Advanced Synthesis
📋 What it is
Synthesis means weaving colour, technique, effects and finish into one deliberate, well-planned painted piece.
🗣️ Coach says
This is where a painter is made. Don’t just use skills separately — plan a whole piece: a colour scheme that guides the eye, techniques chosen for each part, effects and a finish that pull it together. One deliberate result, backed by reasons.
🧠 Memory hook
Synthesis = colour + technique + effects + finish, in one deliberate plan.
😂 Giggle
What did the freehand artist say to the template?
"Sorry, I don't need your outline — I'm in-the-line!"
😲 Whoa!
The best painters plan the whole piece before the first stroke — deciding the colour story and where the eye should go.
✅ Quick check: What makes a painted piece “advanced” rather than just neatly done?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
It’s planned as a whole — a deliberate colour scheme, techniques chosen for each part, and effects/finish that unite it — not just separate skills applied.
Planning-the-whole is the capstone craft skill.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Imagine one model and describe its colour scheme plus one technique you’d use for the metal.