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A 9-week course designed to give you exclusive access to expert techniques, essential art fundamentals, and the professional insights needed to jumpstart your career.
Instructor: Barry Jackson
Duration: 9 Weeks (each session is 2 hours)
Week 1 (First Day Fundamentals): Introduction to the core principles of art and design. Establish technical baseline, focusing on essential tools and basic concepts.
Week 2 (Composition): Study of visual arrangement. Organize elements within a frame to create order, balance, and visual flow.
Week 3 (Character Design): Relating character design to animation style. Focus on shape language, silhouette, pose, contour, and facial expressions.
Week 4 (Color Theory): Explore the factors of color relationship and control to evoke specific emotional responses.
Week 5 (Space and Scale): Relationship between objects and environment. Perspective, depth, and how to manipulate scale for maximum impact.
Week 6 (Surrealism): Exploring rational procedures to create irrational results. Focus on symbolic storytelling beyond literal representation.
Week 7 (Sci-Fi): World-building through the lens of science fiction, focusing on technology, futuristic environments, and industrial aesthetics.
Week 8 (Visceral Paint): Physical and emotive qualities of medium. Texture, brushwork, and the application of paint to create a raw, impactful visual experience.
Week 9 (Business): Logistics of maintaining an identity and a career in art, including portfolio management, marketing, and the ever-changing commercial landscape.
The Spring term starts on May 30, 2026.
I will reach out to you by email after you sign up! Contact me on Instagram if you would like to sit in on one free session!
A 9-week course designed to give you exclusive access to expert techniques, essential art fundamentals, and the professional insights needed to jumpstart your career.
Instructor: Barry Jackson
Duration: 9 Weeks (each session is 2 hours)
Week 1 (First Day Fundamentals): Introduction to the core principles of art and design. Establish technical baseline, focusing on essential tools and basic concepts.
Week 2 (Composition): Study of visual arrangement. Organize elements within a frame to create order, balance, and visual flow.
Week 3 (Character Design): Relating character design to animation style. Focus on shape language, silhouette, pose, contour, and facial expressions.
Week 4 (Color Theory): Explore the factors of color relationship and control to evoke specific emotional responses.
Week 5 (Space and Scale): Relationship between objects and environment. Perspective, depth, and how to manipulate scale for maximum impact.
Week 6 (Surrealism): Exploring rational procedures to create irrational results. Focus on symbolic storytelling beyond literal representation.
Week 7 (Sci-Fi): World-building through the lens of science fiction, focusing on technology, futuristic environments, and industrial aesthetics.
Week 8 (Visceral Paint): Physical and emotive qualities of medium. Texture, brushwork, and the application of paint to create a raw, impactful visual experience.
Week 9 (Business): Logistics of maintaining an identity and a career in art, including portfolio management, marketing, and the ever-changing commercial landscape.
The Spring term starts on May 30, 2026.
I will reach out to you by email after you sign up! Contact me on Instagram if you would like to sit in on one free session!