Long Pose Narrative Figure Painting with Joseph Todorovitch
Instructor: Joseph Todorovitch
Class Time: 10 Tuesdays (6:00pm-10:00pm)
April 11 - June 13, 2017
Video Upload Time: 7:00pm PST on Wednesdays
Location: Art Mentors Studio
Online Full Access: $399
Online Standard Access: $299
In-Person Access: $999
Difficulty: Intermediate
Joseph Todorovitch is a professional figurative and portrait painter. In this comprehensive 10-week class, you will develop one complete painting from start to finish with an element of conceptual narrative. This gives plenty of time to create a thought-out and finished work of art.
Throughout the class, you will focus on establishing pose and narrative. You will learn everything involved in creating a studio painting from start to finish, including how to set up a scene and plan your painting. Joseph will work with the model, and together you will solve the creative problems that arise when developing a work of art.
You will also learn lighting scenarios and value pattern motifs, along with color keys and other compositional ideas for making a complete painting. Joseph will discuss color mixing, establishing an accurate drawing, massing values, choosing areas of emphasis, and paint application. You will discuss finishing touches and ways to "strike a balance" to create a sense of resolve in your works.
You will benefit from Joseph’s generous teaching style as he provides informative lectures and well thought out demonstrations. In-person participants will be working alongside Joseph from a live model. Joseph’s work will be recorded live, as well as broadcast to large displays so you can follow along no matter where you're positioned in the studio.
Online Full Access participants can upload photos of their weekly work into the class chatroom and get a full critique from Joseph, where he will trace over your paintings and provide individualized feedback. You can watch the recordings on your own time, and you do not have to participate in the critiques if you don't want to.
The class recording will be available for your viewing every Wednesday at 7:00pm PST. You will receive online access to the recording of the lecture portion for one year or six months depending on your purchase plan. This is helpful to reinforce the principles of each week, and to catch any concepts you may have missed the first time around.
See below for more information, including the instructor’s bio, a materials list, pricing information, and a rough class syllabus.
- 10 Weeks of Recorded Content
- Access To Class Recordings for One Year
- High Quality Images of Life Models
- Access to Class Chatroom
- 10 Weeks of Critiques Directly From The Instructor
- In-Person Seat in Class with Instructor
- 10 Weeks of Recorded Content
- High Quality Images of Life Models
- Access to Class Chatroom
- 9 Weeks of Critiques Directly From The Instructor, In-Person!
There are two ways to experience this class online: the Online Full Access Pass, or the Online Standard Pass Students who purchase the Online Full Access Pass ($399) will have access to all 10 class sessions, and will be able to view the recordings as many times as they like for one full year. They will also have access to the class chatroom, high-quality photos of the life models used, and critiques/feedback from the instructor. Students who purchase the Online Standard Pass ($299) will have access to all 10 class sessions, and will be able to view the recordings as many times as they like for 6 months. They will NOT have access to the class chatroom or reference images, and they will NOT be able to submit their work for critiques. This is a great option for the artist with a tight budget but a hunger to learn. In addition to being in-person with the instructor and having the ability to receive feedback and help right there and then, In-Person Access students ($999) will have access to the recordings, chatroom, and reference images as well, to go over and review at home for one full year.

Joseph Todorovitch is a contemporary painter immersed in figurative subject matter exploring painting through the lens of a naturalist perspective. A product of Los Angeles Ateliers and research abroad, he has become nationally recognized as a fine artist exhibiting across the country and accumulating accolades including the Draper Grand Prize at the Portrait Society of America’s annual competition. His work is internationally collected and has been exhibited in various museums in the U.S. as well as the Beijing World Art Museum in China, an historic exhibition of American art, the first of it’s kind in China. Todorovitch has taught drawing and painting for over a decade in notable institutions such as California Art Institute, Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, Laguna College of Art and Design, Scottsdale Artist’s School, Dreamworks Studios, among others and now including Art Mentors at New Masters Academy. He continues to teach and exhibit with vitality… “Joseph Todorovitch is one of the bright figures of the new representational expression in contemporary Art. Exploring the new expressive possibilities in presenting the human figure and expanding its visual language is part of a wider movement of taking the traditionbased approach to the next step. The technically fluid, expressive tools merging tonality, color and shape reflecting the perceptional and cognitive developments of our generation is an inherently contemporary expression of contemporary visual cognition.” Classical Underground.
Sales are non-refundable, but in some cases we can switch a student’s enrollment in a class that has not yet started to another class of equal or lesser value. Art Mentors reserves the right to cancel, limit enrollment, substitute instructors or models, reschedule or modify a class with notice to enrolled students. If a class is canceled, enrolled students will be given a refund. If an instructor is unable to finish a class term, a refund will be given to students at a pro-rated amount.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Q.How Advanced Do I Need To Be To Take This Class?
A.This class is recommended for artists who consider themselves to be at least at intermediate level.
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Q.Is This Class Online Or In Person?
A.Both! You can participate online with either the Online Full Access Pass, or the Online Standard Pass. We also have a limited number of in-person seats available.
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Q.Is There An Age Limit On Who Can Attend This Class?
A.Because we will be working with nude models, students must be 18 years of age or be permitted to purchase by a consenting parent.
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Q.When Are The Class Recordings Available To View?
A.This 10 week class will be available every Wednesday at 7:00pm PST starting on April 12th.
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Q.What Do I Get With The Online Standard Pass?
A.Students who purchase the Online Standard Pass will have access to all 10 class sessions, and will be able to view the recordings as many times as they like for 6 months. They will NOT have access to the class chatroom or reference images, and they will NOT be able to submit their work for critiques.
This is a great option for the artist with a tight budget but a hunger to learn.
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Q.What Do I Get With The Online Full Access Pass?
A.Students who purchase the Online Full Access Pass will have access to all 10 class sessions, and will be able to view the recordings as many times as they like for one full year. They will also have access to the class chatroom, high-quality photos of the life models used, and critiques/feedback from the instructor.
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Q.When must I submit my assignments so that I can ensure I will receive a critique? How many critiques will I receive per video?
A.All assignments must be in by Tuesday 5:00pm PST. We can only promise one critique per student, per week. Please note if you submit more than one image of your work and do not specify which you would like the instructor to critique, we will choose one for you.
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