Join Payton and learn the anatomical parts of the eye and how to draw them realistically. For this activity, you will need a pencil, paper, eraser, and either colored pencils or your favorite medium.   As always, if you don’t have everything on this list, don’t worry – feel free to be creative and find substitutions for any supplies you may not have on hand.

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Join Payton and create a portrait inspired by the well-known artist Paul Klee and his techniques. For this activity, you will need a pencil, paper, eraser, and your favorite medium.  As always, if you don’t have everything on this list, don’t worry – feel free to be creative and find substitutions for any supplies you may not have on hand.

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Join Payton and learn to observe and depict light and shadow.This lesson will discuss how to use chiaroscuro, exaggerating light and dark areas, to create bold contrast within your artwork. For this activity, you will need a pencil, paper, eraser, and your favorite medium. As always, if you don’t have everything on this list, don’t worry – feel free to be creative and find substitutions for any supplies you may not have on hand.

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Join Payton and learn the basics of how to draw and paint a landscape from start to finish. This would be a great project to do "en plen air" meaning outside, or from the comfort of your home. Any medium would work well for this, but a colorful one is recommended, such as paint or pastels.

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Explore the incredible combination of watercolor and ink in this four part series as Payton exhibits various ways of using these materials. As you may have guessed, watercolors and ink pens would be great to use for this, but Payton will mention other great substitutions when applicable as well! Colored pencils or markers can be great alternative to pens! Architectural elementals is the subject for this class!

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Explore the incredible combination of watercolor and ink in this four part series as Payton exhibits various ways of using these materials. As you may have guessed, watercolors and ink pens would be great to use for this, but Payton will mention other great substitutions when applicable as well! Colored pencils or markers can be great alternative to pens! This week, we will be exploring the wonderful texture of animal fur! Woof!

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Explore the incredible combination of watercolor and ink in this four part series as Payton exhibits various ways of using these materials. As you may have guessed, watercolors and ink pens would be great to use for this, but Payton will mention other great substitutions when applicable as well! Colored pencils or markers can be great alternative to pens! This week, the subject matter will be landscapes. You may even be inspired to step outside for this one!

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Explore the incredible combination of watercolor and ink in this four part series as Payton exhibits various ways of using these materials. As you may have guessed, watercolors and ink pens would be great to use for this, but Payton will mention other great substitutions when applicable as well! Colored pencils or markers can be great alternative to pens! This week, the subject matter will be florals.

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Join Payton as we take a closer look at our natural environment. Learn to zoom in on, draw, and shade patterns found in nature! For this activity, you will need a pencil, paper, eraser, and either colored pencils or your favorite medium.  As always, if you don’t have everything on this list, don’t worry – feel free to be creative and find substitutions for any supplies you may not have on hand.

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Join Payton and learn the basics of color theory in addition to how to incorporate contrast in artwork using color. For this activity, you will need paper, a pencil, and some means of applying color, whether it be colored pencils, soft pastels, oil pastels, etc.  As always, if you don’t have everything on this list, don’t worry – feel free to be creative and find substitutions for any supplies you may not have on hand.

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