Summer 2020 TERM REGISTRATION
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Course Description

This course focuses on integrating gouache techniques and color concepts into digital painting.  We will build on our understanding of lighting and color through gouache with weekly assignments that cover still life, landscape, and prop design.  We will apply our traditional painting knowledge into digital painting by learning to push colors, tell story and to develop a personal style. This course is taught from a design and animation perspective with emphasis on storytelling, simplification and clarity in design, and creative color and lighting.

Course Level

  • Intermediate - Enrollment based on Portfolio Review

  • REQUIRED: Students should have experience painting with gouache and digitally. We recommend the student to have taken a course in basic color and painting or have equivalent experience.

Course Format

  • 8 weeks

  • Meet weekly via Skype for live 2 hr session.

  • Live Skype sessions will be recorded.

  • Each session will consist of a lecture and/or demo and homework critiques.

  • Occasional recorded demos will be available for viewing outside of class.

  • The class will be taught by TWO instructors:

Summer Term Start Date: July 15 - Sept 2, 2020

Class Time:

  • Wednesdays - 7:30p - 9:30p PDT

Price: $750

Registration Procedure:

  • Registration Opens:

    • June 24 - Early Enrollment for Email List Only

    • June 25 - Open to Public

  • Email List will receive a private link. Public Registration Link will go LIVE on this page.

  • PLEASE NOTE: Registration is through Google Forms and requires a Google login.

  • Link will be removed when all class spots and waitlist fill.

  • Allow three days for Portfolio Review.

  • All applicants will receive a confirmation email with status:  Pending Portfolio Review OR Waitlist.

  • We will notify you if you’ve been accepted or not.

  • IMPORTANT: Accepted students will receive a confirmation email with payment link and must pay within 48 hours after receiving email.  If payment is not received by deadline, the spot will be given to the next student on the Waitlist.

Portfolio Review Requirements:

  • We will review based on Portfolio and/or Website.

  • Please make sure your Portfolio has at least 3 examples of traditional painting and 3 examples of digital painting.  Work should reflect understanding of color and lighting.

  • If you DO NOT have a portfolio or website, you may submit 6 images total of 3 traditional paintings and 3 digital paintings.

  • Subjects such as environments, props, still-life and portraits are preferred. 

  • Keep file sizes small and label with your name. Ex: “JohnDoe_Image1.jpg”

  • IMPORTANT: Portfolio link and images must be submitted during registration, so please have them prepared beforehand.

Homework Requirements

  • We expect students to dedicate a few hours a week for homework. 

  • Homework will consist of two components: gouache and digital painting.

Tech Requirements

  • Skype

  • Microphone for live Skype sessions

  • Photoshop

  • Heavypaint

  • Drawing Tablet or Cintiq

Paint Supplies

  • Gouache Supply List will be emailed out after enrollment confirmation.

Refund/Cancellation Policy

  • Now until 7 Days before class starts - 50% Refund minus Transaction Fee

  • 7 Days before class starts - NO REFUNDS

  • Requests to transfer to a future term must be made no later than 7 DAYS before start date and is subject to our approval. Only one transfer allowed.

About the Instructors

Angela Sung is currently a Visual Development artist on the feature Bad Guys. She has worked on Kipo and the Age of the Wonder Beast as the Art Director, Kungfu Cooking Girls as the Environment Art Lead, and on Legend of Korra and Voltron as a Background Designer and Painter. She has taught together with Michelle at Concept Design Academy and co-runs Warrior Painters.

Michelle Lin is Lead Designer on Mira Royal Detective.  She’s worked on Disney Junior shows in many aspects of design and painting, including props, characters, and as Design Supervisor.  She has taught gouache painting at Concept Design Academy and co-runs the plein-air painting group the Warrior Painters.

FAQ

Who is the course for?
This course is for students who have taken traditional painting classes or have gouache painting experience and seek to apply their knowledge to digital painting for animation.

How selective is the portfolio review?
We will review based on the overall skill level of all the applicants. We want to make sure students are comfortable with traditional painting and have a basic understanding of color and lighting.  Students still struggling with handling traditional paint may want to wait to take this class.

Can I take the class if I can’t attend the Live Sessions and just watch the recordings?
We strongly recommend you only enroll if you can attend the live sessions. We will only live critique the homework of students present during the live sessions.

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