Digital Landscape Painting

(Please arrive 20 minutes early. Parking is residential and easy.)

Mike is an art director and designer with a background in game development. He’s currently in visual development on Spider-Verse at Sony Animation, and just finished art directing a film adaptation of Charlie Mackesy’s book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse for NoneMore Productions.

In this 5 hour workshop, Mike will lead students through the process of painting digital landscape studies of locations from reference. Students will leave with a much clearer idea of how to render environments and atmosphere with the resources of virtual brushes and color, and for how consistent practice can help hone their eye for color, light, and perspective.

THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE:

I. A 20-minute presentation of Mike’s work and biography, with audience Q & A.

II. A 20-minute lecture on process

• Mike will discuss WHY this process of research, sketching, and study collection is so useful and HOW it can be optimized for any artist’s practice.

III. An 80-minute paint along

• Students will copy Mike as he demonstrates the production of an image.

IV. A 20-minute image research

• Students will collect their final painting reference from Google Street View.

V. A 150-minute full painting

• Students will work on a finished painting, while Mike rotates around the class providing consistent guidance, critique, and answers.

MATERIALS:

• Graphics software
• (Recommended: Procreate on iPad or Photoshop on Laptop)