Crash Course for Artists, Illustrators and Cartoonists
ILC-2448-A
M, Jun 06 – Aug 15
Hours: 06:30PM – 09:30PM
3.00 CEUs; $395.00
The fundamentals of representational art is the focus of this intensive course. Subjects will include: perspective and how to create believable form and space; the structure, proportion and anatomy of the human figure and head; drapery and the clothed figure; the principles of light and value; color theory and its practical application; abstract composition and narrative storytelling. Each session will include a lecture and an in-class exercise, and there will be weekly home assignments. Resources for further study will be provided for each subject. Students from all levels are welcome.
Tristan Elwell
Illustrator
Book cover illustration clients include: Avon; Berkley Books; Harcourt; HarperCollins; Penguin; Pocket Books; Henry Holt; Simon & Schuster, Inc.; St. Martin’s Press; Random House; Tor Books; Scholastic. Other clients include: U.S. News & World Report, American Kennel Club, Forbes, Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, Upper Deck, Psychology Today, Boy Scouts of America, E.&J. Gallo Winery, Saatchi & Saatchi, Wizards of the Coast, Village Voice Media, Lifetime Networks
Awards include: Society of Illustrators; Chesley Award, Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists; Print; Spectrum; Communication Arts
Education: BFA, with honors, School of Visual Arts
Exhibitions include: Art Directors Club; Copro Nason Gallery, Santa Monica; Society of Illustrators; United Nations; Visual Arts Gallery
