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Introducing Next Level Animals
An Online Course
with Marla Baggetta
Over 9 Hours of Video
We have worked hard to bring you high quality instructional videos that provides easy to follow, clear and detailed instruction. You’ll have lifetime access to all the videos enabling you work at your own pace in the comfort of your own home from any device for a seamless and modern online experience.
Beautifully Illustrated PDF
Our 61 page detailed coursework presents you with an illustrated guide to materials, theory and wisdom from an expert instructor and professional artist covering everything you need to revolutionize your work with Next Level Animals. Divided into 12 highly structured chapters, Marla will guide you through all of the necessary groundwork, reinforced with exciting exercises and step-by-step demonstrations, providing you a roadmap to becoming an accomplished artist.
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Course Contents
Each chapter focuses on a Study or a Step By Step Demo
Chapter 1:
Introduction
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Guided Learning: Welcome
Study
Working Larger -
Video: Introduction to Next Level Animals
Why Next Level Animals
Chapter 2:
Materials
Experimenting with a variety of surfaces will enliven your painting practice! Try papers and surfaces that you might not think of for pastels. Creating a ground for your pastel paintings can serve several functions. It can be a simple base to help the pastel adhere to the paper. It can be a base color that serves to harmonize the piece if you let bits of the
color show through here and there throughout or it can be an abstract base that is a springboard to a looser more spontaneous approach.
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Guided Learning: Surfaces
Grounds + Toning
Acrylics for Underpainting
Underpainting Options
Improvisation -
Video:
Paper, Grounds and Toning
Chapter 3:
Drawing
You might think of sketching as the dreaming stage an artist goes through before committing to a finished work. You also might consider a sketch a working drawing. A sketch might act to preserve something you see. For the birdwatcher, teacher or a student, sketching can be observational note taking without the need for verbal language.
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Guided Learning:
Drawing vs. Sketching
Drawing with Basic Shapes -
Video:
Drawing With Basic Shapes Video
Chapter 4:
Hummingbird
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Step by Step Demo Video:
Hummingbird
Chapter 5:
Black Lab
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Step by Step Demo Video:
Drawing with Procreate
Black Lab
Chapter 6:
Springer Spaniel
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Step by Step Demo Video:
Springer Spaniel
Chapter 7:
Cow
There are many distinct cow breeds with various colors and body sizes, ensuring that you will never see one that looks exactly like the next. Both their shapes and markings make them wonderful subjects to paint. The reference photos adds even more interest with back lighting to create a lovely rim lite silhouette.
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Step by Step Demo Video:
Cow
Chapter 8:
Nuzzling Horses
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Step by Step Demo Video:
Nuzzling Horses
Chapter 9:
Gray Horse
There is something soft and familiar about the look of a gray horse. More humble and less flashy or mythical than white horses, they nevertheless, have a beauty that is wonderful to try to capture in pastel. Unlike the Nuzzling Horses, we’ll employ a limited palette and use an abstract, textural ground.
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Step by Step Demo Video:
Gray Horse
Chapter 10:
Rooster
Roosters are absolutely stunning. When the sun catches their colors, it can make them seem iridescent. They add so much vibrancy and activity
to a chicken coop. This fervent, constant motion, can seem outright silly to us, but he takes his job seriously! Our rooster has this intensity, beauty and motion. We’ll capture all of this with, color, detail and mark making.
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Step by Step Demo Video:
Rooster
Chapter 11:
OWl
Owls are amazing creatures. They are one of the only nocturnal animals that can see extremely well in low light conditions. They have incredibly soft feathers that make very little noise when they fly, making them great hunters. We are going to zoom in to the key feature of our owl, the eyes. The restrained palette in the feathers will also highlight the eyes.
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Step by Step Demo Video:
Owl
Chapter 12:
Afterword
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Topics:
Self Critique
Closing Thoughts
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In Depth Theory and Guidance
Marla isolates the complex principles of painting and investigates them practically and simply so any student can comprehend and execute even the most difficult problems. Moving from simple to more involved concepts, each lesson builds on the previous so you’ll gain a sound foundation to further your study and practice of painting.
Step by Step Guided Demonstrations
Marla guides you through the time-tested fundamentals step by step, stroke by stroke from the very beginning stages of a painting to the finish line in a logical and enjoyable path. Marla stresses the need to develop your own judgement and individual voice as an artist.
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Following along while learning has never been easier! The demonstration view shows the progress of each painting, the reference photo and thumbnail when appropriate, so you get to see how each piece is built from start to finish. Marla narrates her progress in real time as she is painting, so you won’t miss a thing!
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