Plein Air Landscape Painting class
by Tim Tien
The aim of the class is for students to learn :
How to see the big picture outdoor and the abstract elements underneath instead of
the non essential elements.
How to break down a complex scenery into a simplified whole.
How to lock into your first feeling of the scenes without having to chase the light.
The importance of shape, tonal structure, color and design as related to plein air will
also be covered.
Monday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Still Life Painting class
by Tim Tien
This class helps student to understand the fundamental of painting and to make sense out of the principles of art. Students learn through seeing and painting.
There will be lecture, demo, group critique as well as individual help by the instructor.
We'll cover:
the elements of composition
the lay-in process and the procedure beyond
the relationship of form and space
the issue of light and color
Monday 2:30 - 5:30 pm
Beginning Figure Painting
by Edgar Silva
This class will consist of a demonstration with a lecture covering the important elements in painting such as value, color, temperature, edges, color theory as well as composition and design. This class takes students through a monochromatic, limited, and finally a full palette, allowing students to understand color on a gradient.
Monday 7:30 - 10:30 pm
Weekly Outline
Week 1: Class introduction, demo basic massing approach to painting. Colors to be used: Ivory black and titanium white.
Week 2: Introduction to value organization, first painting in two values light and shadow, getting the big relationships of value.
Colors to be used: Ivory black and titanium white.
Week 3: Introduction to edges, using edges to describe form and space. Design and control edges, by dealing with the background color and figure (subject).
Week 4 & 5: Introduction to the limited palette, lecture on saturation and color Temperature, warm and cool. Colors to be used: Titanium white, transparent oxide red, and ultramarine blue
Week 6: Painting demonstration. Add yellow ocher and alizarin crimson
Week 7: Lecture on color / light theory. Colors to be used: full palette (see materials list).
Week 8 to week 10: Painting different lighting arrangements, color / direction. Composition and design
Dynamic Sketching - NEW!!!
by Gary Meyer
This course consists of lectures, demonstrations and painting. The instructor demonstrates the rendering of various objects, landscapes, seascapes, city scapes and costumed figures in acrylic paint. The students paint based on principles discussed in class.
Tuesday 7:30 - 10:30 pm
Weekly outline
WEEK 1. Painting of basic geometric forms. These will be seen from various angles and from various lighting situations. Students will execute their own versions of this exercise as homework.
WEEK 2. A demonstration of limited palette painting of the head is presented. The students will use the demonstration as the basis of their studies in class.
WEEK 3. The class will paint in full color and full value from a costumed model. The lighting will be an attempt to resemble sunlight at about 9:30 AM on an Autumn day.
WEEK 4. The class will paint a basic landscape environment using techniques to achieve a flat plane with appropriate gradations to indicate scale.
WEEK 5. Demonstration of the use of straight edges in painting of architectural structures.
WEEK 6. Painting from costumed model. Instructor paints with the class as a demonstration.
WEEK 7. Painting ocean scenes.
WEEK 8. Painting city scenes.
WEEK 9. Painting a costumed figure.
WEEK 10. Review of class work. Developing a finished painting.
Advanced Portraiture Painting
by Sean Cheetham (Will offer again in Spring 2012)
Through a combination of painting from life and working from photos, studentswill learn how to draw a likeness, see and mix color,
and compose a portrait. The first part of semester will involve painting from live models and doing smaller portraits, as homework,
based on photography. The second part of the semester will be based around doing larger scale paintings with the theme of portraiture.
Students will be expected to work in class on these paintings with the guidance of the instructor. The instructor will be doing demonstrations.
Tuesday 12:30 - 5:30 pm
Head Painting
by Sean Cheetham (Will offer again in Spring 2012)
Learning to paint from life is the focus of this class. Drawing, likeness, composition, color mixing, value, and composition will be discussed.
Tuesday 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Perspective Observational Drawing
by Gary Meyer
The purpose of this course is to apply perspective in the creation of environments, costumes, and structures as are used in entertainment design or for illustration design. This class is a
study of historic, modern and future costume, objects and structures. The class creates original designs using the structural limits of the period studied. The projects consist of drawings, using limited tone, from Ancient, pre-history, Medieval and Renaissance, Asian, Native American, African, Modern and Future.
