Face and Figure Painting
with Don Seegmiller Course starts 10 March 2008.
Registration: Closed
Have you ever wanted to learn or improve your ability to represent the humanoid face and figure in digital painting programs? Have you wanted to work on taking a human figure and creating a character from the reference? Have you wanted to learn a bit more about how to paint costumes and fabric in your images? If any or all of the above have crossed your mind then Don Seegmiller’s Face and Figure Painting workshop is for you.
In this workshop, Don will explore traditional painting techniques and translate them seamlessly into the digital realm. Students will learn several different ways of approaching the human figure and head while executing a digital painting, as well as exploring color and how it relates to the human figure.
Working with photographic or rendered references Don will have his students first draw the figure or face. You will learn how to block in the face or figure with correct values, choose correct colors, and paint a head or figure from start to finish. Lighting, value, and color will be discussed constantly throughout the class. Technical issues such as blending will also be discussed. Towards the end of the workshop, students will then paint a complete character in costume from start to finish.
While all skill levels are welcome this, workshop is geared more toward the intermediate and above skill levels. Beginners may experience some difficulties.
” This was the best art course I have ever taken either in class or online.”
Brian Frank, Student, Figure and Face Painting, July 07
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Face and Figure Painting
with Don Seegmiller Course starts 30 July 2007.
Registration: Closed
Have you ever wanted to learn or improve your ability to represent the humanoid face and figure in digital painting programs? Have you wanted to work on taking a human figure and creating a character from the reference? Have you wanted to learn a bit more about how to paint costumes and fabric in your images? If any or all of the above have crossed your mind then Don Seegmiller’s Face and Figure Painting workshop is for you.
In this workshop, Don will explore traditional painting techniques and translate them seamlessly into the digital realm. Students will learn several different ways of approaching the human figure and head while executing a digital painting, as well as exploring color and how it relates to the human figure.
Working with photographic or rendered references Don will have his students first draw the figure or face. You will learn how to block in the face or figure with correct values, choose correct colors, and paint a head or figure from start to finish. Lighting, value, and color will be discussed constantly throughout the class. Technical issues such as blending will also be discussed. Towards the end of the workshop, students will then paint a complete character in costume from start to finish.
While all skill levels are welcome this, workshop is geared more toward the intermediate and above skill levels. Beginners may experience some difficulties.
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Monster Character Painting II
with Don Seegmiller Course starts 28 May 2007.
Registration: Closed
World-renowned artist and author Don Seegmiller is repeating his fantastic CGWorkshop, Monster Character Painting, focusing on the fundamentals required to create high quality monster characters using Painter.
Monsters are fun to paint and give us the ability to explore a variety of different treatments and painting techniques within a single creature or series of creatures. Over these eight weeks, Don Seegmiller will propel and inspire his students to let their imaginations go wild while sharpening their painting skills.
Monsters can be on a scale ranging from frightening to humorous and it is envisaged that students will get to tackle examples of each. This workshop will focus on creativity along with technique as well as the environment surrounding these monsters. Students will start with monster pieces and eventually all we learn painting these pieces into one or two finished images, a sort of a Frankenstein process. The first monsters will follow along painting of a provided sketch while the second monster will be the student’s creation using their own materials.
" Watching the instructor work with the videos we could download was unbelievably helpful and just downright cool! It allowed me to feel I was actually "interacting" with the instructor, hearing his voice, watching him work. Great stuff. And the fact that we had access to our instructor via the forums and email was a fantastic thing as well. I definitely plan on taking another course in the future."
Dan Hardesty, Student, Monster Character Painting I
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Monster Character Painting
with Don Seegmiller Course starts 20 November 2006.
Registration: Closed
Monsters are fun to paint and give us the ability to explore a variety of different treatments and painting techniques within a single creature or series of creatures. Over these eight weeks, world renowned artist and author Don Seegmiller will propel and inspire his students to let their imaginations go wild while also improving their painting skills.
Monsters can be on a scale ranging from frightening to humorous and it is envisaged that students will get to tackle examples of each. This workshop will focus on creativity along with technique as well as the environment surrounding these monsters. Students will start with monster pieces and eventually all we learn painting these pieces into one or two finished images, a sort of a Frankenstein process. The first monsters will follow along painting of a provided sketch while the second monster will be the student’s creation using their own materials.
To build a monster, you need ‘pieces’ and this is where students will start. Over the first few weeks, as individual pieces are worked on, students will gradually combine them into a character. Some of the things students will cover in this workshop are;
Eyes. The eyes are after all the window to the soul and what we look at first when confronted by another person or animal.
Mouth. Most monsters have mouths and most these mouths have lots of teeth. Students will work on both mouths and teeth.
Parts of a monster head. This may include ears, noses, horns, dewlaps, the head shape and really anything else that you might find on a monster head.
All the main parts of a monster. The talons, tails, and what ever you can imagine.
How to paint and give the illusion of volume to your 2D creation.
Sources to help define the form.
How to paint different types of skin, hide, scales, fur, and any other surface you might find on a monster.
Some tricks that will help create mood and a sense of place for your creation.
In the last few weeks of the workshop, everything is brought together and students will be able to paint monsters of their own design. By the end of this workshop it is hoped that everyone will have received a good shot of creativity and feel more confident of their painting skills.
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