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This is a complete one year complete program of self-study art instruction courses for beginners. With these art lessons you get all 20 beginner course units, covering all the basic foundation topics you need to know about, whether your interest lies in oil painting techniques, watercolor painting techniques, or acrylic painting techniques.

"I am the proud owner/student/artist of your virtual art academy course. I feel that it is the best--very best--investment the I have made for my growth as an artist. I do think that it is so well planned. I have many "how to" art books, but I am also a credentialed teacher, and I know when a teaching tool is well done. I am just so grateful that I found and purchased the course......Karlene, Fresno, CA, USA

What do the beginner art instruction courses cover?

Our beginner art instruction courses will give you instruction in:

  • how to set up your studio and equipment
  • the basics concepts of notan (the harmony created by dark and light shapes in your painting)
  • the key ideas of design and composition such as space division and focal points
  • key observation skills such as seeing values
  • critical skills for making your drawings accurate
  • how to make your objects appear three dimensional
  • the basics of color harmony
  • how to give your landscapes depth using atmospheric perspective
  • how to use grays to create beautiful color

"I’ve been painting on my own for a while and thought I was doing ok. Now that I’m taking this art instruction course I see so many things I can learn from that will make my work so much better. This is the stuff you can’t get in art school anymore, sadly. There’s no way your paintings can’t improve after this course. That’s how strongly I feel about it." ... Bob Akers., Crystal Lake, IL, USA".

What does the beginner art instruction include?

In this begnner art instruction program you get 20 courses, covering all the basic foundation topics you need to know on oil painting techniques, watercolor painting techniques, and acrylic painting techniques. Each art instruction course covers a specific topic in painting in a high degree of detail, in an easy-to-read format. With each course you get:

  • Lecture Notes: About 15 - 20 pages of concentrated information written in an easy to understand format.
  • Learning Assignments: Each beginner art instruction course typically contains about four to ten learning assignments to help you fully master the skills described in the lecture notes. Using these assignments, you can customize your own training program.
  • Each course represents around 15 to 20 hours of study.
  • All the course materials are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format so you can easily read them online or print them out on your home computer printer.

The Beginner Art Instruction includes all these 20 painting course units:

Easy to read Acrobat Reader files

The beginner art instruction courses are written in Adobe Reader (PDF) format, and you can download them to your computer as soon as you purchase them. Once you have downloaded the files you can either read them on your computer, or print them out on any home printer. We produce the art instruction courses in this format to make them:

  • more affordable (if we printed them in book form, the beginner art instruction courses would cost at least three times the price), and
  • available to you immediately.

"Thank you so much for this great learning package. I am already printing away and looking forward to a lot of fun doing all the assignments. Barry has a gift at explaining concepts that many teachers just don't have."... Walter. Milton, MA, USA

What does it cost?

This program is equivalent to a first year course of study in painting at an academic institution (that would cost around $20,000 per year). The art lessons include:

  • 20 individual unit courses to help you pace your learning
  • around 100 individual course topics discussed in depth
  • over 60 learning assignments to help you build your skills

Buy the complete 20-course Beginner Program at once and save over $225 off the list price! Full price for all Beginner Program art lessons would be $300.00, you pay Only $74.95. With this program, each course costs you only US$3.75— Euro €2.90— UK Pound £2.30.

We are so sure you will be pleased with the courses that we offer a 30-day Money Back Guarantee, so you have nothing to lose.

US$74.95 is approximately UK Pounds £50.00, Euro €60.00, Australian Dollar $120.00, Canadian Dollar $100.00. Your credit card will be charged in your local currency at the current exchange rate.

"I've spent all today reading the course and am absolutely delighted that I found Virtual Art Academy. I was surfing the net looking for Art Instruction and I feel like I hit the jackpot. Mr Raybould is an outstanding individual. Reading his material, which was written brilliantly, was like having him in my room answering my art questions. I had one of my best days today just reading the course units. Many of my frustrations in painting were because of my lack of painting knowledge."... Shirley. Herts, UK

PACKAGE PRICE ONLY USD$74.95


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What if I want to upgrade to the Complete Program?

If you purchase the Beginner Program and find that you are more advanced than the level of material in the course, then you can easily purchase an upgrade to the Complete Program. You can also purchase the upgrade once you have completed all the materials in the Beginner Program. To see what course units are included in the upgrade package, click here.

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