Wednesday 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Tonal Figure Drawing
by Richard Morris
The objective of this course will be to develop a working process that will enable the advanced student to reach higher levels of finish in their life drawings.
Fundamental concepts such as construction, anatomy, and accuracy will be stressed. However, the main focus will be on understanding light, manipulation of value for the sake of composition, and the editing of visual information to express an overall concept. The goal will be for students to take their life drawings to a higher level of finish, but more importantly develop a method which suits their personal vision.
Thursday 1 pm - 6 pm
Portraiture Drawing
by Richard Morris
This class is an exploration of the fundamental principles used in drawing portraits. Structural concepts such as planes and construction will be emphasized, as well as the techniques of tonal drawing. Analysis and breakdown of the individual features will be an integral part of the class, with special emphasis being placed upon their relation to the whole. Observation of shapes and the identification of the unique character of each model will be taught as a means of capturing a likeness.
Thursday 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Imaginative Costumed Quick Sketch
by Mark McDonnell
Mark McDonnell’s Imaginative Costumed Quick Sketch class will help explain how to design and capture the essence of life through the knowledge of gesture drawing, increase observation skills and use basic design principles that will help to fuel the power of your imagination . . . all of which are important and necessary skills to have in the animation, illustration and the entertainment industry!
Friday 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Course Outline
Week 1 – Fundamentals of Gesture Drawing/Warm-Ups.
Week 2 – Importance of Keeping A Sketchbook.
Week 3 – Utilizing Silhouettes.
Week 4 –Using “Cheats”/Pushing The Pose.
Week 5 – Gravity And The Ground Plane.
Week 6 – Fleshing Out The Story: Adding Props And Environment Clues.
Week 7 – Experimentation: Using Different Mediums And Styles.
Week 8 – Using Symbolic Color/Color Linking.
Week 9 – Adding The Finishing Touches.
Week 10 – Professionalism & Final Thoughts.
Gesture Drawing
by Charles Hu
In this class, we will be focusing on gesture, rhythm, action, and the harmony within the pose to give drawing a more “rhythmical” instead of a stiff look. The class also will stress on using line weight to show tension, weight, and balance using model as reference to exaggerate the action within your drawing to have a more expressive and energetic look. Poses in this class range from 3 minutes to 10 minutes. Previous anatomy or life figure drawing experience is recommended for this class.
by Charles Hu In the first half of the quarter of this class, we will focus on proportion and forms. Then transit into focusing on skeleton, its landmarks, structure, how it affects the movement of the muscles. Anatomy will be the focus in the 2nd half of the quarter. There will be weekly lecture on different parts of the body. Emphasis on muscles, proportion, origin, attachment, and movement. Working with live model with poses ranging from 20 minutes to 3 hours. by Glen Orbik It is a class for beginning, intermediate and advanced students . Glen will explain and demonstrate from the model as well as critique students' work. Focus will be on draftsmanship, designing both 2D and 3D elements together, with special emphasis on idealization. This tonal approach stressing shapes, values, and edges is excellent training to help students make the transition from drawing to painting as well sharpening the skills of those who already paint and draw. Saturday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Drawing & Anatomy
Saturday 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Head Drawing
Saturday 5 pm - 8 pm
From Gouache Head Painting to Picture Making - NEW!!!
by Glen Orbik and Laurel Blechman
From Conception to Finish, a Comprehensive class. Gouache , used opaquely for finished illustration, is also an excellent training tool for oil & other mediums (even digital).
Beginning with a strong emphasis on the Head, instructors will also demonstrate & guide the students through the step by step procedures of Picture Making. The process will include the use of Photography (lighting & directing models), Composition, Thumbnails, and Color Roughs to craft better Story-Telling , all the way though to the finished portfolio piece. This fundamental procedure is applicable to both illustration & gallery work.
Students will work from photographs. For the beginning to advanced painter, previous tonal Head Drawing highly recommended. Instructor approval.
Sunday 5 pm - 9 pm
