control, value identification, color mixing, managing edge quality, and employing perspective and detail in your painting approaches.
Jessica doesn't just show, she shares - explaining her thought process and helping you understand the 'why' behind each choice, from subject selection to every brush stroke. But this is not just a course—it's a multifaceted learning experience combining recorded lessons, live interactions, and written feedback on your painting projects, creating a portfolio of 8 paintings!
The program wraps with a graduation party and an exhibition, offering a vibrant finale where your creations shine and compete, showcasing your transformation into a skillful landscape painter in watercolors.
This program will suit artists with any level of watercolor painting skills:
- beginners who want to master the foundational concepts of watercolor painting – observation, water control, accurate value, color mixing, edge quality, sense of perspective, and illusion of detail;
- intermediate artists who would like to practice various painting techniques, from wet into wet to dry on dry, refine their skills, and learn to choose the most suitable approaches and reference photos;
- advanced artists who are looking to practice and reaffirm a focus on value and paint application, as well as train to prepare a painting strategy in advance.
Jessica about the program...
“My hope is to cultivate a different mindset when approaching your subject in painting, altering how you perceive your objectives and enhancing your ability to see.”
Do you find yourself facing any of these challenges?
- Self doubt and lack of confidence
Don't know where to start painting
- Lack of understanding of how to work with references
- Focusing on color more than value
- Longing for a sense of freedom but instead feeling stressed about “getting it right”
- Difficulties in how to truly perceive and faithfully translate what you see
If so, you are not alone! And we have a solution.
In the program, we use our methodology, a combination of recorded lessons and live Zoom sessions with an artist and professional curators, which enhances the learning process and guarantees success!
Course Table of Contents
Introduction
Organizational information, how to use the platform. We will acquaint with the author of the program. We will go over the materials you will need for the course.
Module 1. Stand of Trees. Values
With this painting, we’ll gradually build from light values to darker values, practicing a variety of methods of applying paint, from wet into wet to dry on dry. The focus will be on seeing accurate values and shapes, and repeating those in paint. This lesson will be a good introduction for people new to watercolor as well as a good exercise for experienced painters to practice and reaffirm a focus on value and paint application.
1 h 45 min
Сomposition and pencil drawing
We will plan the composition of the future painting, make a pencil drawing, and prepare the design of our artwork.
Guiding the water's flow
Learn to guide water's flow, creating ethereal washes and intricate textures that lend a unique personality to your artwork.
Values, light and shadow
Explore the enchanting world of values, where light and shadow are your brushes. Delve into the intricacies of monochromatic color schemes, learning to sculpt form and convey mood through careful manipulation of shades.
Brush techniques and textures
Finalize the painting by adding foliage using brush techniques, as well as some texture in the grass area. Uncover the secrets of values that breathe life, depth, and emotion into your creations.
Module 2. Sunset Beach. Controlling Color Gradients
This painting will practice the challenge of changing value and color simultaneously. We will use a layered approach that is easier to control and builds an understanding of how value and color work. The simplicity of the large, dark rock shapes offer a chance to practice making a clean, single application of paint with intentional edges.
2 h
Сomposition and pencil drawing
We will plan the composition of the future painting, make a pencil drawing, and prepare the design of our artwork.
Learning to combine colors
This lesson is a symphony of hues, where you'll learn to harmonize colors in a way that tells a captivating visual story.
Working shapes and edges
Discover the beauty in simplicity as we embark on the challenge of creating large, dark rock shapes with pristine edges. We will also discuss what to do when unexpected accidents happen and how to evaluate whether you want to keep what happened, or make adjustments.
Diving into value and color interplay
Unravel the layered approach, a technique that grants you unparalleled control while deepening your comprehension of value and color interplay. This method is your key to mastering the intricate dance between light and hue.
Module 3. Misty Treetops. Shape, Edge Quality, and Mixing Greens
Learning to see color and values accurately is the best tool for successful painting. This painting focuses on greens because many students express frustration with them. Often this comes from a need to build stronger skills with mixing primary colors, but beneath that is the need to observe color accurately.
2 h 2 min
Design of our artwork
We will plan the composition of the future painting, make a pencil drawing, and prepare the design of our artwork.
Color exploration
Greens can appear daunting, but we'll unravel the mysteries behind this palette. Understand why greens often pose a challenge and embark on a journey of color exploration.
Lost and found edges
Hone your paint application techniques and elevate your artistry as you navigate the nuances of edge quality. Learn to identify the subtle interplay between lost and found edges, giving your paintings a dynamic and lifelike quality.
Unifying shapes
Explore techniques to unify shapes, creating a landscape that resonates with authenticity and depth.
Module 4. Mountain Lake. Perspective and Detail
Students will learn tools for conveying a sense of depth and perspective while continuing to practice skills from previous lessons. We will discuss atmospheric perspective, use of detail, and linear perspective, as well as value, color, and edge quality.
4 h 8 min
Pencil Part
We will plan the composition of the future painting, make a pencil drawing, and prepare the design of our artwork.
Color, value, and edge quality
Dive into the secrets of creating the illusion of distance through subtle shifts in color, value, and edge quality. Discover how to strategically employ detail to guide the viewer's gaze and tell a compelling story within your artwork.
Depth and dimension
Unravel the principles of linear perspective and unlock the ability to accurately portray depth and dimension. Watch as your artwork transforms, with distant horizons and converging lines leading the eye on an immersive journey through Mills Lake.
Putting it all together
Merge your knowledge of greens, brush techniques, value, and color with the newfound wisdom of perspective and detail. It's a challenge worth embracing, as it propels your skills to new heights.
