No art school? Learn Art at home – Art lesson ebook for home study

Click Image To Visit Site With my art lessons ebook you’ll learn the how-to, the why-to and the when-to of art and design. You’ll get the Visual Communication basics you need to make art that IS something, not just ABOUT something.

You’ll learn things about evoking emotion visually and telling a compelling visual story. I touch on spirit and soul in your images, on growing your natural creativity and on nurturing your nature.



Don’t want to overwhelm you, so I’ve shown only the top 2 levels of headings here. In the actual ebook, there are two additional levels of art lesson contents below these.

What’s covered and why? What it is What’s not covered? Who should read it? What visual styles are included?

Don’t confuse this with school Read it more than once Practice and patience Be project oriented

You – the visual communicator We start with visual grammar My visual grammar Visual grammar use

Symbolism Image Elements and their visual effects The Image Elements in detail

Our medium Light – Electromagnetic Energy and Waves Light effects – How light behaves in the world Color, reflection and absorption – the most common light effects The Color Wheel, your ‘Color Compass’ Colors together – Color Schemes

Scenes – your top level Scene Depth effects Figure/Ground – Traditional and Contemporary

Overview – 3D modeling to make 2D images Advantages of 3D modeling for 2D graphics 3D scene to 2D image workflow

Why create your own custom lighting? Light Rendering Basics Light Rendering Methods Lighting Render Bells and Whistles Realism in lighting Lighting Tips Common lighting errors Lighting for realism More Ways to Improve your scene Lighting

Introducing Composition Analyzing a composition More on composition

Visual icons POV (Point-of-View) Symmetry Gesture Color drama Fake media and perception errors Drama lighting Weather, time and mood Color scheme for your whole image

First get a concept Sketch it Connect inside and out Plan Grow your sketch into a prototype image When you have trouble Think you’re done? Then it’s time to polish Final render, another ‘final’ render, another… Present it!

2D Image Editors: Image Databases: 3D Modelers: Scene Generators/Assemblers/Renderers/Animators: Web Editors: Utilities:

Physics: Vision: Psychology of imagery: Computer Graphics: Lighting: Math:

Here’s a free sample chapter from ‘Art Head Start’, in PDF format. Most folks have the free Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader – but you can download it below.

Light beams bent by refraction – Like wheels on an axle entering a medium of different density. Entering at an angle slows one wheel first, bending the path.

Testimonials from past ‘Art Head Start’ buyers [These are completely unsolicited comments from paying buyers. None received free items or money. I had no prior knowledge of their comments until I say them published online, at which point I contacted them for permission to use their unedited comments. I changed only the text formatting and bolding and added the signature lines.]

“Jim Coe’s ebook ‘Art Head Start’ is devoted to visual communication – but I got it because it has… Read more…