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Year 8 Visual Arts

Visual Arts: Essential Skills Video Collection

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Painting With Watercolours

• Beginner Watercolour Exercises: Part 1 - Transparency

• Beginner Watercolour Exercises: Part 2 - Mark Making

• Beginner Watercolour Exercises: Part 3 - Wash Techniques

• Watercolours: Colour Theory & Mixing Demystified

• Watercolour Masking Techniques: Fluid, Tape, etc.

• Watercolour Painting Lessons - Glazes

• Watercolour Painting Lessons - Special Effects

• Top Tips for Watercolour Artists

• 13 Watercolour Techniques

• Introduction to Watercolour - Simply Painting

• Line and Wash Watercolour Tutorial - Houses

• Pen and Wash Watercolour Demonstration of a Lighthouse

• Line and Wash Watercolour Demonstration of a Cathedral

• Watercolour Painting Challenge - Pink Lilies

• How to Paint A Tree with Watercolour

• How to Paint a Simple Landscape in Watercolour

• Watercolour Trees in the Mist

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Painting With Oils

• How to Mix Colours With Oil Paints

• Oil Painting Demo: Painted From Life

• Oil Painting Q&A - Rules of Composition

• Oil Painting Q&A - Drawing Key Points

• Painting the Portrait

• Painting Paris 1: The Underdrawing

• Painting Paris 2: The Underpainting

• Painting Paris 3: The Overpainting

• Painting Paris 4: The Overpainting - Day 2

• Oil Painting Techniques: Glazing

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Sketching

• Pencils for Drawing

• Drawing Better Lines

• Drawing Better Curves

• How to Draw and Shade a Cube

• How to Draw and Shade a Cylinder

• How to Draw and Shade a Sphere

• How to Draw a Cup

• How to Shade With Pencil - Wiggly Shapes

• How to Draw a Fruit Bowl With Pencil

• How to Draw an Apple

• How to Draw a Spoon

• How to Draw a Tree

• How to Draw a Teapot

• How to Draw a Water Drop

• How to Draw a Chrome Ball

• How to Draw in Perspective

• How to Draw Circles in Perspective

• How to Draw Using 1-Point Perspective

• How to Draw a House in 1-Point Perspective

• How to Draw a Room in 1-Point Perspective

• How to Draw a City Street in 1-Point Perspective

• How to Draw a Road and Trees in 1-Point Perspective

• How to Draw a Modern House in 2-Point Perspective

• How to Draw an Older House in 2-Point Perspective

• How to Draw a Room in 2-Point Perspective

• How to Draw a Bridge in 2-Point Perspective

• How to Draw a City in 2-Point Perspective

• How to Draw a City in 3-Point Perspective

• How to Draw the Head

• How to Draw the Eye

• How to Draw the Hand

• How to Draw the Nose

• How to Draw the Lips

• How to Draw the Ear

• How to Draw the Hair

• How to Draw the Human Figure - Mannequin Basics

• How to Draw the Human Figure with Foreshortening

• How to Draw the Human Body - Torso

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Digital Art

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Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

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• Adobe Illustrator for Beginners - Free Course

• Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Playlist - 26 Videos

• Geometrical Line Art Tutorial

• Creating Geometrical Designs in Adobe Illustrator

• Illustrator Line Art Technique

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Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

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• Adobe Photoshop for Beginners - Free Course

• Adobe Photoshop Tutorial Playlist - 15 Videos

• Adobe Photoshop: The Basics for Beginners

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