Mark Westermoe is a renowned artist, illustrator, and instructor. You can see his work on many feature film posters such as Braveheart, Total Recall, and Home Alone. In this class, Mark will share his knowledge from years of illustrating and working with the top advertising houses in Hollywood.

In this class, you will go through the process of transforming film concepts into movie posters, starting with concept design and moving on to a finished comprehensive sketch. You will learn different styles of movie posters, how to stage and build a movie poster, how to create likeness, and how to really sell the idea.

Steve Huston’s works are poetic, poignant, and masterfully powerful. He has been an extraordinarily effective mentor whose instruction and guidance have produced an impressive number of accomplished acolytes.

This workshop will focus on painting the figure from start to finish in a way you never have before. How do we get from a beginning sketch to a finished painting? Over the course of 5 days, you will immerse yourself in the human figure and the process of painting. Steve Huston will take you back to the fundamentals, and guide you through to more complexity. There will be a multitude of demos, lots of time to practice live along with fellow artists, and a thorough analysis of old and new masters. This workshop will be so intensive, you will be on whole new skill level upon its completion.

You will learn how to apply your drawing skills to a finished painting. Keeping the fundamentals of drawing in mind, you will begin with something clean and simple. Then, you will naturally build onto it, layer by layer, with both color and value structures. This approach insures that the finished work produces one seamless idea. This also makes the finished piece fresh, exciting, powerful, and beautiful.

Joseph Todorovitch is a professional figurative and portrait painter. In this comprehensive class, you will be completing two long-pose figure paintings. 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 lighting scenarios and value pattern motifs, along with color keys and other compositional ideas for making a complete painting. Joseph will also discuss color mixing, establishing an accurate drawing, massing values, choosing areas of emphasis, and paint application. You will be able to resolve a larger scale painting with a model, discuss finishing touches, and ways to “strike a balance” to create a sense of resolve in your works.