Creative Enamel Color Fall 2020
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Diamond Burrs from Rio Grande Jewelry

Round Burr
(this is a set of 3; you can find something similar priced individually) It's also the smallest one. Good for sgrafitto lines through foil, which we will do in Week 5. If you want to carve larger round holes, buy larger round burrs.
Wheel Burr

Zoom Meetings

Click here to link to all of the Zoom Meetings.

Saturday
Early: 12:30 to 2:30 pm Eastern
Late:  4:30 to 6:30 pm Eastern

Wednesday
Early: 2 to 3 pm Eastern
Late:  5 to 6 pm Eastern

Links to specific Lessons

Embrace Your Creative Encounter

Links to Zoom and Group Forum
Lesson 1: Ricky's Approach to Learning and Teaching
Lesson 2: Our Weekly Lesson Plan
Lesson 3: Your Gap
Lesson 4: Self-Awareness, Self-Assessment, and Your Goals
Lesson 5: Your Vision Book
Lesson 6: How to Create and Use Personal Tutorials
Lesson 7: Change Your Questions
Lesson 8: Choose Your Inspiration Images
Lesson 9: Artistic Learning and Skills

Week Two: Enamel Layer Styles

Lesson 1: Design Principles
Lesson 2: Layer Architecture. Learn to think in enamel layers
Lesson 3: How I THINK in enamel layers
Lesson 4: Learn to ask "What if...?" Questions
Lesson 5: How I use my "layer styles"
Lesson 6: Demo with Layer Styles
Lesson 7: Experiment with Layer Styles
Layer 8: Play with Layer Styles
Layer 9: Translate with Layer Styles
Layer 10. Apply your Layer Styles
Saturday Zoom: Both Sessions
Wednesday Zoom

Week Three: Custom Color

Lesson 1: Internalize Your Enamel Colors
Lesson 2: Demonstration with Custom Colors
Bonus Lesson: A student shares how she applied her Custom Colors
Lesson 3: Experiment with Custom Colors
Lesson 4: Play with Custom Colors
Lesson 5: Translate with Custom Colors
Lesson 6: Apply your Custom Colors
Lesson 7: Combine your different enamel layer techniques (no video)
Saturday Zoom
Wednesday Zoom

Week Five: Foil Layers

Lesson 1: Demonstration with Foil Layers
Lesson 2: Experiment with Foil Layers
Lesson 3: Play with Foil Layers
Lesson 4: Translate with Foil Layers
Lesson 5: Apply Foil Layers
Saturday Zoom
Wednesday Zoom

Week One: Enamel Edges

Lesson 1: Do you SEE Edges
Lesson 2: Do you see Design Elements
Lesson 3: Introduction Week One Enamel Edges
Lesson 4: What are Design Elements?
Lesson 5: Enamel Edges Demonstration/How-to
Lesson 6: Experiment with Edges
Lesson 7: Play with Edges
Lesson 8: Translate with Edges
Lesson 9: Apply Your Enamel  Edges
Lesson 10: What I Learned
Saturday Zoom Early Session
Saturday Zoom Late Session
Wednesday Zoom Both Sessions

Bonus: Prepare Transparent Enamel/Custom tools

Lesson 1: Custom Sifter
Lesson 2: Custom Dapping Block
Lesson 3: Grind lump enamel
Lesson 4: 80 Mesh enamel

Week 4: Gradations; Color and Value

Lesson 1: Introduction to Color Gradations
Lesson 2: Demo; One Value/Three Color Gradation
Lesson 3: Demo; Three Color Gradation with Opalescent White
Lesson 4: Experiment with Color and Value Gradations
Lesson 5: Play with Color and Value Gradations
Lesson 6: Translate with Color and Value Gradations
Lesson 7: Apply Your Color and Value Gradations
Saturday Zoom
Wednesday Zoom

Week Six: Opalescent White Layers

Lesson 1: Demonstration with Opalescent White Enamel
Lesson 2: Experiment with Opalescent White Enamel
Lesson 3: Play with Opalescent White Enamel
Lesson 4: Translate with Opalescent White Enamel
Lesson 5: Apply Your Opalescent White Enamel
Saturday Zoom
Wednesday Zoom