Recently I was asked to contribute to judging the Arties Awards for the illustration category at John Brown University for the West Gallery Student Works Exhibit running from February 19 - March 14 along with a very special exhibit featuring original production work from the short film Destino the collaborative animated short film effort of Walt Disney Company and Surrealist artist Salvador Dali. This film began in 1945 and was eventually completed and released in 2003 and thanks to assistant professor of visual arts Joel Armstrong for having me down to participate.
LEVEL UP! Spring and Adult Classes At NWA Community Creative Center
Adult Drawing and Acrylic: 12 weeks, $295 / Supplies not included / Ages 16+Mondays, Feb 18-May 13 (except March 18) / 6:30-8:30pm
Want to level up in your drawing and painting skills? If so there is still time to sign up for my class. Join us Mondays, Feb 18-May 13 for Adult Drawing and Acrylic. This class teaches basic and intermediate drawing skills and acrylic painting techniques. The first 6 weeks is devoted to learning to draw, then using those drawing skills to create an image for your painting. During the second six weeks, you will transfer your image to canvas and learn the basics of acrylic paint, washes and layering. The end result? An original painting that you did from start to finish. Purchase tickets HERE.
Drawing and Acrylic Painting for Youth: 9 weeks, $180 / Ages 10+ / Fridays, Feb 22-April 26 (except March 22) / 4-6 pm
Okay kids, lets bust out those pencils and paint this spring and release your inner Jackson Pollock! Or on second thought...don't but you should still sign up for my Drawing and Acrylic Painting for Youth. The first half of this class teaches kids to draw and hones those skills. The second half teaches them to turn their drawings into amazing paintings. Purchase tickets HERE.
Scout Ship Sculpt
I'm going to be very process focused with this new blog and website so I'll not only be showing works but works in progress. This is a clay sculpt or maquette of my scout ship design for the upcoming independent sci-fi film Command Magellan. Maquette is a French word for preliminary scale model. Both traditional and CG models have been generated for this project. Small models such as this are used to visualize and test forms without incurring the cost and effort of producing a full scale product. I’ll be showing much of the behind the scenes production work of this and other projects I’m working on in upcoming posts.