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Week 0: Introduction

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Welcome to Painting Drama, a mentored course on composition, creating an immersive, dramatic experience through visual storytelling and finding your own unique visual voice.

Please watch these lessons and do the assigned homework before the first day of class.

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  • Painting Drama 1
    • Week 0: Introduction
      • So You Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’?
      • Three-Dimensional Drama
      • The Mountain, The Map & The Path To Mastery
      • Visual Flow
      • Why Mastery?
    • Week 1: Binary Comps
      • Binary Comps: Demo
      • Positive and Negative Space
    • Week 2: Perspective
      • BONUS: Perspective Drawing
      • BONUS: Epic Environments
      • BONUS: “Emerald Square” Demos
      • BONUS: Perspective, Homework
      • BONUS: Artful Perspective
    • Week 3: Structure
      • Structure Vs. Composition
      • Shape, Form And Gesture
      • Homework: Plein Air Binaries
    • Week 4: Visual Dominance
      • Visual Dominance
      • The Elements of Structure
    • Week 5: Size
      • Size & Dominance
      • Size: Contrast & Scale
      • Dominance & Unity
    • Week 6: Relationship To The Picture Plane
      • Relationship To The Picture Plane
      • Structural Abstractions
      • The Power Of Diagonals
    • Week 7: Position: Part One
      • Conventional Wisdom, Cameras & Contrast
      • Mid-Term Review
      • Homework Part 1: Craft & Discovery
      • Homework Part 2: Collaboration
      • Homework Part 3: Life & Depth
    • Week 8: Position: Part Two
      • The Golden Ratio
      • Awareness
      • Cropping
    • Week 9: Overlap
      • Clarity & Perspective
      • Overlap: In-Progress
    • Week 10: Value
      • Structure Gets Real
      • Tone & Composition
      • Homework: Values
    • Week 11: Texture
      • Texture, Detail & Dominance
      • The Hudson River Painters Vs. The Texture Monster
      • Amazing Tutorials On Edge Control
    • Week 12: Color
      • Color Ruins Everything
      • PD2 Audition Assignment
    • Generation 5: Videos
      • Week 1: Introductions
      • Week 2: Positive and Negative Space
      • Week 3: Structure
      • Week 4: Visual Dominance
      • Week 5: Size
      • Week 6: Relationship To The Picture Plane
      • Week 7: Position (Part 1)
      • Week 8: Position (Part 2)
      • Week 9: Overlap
      • Week 10: Value
      • Week 11: Texture
      • Week 12: Color Ruins Everything
    • Generation 6: Videos
      • Week 0: Introductions

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