Open Studio-Painting Street Scenes

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Instructor: Karen Bonaker

This is a SELF STUDY Course.

Description

Open Enrollment-Register anytime for this course.

Open Studio courses are relaxed and we encourage constructive critiques. There is no competition in this class only inspiration that I hope you will take from the instructors as well as the many talented students who regularly join our Open Studio sessions. Course work is a guideline for you but you are free to follow your muse which I encourage. Note to Self Study students, if you are enrolling in this course, it is now Self Study and will not include live sessions, however previous live sessions are available for you to download inside the classroom. There are no refunds for Self Study courses. All your material for this class is available for immediate download.

This course will take you through the Tuscan country side where you will visit many wonderful locations to seek inspiration from. You will be painting street scenes from major towns such as Sienna, San Gimignano just to name a few.

Your instructor will lead you through several exercises each week with one goal in mind, for the digital artist to learn to expand upon their skill set and continue to find inspiration in the physical world around them . Karen will supply you with several reference images to seek inspiration from. Photographic reference can be a great support for your artwork. It captures the mood of the moment, immobilize movements to allow you to analyze shapes and forms, and give you the opportunity to capture a scene quickly. A photograph, being a record of what is in front of you at the time you take the picture, is just that-a record. Your Week One folder will be loaded with fabulous images to get started with!

 

Skill Level

Intermediate to Advanced.

Beginners with exceptions. If you are just learning how to use Painter, this may not be the class for you. But something to look forward to as your skill set improves. You should know your way around the Interface and be able to add layers, understand how to use the Quick Clone function, and be able to work with a custom set of brushes.

Software Requirements

  • ®Corel Painter 11 or greater
  • Photoshop (not required)

Hardware Requirements

  • Microphone with headset is required for live sessions if you want to participate in the live session. Headset is required if you wish to speak. Students may listen to the live session through their computer speakers and type in questions as well. Live sessions are recorded and will be available for the student to download.
  • You must be working with a system that is capable of running ®Corel Painter 10 or greater.
  • Wacom or Equivalent pen and tablet. Essential tool for digital painting.

Before Class

If you are going to use your own reference images for Week Two through Four, begin organizing them into folders.

Week One

Body Language and Concept

This week the class will all be working from the same reference image. Our focus will be on body language and working with some of the basic principles of perspective. A live session will be scheduled and Karen will demonstrate how she begins a street scene using the reference image as an example and how to determine where the horizon should be placed. This week students will participate in a live webinar session where Karen will demonstrate her technique for getting started with the reference image for the week. This week will set the discipline and fundamentals for the rest of the session.

Week Two

San Gimignano

This week you will seek inspiration from several images taken in San Gemignano and surrounding areas. Our live session will focus on questions and group critique.

Week Three

Into The Past

Students will discover the past while using reference images from modern day. Emphasis will be on research and depicting a scene how it may have looked 150 years ago. During our live session this week we will outline the steps to create our paintings of the past. Your goal will be to transform a modern day scene into an old world scene. Start thinking now!

Week Four

Final Week Painting-Tuscany

Students will work on their final painting for the session. Live session will include questions and group critique.