Exquisite corpse @ Waldorf School

On the final day of my drawing elective we played a fun drawing game.

"Master Painting" overview

I taught a course I designed titled "Master Painting" at the Alberta College of Art and design again this year.  It is based on my work, as well as on the Art study/ research trip I took to Italy and more.
Here is an overview of the work completed in the course by my fabulous students! We cover the Flemish technique, Venetian technique and French academic and a whole lot more! It is such a dense course with demos, presentations and practical advice. In my course we build and prep our stretchers, ground our supports, do masters copies, and a whole lot more,  I cant divulge too much here but take a look at some of the 32 pics I snapped throughout the semester.

If you are interested in learning stuff like this contact me through my website: http://brianbatista.com

Acrylic Studio course at ACAD

I was asked to teach a week long acrylic studio course at ACAD.
What an exciting way to spend a week in the summer!!!

 I bring in new samples and examples with each lecture and demo every mroning and start of the afternoon.

We start in a blank room, as fitting as our black canvases.

The majority of the students have never painted before so we start with handling and mixing basics.

Light to dark, the values in paint. Then simple shading of a sphere to show the highlights, core, cast and reflected shadows in straight forward vlaues.

We then begin mixing the colours of acrylic paint. There is a strong air flow quickly drying the pigments, another challenge for the participants to face early in their studio experience.

The challenge is to use only the three primary colours to make the remaining colours on their colour wheel sampler for practice and future reference.

They then discover what adding complementary colours can do around their wheel.

The students gather their reference materials and rub in their supports in order to make a practical colour study for future reference to create a larger finished painting.

Each student transfers their image in a different way, some are doing portraits, others landscape....

 Some are gridding and painting busses or gem stones.....

Others have fun getting abstract!

The study allows them time to experiment and practice their strokes, values, mixing and application.

 First timers face challenges with a smile and plenty of support.

Their skills quickly improving with each lesson and minute put into studio practice.

I look forward to seeing how their pieces continue to develop during the week long course.