LANDSCAPE SKETCH COMP Saturday March 14 from 8:30am to 3:00pm 1-Day Outdoor Sketch Adventure   Landscape Sketch Comp is coming up! There is no architectural and perspective sketching here, just beautiful nature. It’s plenty to consider when grasping good composition is the goal.   Our locations are always close to LA, yet one feels transported in these wonderful places. The way it works is that we spend an hour or so at various spots along enchanting trails. It’s easy to do several sketches or a single sketch. We will have a discussion of ideas with handouts and I will be working with you individually ...

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SPECIAL NOTICE:  Due to the expectation of inclement weather (rain) on the original date, the Landscape Sketch Comp Seminar has been rescheduled to next Saturday, October 5th. Join us for Landscape Sketch Comp on Sat, Sept 28! Nature will be our inspiration for this all-day intensive workshop that takes place at a beautiful outdoor location, here in Los Angeles (TBA). We’ll be sketching at various scenic spots along the path, we’ll have a discussion of ideas with handouts, and I’ll be working with you individually along the way. Anyone is welcome as we’ll have a good mix of beginners and professionals wanting ...

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  Hello, Expression: The Source of Expression & Character — Saturday, August 17 from 10am to 3:30pm — 1-Day Intensive Seminar/ Workshop Join us for “Expression: The Source of Expression & Character”. I’ll cover what it is and isn’t, how it really works, how character acts as a booster for expression and not as a replacement for it. We’ll have two models, John Mackey and Rachel Bailit, helping us throughout the day, working both independently and with each other to create story. It’s at the Animation Guild in Burbank. Any drawing level is welcome as we have a good mix of beginners and professionals. Special ...

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  Easy procedures and concepts that help simplify confusing forms in perspective. Finding grace and rhythm in otherwise impossible to draw poses.

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  LANDSCAPE SKETCH COMP Saturday October 20 8:30am to 3:00pm 1-Day Outdoor Sketch Adventure Landscape Sketch Comp is coming up! There is no architectual and perspective sketching here, just beautiful nature. It’s plenty to consider when grasping good composition is the goal.   Our locations are always close to LA, yet one feels transported in these wonderful places. The way it works is that we spend an hour or so at various spots along enchanting trails. It’s easy to do several sketches or a single sketch. We will have a discussion of ideas with handouts and I will be working with you individually along ...

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EXPRESSION: THE SOURCE OF EXPRESSION & CHARACTER Saturday, July 28: 1-Day Intensive Seminar/Workshop What it is and isn’t, how it really works, how character acts as a booster for expression and not as a replacement for it. Featuring two great character models helping to create story: John Mackey & Rachel Bailit Taught by Master Figure Artist and Teacher Karl Gnass, who has been training animation industry professionals at the Animation Guild’s American Animation Institute (AAI) and at major studios for close to three decades. You’re invited to this exclusive 1-Day Intensive Seminar/Workshop this coming Saturday, July 28, 10:00am to 3:30pm at the Animation Guild ...

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