Sunday, November 1, 2015

WEEK 9

Week 9 will be a lab week for Monday and Friday classes.  Remember to bring your original art for scanning, as well as your value studies and photo reference of your locations.
Monday:  Lab # 139
Friday:     Lab # 145

Please be there by  9:30 am....  here are the gouache demos from week 8...
Thanks!
Mike


Sunday, October 25, 2015

Week 8


This week we will continue painting at Descanso Gardens.  Next week (week 9) we will be back in the lab, so do your best to have plenty to work on in Photoshop.

Remember to bring your student I.D. for admission to Descanso (6.00).   Here are the demo's from the Monday and Friday classes.

See you at 9:30 am..
Mike


Sunday, October 4, 2015

WEEK 5

This week (week 5), both classes will meet in the computer labs.  Monday class will meet in Lab # 139, and Friday's class will meet in Lab # 145.  Please meet at the usual time, 9:30 am..
Please remember to bring ALL original artwork, as well as value studies and photo reference.

Please be on time...
Mike

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Week 4

Here is Mondays Demo..
This week we will remain at the LA Arboretum.  Hopefully, it will be a little cooler! 
Next week, (week 5) will be our first lab session for both the Monday and Friday classes.  Do your best to have 2 paintings that you can work on during next weeks lab sessions.

Remember to bring your lunch or snacks!
See you at 9:30!

Mike

Monday, July 6, 2015

WEEK 9


We will meet at the Arboretum this week.   Be sure to bring two boards;  1 for the value study and 1 for your color study.

See you tomorrow at 9:30 am.

Mike


Monday, June 29, 2015

WEEK 8 LAB


Let's meet in the LAB tomorrow.  It will be a very hot day, so I think it best to make it a lab day.  Please bring ALL of your paintings to class.  You can start with whatever painting you like.  Please be sure to have your REFERENCE PHOTOS!! ....... also,

Remember to stop by the main south campus building to pick-up a pen.  You must have your student I.D.  Above is last weeks gouache demo....

See you at 9:30...

Mike


Monday, June 15, 2015

WEEK 6

Tomorrow we will meet at Descanso Gardens, La Canada.  The Arboretum is going to be very crowded and hot, so I think Descanso will be a better choice.  The entrance fee is $6.00 with student I.D., so please remember to bring your I.D.  

Please meet at the umbrella tables just inside the entrance on your left.  

See you at 9:30...
Mike

Monday, June 8, 2015

WEEK 5


Hi everyone;  tomorrow is our first LAB session,  and we will meet in the same lab we met for the first class meeting.  You must check-out a pen at the south campus main building basement.  Be sure you have your student ID. 
Also, please bring ALL of your work to date, and be sure to have your reference photos as well.

Please get your pen and be in the lab by 9:30 ...
See you then,
Mike


Sunday, March 29, 2015

WEEK 12

Monday and Friday classes will meet at Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge.  This is our last location painting session for the term, so please do your best to prepare your best 4 paintings for week 13 lab session.

Remember to bring your student I.D. for the student discount admission fee of $6.00  /  parking is free. 

Meet in the cafe area to your left after entering the park. Please be there at 9:30

Here is the gouache demo from Friday's class at the Arboretum.

Here is the gouache demo from Monday's class at Descanso.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

WEEK 11

Mondays gouache demo...

Week 11 classes will  meet at the L.A. