Placing Shapes Meaningfully

Below is your Placing Shapes Meaningfully course. It has four sections, each from one of the workshop’s four lessons. In addition to a short quiz, there are six steps for you to complete. Please follow the sequence of steps as they appear, and everything should proceed smoothly. You will receive a Certificate of Achievement when you complete all the exercises.

○ At the end of each section, you will see the words NOTES. Click the arrow here to ask any questions you might have, especially at the end of the video lesson. Be sure to click Notify Instructor before submitting.

Please avoid skimming over the instructions. Each Step contains a lot of information and something for you to do.

Be sure to click Mark Complete each time you finish a step/prompt. This is necessary for the progress bar to advance and for you to receive your certificate once you’ve completed all the work.

To access lessons and steps, click on titles containing a circle to the left.

You will need your painting gear and a painting surface appropriate to your medium for your homework.

Your painting surface should be no larger than 12” x 16”. Otherwise, there will be too much space to manage to keep your attention on working on the lesson’s concept. Beyond this, use the paints and brushes you are most comfortable working with. Dianne intends not to change your choice to hers but to focus on learning one of the best ways to use the course’s concept.

Oil and acrylic painters, because this is an exercise, no stretched canvas, please!

•To begin your homework, click on the lesson title. Click on the step titles to see what to do. You can click on any title to navigate back and forth between Lessons, Prompts and Steps. Only titles with a circle to the left are clickable.

Have fun with it.