Online Intensives
Bob offers a selection of his one-day 4-hour intensives
to 4 session videos with pdf handouts and email critiques.
Currently online:
• Introduction to Color
• Painting the waters of Lake Superior
• Painting Hakuin’s the blind men crossing the bridge
View the video Lesson 1 of each intensive series for free.
If you like what you see, purchase it to receive accompanying PDF handout and the opportunity for email critique with Bob.
Online Intensive:
Introduction to Color
Participants will:
• learn setting up a basic Chinese color palette
• experiment with building layers of color
• paint a simple landscape using color.
To purchase:
A single lesson can be purchased for $25
or this entire 4 session intensive for $100.
Purchase of each lesson includes:
• unlimited use of the video lesson
• personal email critiques from Bob Schmitt
• a downloadable pdf handout including support materials and models for this lesson
Payment can be made by clicking on purchase button. Upon receipt of payment, learner will receive access code and pdf handout via email.
Lesson 1:
online intensive:
Introduction to Color:
• defining the Chinese palette
• determining which colors to use
(38 minute video)
If you like what you see, purchase it to receive accompanying PDF handout and the opportunity for email critique with Bob.
Lesson 2:
online intensive:
Introduction to Color:
• preparing color
• applying color
• preparing Shen Zhou landscape with ink work
(33 minute video)
Lesson 3:
online intensive:
Introduction to Color:
• mixing and layering color
• demonstration: Shen Zhou landscape
(24 minute video)
Lesson 4:
online intensive:
Introduction to Color:
• making corrections to color
• completing Shen Zhou landscape
(36 minute video)
Online Intensive:
Painting the Waters of Lake Superior
Participants will:
• plunge feet first into building a skill set to mimic a variety of moods of this great lake
• learn delicate techniques for creating water
• learn the ability to work xuan paper in varying levels of wetness
• experience the joy of working slowly.
To purchase:
A single lesson can be purchased for $25
or this entire 4 session intensive for $100.
Purchase of each lesson includes:
• unlimited use of the video lesson
• personal email critiques from Bob Schmitt
• a downloadable pdf handout including support materials and models for this lesson
Payment can be made by clicking on purchase button. Upon receipt of payment, learner will receive access code and pdf handout via email.
Lesson 1:
online intensive:
Painting the Waters of Lake Superior:
• Considering the Schmitt Method before beginning a painting
• looking at four different “lake” effects first captured in photography, then translated into a painting using Chinese brush materials and techniques
• demonstration: painting Lake Superior with under currents and a little sparkle
(64 minute video)
If you like what you see, purchase it to receive accompanying PDF handout and the opportunity for email critique with Bob.
Lesson 2:
online intensive:
Painting the Waters of Lake Superior:
• demonstration: painting Lake Superior with a hidden horizon
(40 minute video)
Lesson 3:
online intensive:
Painting the Waters of Lake Superior:
• demonstration: painting Lake Superior with horizon glow
(36 minute video)
Lesson 4:
online intensive:
Painting the Waters of Lake Superior:
• demonstration: painting Lake Superior with shimmering water
(43 minute video)
Online Intensive:
Painting Hakuin’s the blind men crossing the bridge
Participants will:
• explore the simple meditative and artistic complexities in Blind Men Crossing the Bridge by Hakuin
• work traditionally combining demonstration and copying models
• create their own version of this zen masterpiece
• experience the meditative power of working with the brush, ink and paper
To purchase:
A single lesson can be purchased for $25
or this entire 4 session intensive for $100.
Purchase of each lesson includes:
• unlimited use of the video lesson
• personal email critiques from Bob Schmitt
• a downloadable pdf handout including support materials and models for this lesson
Payment can be made by clicking on purchase button. Upon receipt of payment, learner will receive access code and pdf handout via email.
Lesson 1:
online intensive:
Painting the blind men crossing the bridge
• An introduction to this classic painting by seventeeth century zen master Hakuin
• questions for examining each figure to identify the singular differences
• demonstration: painting each of the three figures
(19 minute video)
If you like what you see, purchase it to receive accompanying PDF handout and the opportunity for email critique with Bob.
Lesson 2:
online intensive:
Painting the blind men crossing the bridge
• demonstration: painting the log bridge
(6 minute video)
Lesson 3:
online intensive:
Painting the blind men crossing the bridge
• demonstration: painting the anchoring mountain and the distance mountain
(5 minute video)
Lesson 4:
online intensive:
Painting the blind men crossing the bridge
• demonstration: the complete painting from start to finish
(15 minute video)
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