Custom Illustration/ Comic Book / Fantasy Art Course

Here is my proposal for a customized Interactive Art School Illustration / Comic / Fantasy art course.

SUBSTITUTE books are in red and italicized – I have focused on the subjects Illustration / Comic / Fantasy Art. The course I propose is in pencil and oils. Comics are now done in line drawings which are scanned into computers and then color filled by specialists, but I think a student should be exposed to traditional techniques. There are also sci-fi and adventure artists who have gone on to painting and selling oil paintings of their fantasy figures.

For examples of Fine Art Paintings in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Art tradition that are sold as art in art galleries and as posters look at:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0823016366/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-3386369-4650264#reader-link

on Amazon.com

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Lesson 1: Drawing and Form

·         Drawing Art textbook – a heavily illustrated 224-page art textbook

·         Here I will add "Drawing Cutting Edge Comics" so we will give the comic both the basics he needs from the book above, but keep from boring him with this heavily illustrated, instructive, super-cool Comic Textbook

·         Supplemental mini lessons pertaining to form (found on our Web site)

·         A digital camera 1 mega pixel resolution or better, compatible with your computer-unless you already have a digital camera in which case the course is $100.00 less)

·         General drawing set including:

·         Assortment of artist's pencils:

·         3 Charcoal Pencils (varying degrees of hardness)

·         3 Compressed Graphite Art Sticks

·         1 Soft Graphite Pencil

·         1 Water Soluble Graphite pencil

·         1 White Charcoal Pencil

·         1 Soft Sketch Pencil

·         Pad paper Canson Classic art paper (50 sheets – 14 inches by 17 inches)

·         Lesson 1 assignment and homework

You also receive a personal Web folder on the school’s Web site where you will receive information pertaining to Lesson 1. When you complete your assignment I will also post my personally prepared image and lesson critique to your Web folder.

Lesson 2: Composition and Color Theory

·         Composition textbook

·         Color Theory textbook

·         Lesson 2 assignment and homework

When you complete your assignment I will also post my personally prepared image and lesson critique to your Web folder.

Lesson 3: Perspective and Still Life

·         Here I will add "MECHA MANIA" so we will give the student both the basics they need from the book below, but keep from boring him with this heavily illustrated, instructive, textbook about drawing spaceships, battling robots, etc.

·         Perspective textbook

·         Lesson 3 assignment and homework

When you complete your assignment I will also post my personally prepared image and lesson critique to your Web folder.

Lesson 4: Landscape Drawing and Painting

·         Drawing Landscapes textbook

·         Painting Landscapes textbook

·         Lesson 4 assignment and homework

When you complete your assignment I will also post my personally prepared image and lesson critique to your Web folder.

Lesson 5: Drawing and Painting the Figure

·  Here I will add "How to Draw Comic Book Bad Guys and Gals

·   Lesson 5 assignment and homework

When you complete your assignment I will also post my personally prepared image and lesson critique to your Web folder.

Lesson 6: Graduation Painting- Subject of Your Choice

·   432-page heavily illustrated art textbook pertaining to all aspects of oil painting, watercolor, organizing your art materials, and using your art materials

·   Lesson 6 assignment and homework

When you complete your assignment I will also post my personally prepared image and lesson critique to your Web folder.

You might also be interested in my 1950's oil paintings I did for Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine:

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