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Beyond the Stick Figure Complete Drawing Course PLUS 3 Bonus Courses from Beyond the Stick Figure Art School is an online art curriculum for children. The course provides step by step instruction with 53 lessons in drawing, 15 lessons in pen and ink, 53 lessons in watercolor, 24 lessons in acrylic, and 32 lessons in 3D design. Each section finishes with a “How Am I Doing?” section which allows students to evaluate their progress. Each video lesson varies in length from as little as one minute to ten minutes. Students watch each lesson and then print the download workbook to complete the lesson. Sally encourages students to see the world in shapes as they create their own masterpieces.
Please note, the course is incremental; and each lesson builds on the last. All students are required to begin with the drawing course and they cannot move on until they have marked the lesson complete. In order to complete the drawing course, students need the following materials – a pack of PRISMACOLOR markers with primary and secondary colors, a pack of copy paper cut into fourths, and a sketch pad.
Throughout the drawing course, Sally teaches students to see the world in shapes. First, students learn to draw with circles; and color in negative space with a different color.
Next, students learn to draw with dots.
Next, students learn to draw with curved lines; and color in negative space with a different color.
Next, students learn to draw with straight lines.
Then, students put together these shapes and create their own masterpiece.
The course progresses as students learn their primary colors and how to create their secondary colors. Students even make a color chart with the listed marker name and number. Sally uses very simple techniques to teach students how to be an artist in a step by step manner. Students trace and connect dots before they draw on their own.
This course was very simple for my senior in high school who will be pursuing a degree in studio art this fall; but she has enjoyed working through the lessons to develop habits like a professional artist. In fact, she even learned that Leonardo Di Vinci could draw a perfect circle by hand. Sally has taught my daughter to see the world as an artist; and that there is no right or wrong way to do art.
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