1. Color Theory: students create their own color booklet showing examples of graduated gray tones, complimentary color pairs, warm and cool colors, tints and shades, monochromatic and triad color schemes.

2. Still Life: using gray tones with a complimentary background.

3. Gestural Painting: of leaves using complimentary colors.

4. Object Study: using 2 related canvases. The focus is on composition, using negative and positive space, gestural painting, and complimentary colors.

5. Expressive Portraits: on the surface of a found object.

6. Personal Mandala On Canvas: creating a personal "safe place" using acrylic paint and gemstones.