Author's method
«It's really important to me to help the student feel supported and valued. We are all capable of painting, but too often the student's own self doubt prevents them from doing the practice that will, over time, yield the results. Everything we create has merit to it - something that went well.
It's good to strive to improve, but it's also important to recognize what we can already do. I encourage my students to step back from their work, and try to look at it as if it were not theirs. To try to see its value, what went well, what they can be proud of. There is always something.»
What results you will achieve at the course:
01
Gain confidence in your artistic capabilities from basics to detailed watercolor landscapes
02
Learn how to effectively plan your work to gain expected result!
03
Connect and learn through interactive sessions with an artist and peers
04
Conclude with a portfolio of 8 paintings, illustrating your artistic journey
05
Showcase your work, garnering exposure and feedback in a final exhibition
06
Participate in a graduation party, marking milestones and achievements in your artistic journey
Get individual written feedback on your paintings
You will get feedback on 4 final paintings during the first 90 days of studying from a professional curator (Premium plan).
- You will get a detailed review from the curator highlighting key areas for improvement and providing recommendations!
- The curator is an artist who had formal education in a fine art academy and was trained to provide feedback/critique to the paintings
As well as a special Zoom session with feedback from Jessica L Bryant! At which you have a chance to get your work reviewed and ask any questions you may have (Premium plan).
Join our international and artistic community with a dedicated Community Manager!
- Students support and inspire each other every day
- They share advice, discuss the drawings and give feedback on them
- Like-minded people discuss various art-related topics there
- They feel at home with their friends
This community is moderated by a dedicated professional Community Manager and our Support Team!
- A signature member of the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Northwest Watercolor Society, and Idaho Watercolor Society.
- Her work is represented by Coeur d’Alene Galleries.
- Her award winning work can be found in numerous American and international exhibits, publications, and private and public collections.
- A watercolor realist, Jessica lives in Coeur d'Alene and enjoys painting the incredible surrounding landscapes.
- Working and teaching out of her studio in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Jessica offers classes and workshops for adults and youth, as well as online classes.
- Most of her work centers on her attraction to the natural world that exists apart from human activity, as both analogy and counterpoint to the struggle and joy of humanity and modern life.
Examples of Jessica's works
“When I'm teaching, it's really important to me to convey the raw concepts behind topics like techniques and color. People are creative and smart. When we understand what we're trying to do, we can invent our own way to get there.”
We offer different plans
Standard
10 lessons (total 9 h 53 min)
- 24/7 access from any location at your own pace
- 4 watercolor paintings from simple to complex
- Dedicated students’ WhatsApp chat with a community manager
- Artefacto Online Exhibition exclusively for program members!
- Final work and certificate
- 1-year access to the video lessons
- Bonus: 100 ArtiCoins
Premium
10 lessons (total 9 h 53 min)
- 24/7 access from any location at your own pace
- 4 watercolor paintings from simple to complex
- Dedicated students’ WhatsApp chat with a community manager
- Individual feedback from curator on each painting within 90 days
- Artefacto Online Exhibition exclusively for program members!
- Final work and certificate
- 1-year access to the video lessons
- Bonus: 150 ArtiCoins
Standard
10 lessons (total 9 h 53 min)
- 24/7 access from any location at your own pace
- 4 watercolor paintings from simple to complex
- Dedicated students’ WhatsApp chat with a community manager
- Artefacto Online Exhibition exclusively for program members!
- Final work and certificate
- 1-year access to the video lessons
- Bonus: 100 ArtiCoins
Premium
10 lessons (total 9 h 53 min)
- 24/7 access from any location at your own pace
- 4 watercolor paintings from simple to complex
- Dedicated students’ WhatsApp chat with a community manager
- Individual feedback from curator on each painting within 90 days
- Artefacto Online Exhibition exclusively for program members!
- Final work and certificate
- 1-year access to the video lessons
- Bonus: 150 ArtiCoins
All the graduates may take part in Artefacto Online Exhibition
Here are the exemplarily results of our Third Online Exhibition:
- 92 students exhibited their works
- We awarded 8 winners in 5 categories
- Winners got the winner certificates, Koval sketchbooks, free 1 month membership in "Artefacto Family" and other valuable prizes
- All participants received the bonus of 50 ArtiCoins
Paintings by the winners of our last exhibition: Marian Mattinson, Miriam Tió, Greshna Dibble, Alba Cruz, Tejaswini Gangan, Svitlana Eccles-Kuznetsova, Manuela Vianello and Suneeta Verma.
You have no risks – we support you!
100% guarantee
In case after 1-2 lessons of the learning program within the first week, you realize that using our approach you cannot create a drawing,
YOU WILL GET YOUR MONEY BACK!
Freeze for Premium plan
If the start date is not convenient we freeze the learning program for as long as you want (1 time free of charge) .
Freedom & Mobility
Access to the lessons at any time. Go through the lessons at a comfortable pace. Watch the lessons on your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.
Certificate of completion
(in Premium Plan)
Upon completion of the learning program for the students of Premium plan we issue a certificate. The certificate could be used as a proof of your qualification's upgrade at work (if it is related to arts) and for your private affairs as a recognition of your mastery in painting.
How is our course organized?
BEFORE COURSE
Full learning program
List of learning program materials
Friendly community of beginner and professional artists
AT COURSE
Recorded video lessons
Watch lessons at your own pace
Closed students' chat
Feedback from curator
AFTER COURSE
Certificate of completion
Own portfolio
Skills and knowledge practiced
Part of our art community
Which materials do you need for the learning program?
- Paints
- Watercolor paper 300 g or heavier
- Brushes
- Palette
- Jar of water
- Cellulose kitchen sponge
- Graphite pencil
- Eraser
- Paper towel (optional)
Frequently asked questions
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