Planning Your Next Painting: Discover How To Prepare For A New Project

Class Description:

Jump into this creative exploration with Foxsy's class that focuses on idea generation, planning, and composition techniques for painting projects. This course encourages learners to tap into their personal interests as sources of inspiration while also providing practical tools like Roll for Inspiration charts or references when needed. Whether you prefer digital tools or traditional sketchbooks, this class will guide you through the process of creating compelling compositions using thumbnails sketches, rule-of-thirds technique, and other useful techniques.

What You Will Learn:

The significance of drawing from personal interests to create engaging subject matter
How to utilize 'Roll For Inspiration' charts or other references when seeking artistic ideas
Techniques for exploring different poses, actions, characters, animals, etc.
The use of thumbnail sketches as an effective starting point in your art creation process
Understanding key composition techniques such as the rule-of-thirds principle and leveraging negative space effectively
Adapting rather than directly copying from reference materials

Supplies You'll Need:

Paper
Pencil

About Instructor

Shelby Abrahamsen (Foxsy)

Shelby is the co-founder of Foxsy and the creator at Little Coffee Fox. She is a professional watercolorist, letterer, and artist with a passion for teaching others to reintroduce creativity back into their lives. Shelby lives in Chicago, IL with her husband Jon and her pets Summer, Basil, and Korra.

191 Classes

+7 enrolled

Class Pass includes:

✓Lifetime Access To Class

Foxsy Membership includes:

✓Live Class Access To This Class & All Foxsy Live Classes
✓Access to full 200+ Class Library, The Watercolor Academy, & The Modern Lettering Academy
✓Project feedback from Foxsy Pros & Unlimited Support

Ratings and Reviews

5.0

Avg. Rating

1 Ratings

What's your experience? We'd love to know!

Danette Toledo

Posted 8 months ago

Live Class Review

I love how Shelby explained in details ,on how you can doodle and turn into a beautiful art and details wish ever mediums you may have . I for one am learning to use my imagination since my cancer diagnosis,I noticed in how my left brain works and I shut down my right brain to relax and get things to be put in paper and add a story and details.thank you so much.