Creative Enamel Color Winter 2020
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Links to specific lessons

Each Wednesday you will find a new set of enamel layer lessons. You can access them here or go directly to our Thinkific website.

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
Lesson 10: Finding Your Story; What do I like?
Lesson 11: Intuitive Enameling

Week One: Enamel Edges

Lesson 1: Do you SEE Edges
Lesson 2: Do you see Design Elements
Lesson 3: What are Design Elements?
Lesson 4: Introduction to Enamel Edges
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
Lesson 11: Self-Expression Challenge: Tell an Enamel Story
Saturday Zoom
Wednesday Zoom

Week Three: Custom Color

Lesson 1: Demo with Custom Color
Lesson 2: Experiment with Custom Color
Lesson 3: Play with Custom Color
Lesson 4: Translate with Custom Color
Lesson 5: Apply Your Custom Color
Bonus Lesson: Shari Explains Her Process
Saturday Zoom
Wednesday Zoom

Week Five: Foil Layers

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

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 Two: Enamel Layer Styles

Bonus Lesson: Internalize your enamel colors
Lesson 1: Demo with Layer Styles
Lesson 2: Experiment with Layer Styles
Lesson 3: Play with Layer Styles
Lesson 4: Translate with Layer Styles
Lesson 5. Apply your Layer Styles
Lesson 6: Some questions about your story
Lesson 7: Brainstorm your story using enamel
Lesson 8: Layer Architecture. Learn to think in enamel layers
Lesson 9: How I think in enamel layers
Lesson 10: Learn to ask "What if...?" questions
Lesson 11: How I use my enamel layers
Lesson 12: Design Principles
Saturday Zoom
Wednesday Zoom

Week 4: Gradations; Color and Value

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

Week Six: Opalescent White Layers

Lesson 1: Demo with Opalescent White
Lesson 2: Experiment with Opalescent White
Lesson 3: Play with Opalescent White
Lesson 4: Translate with Opalescent White
Lesson 5: Apply your Opalescent White
Saturday Zoom

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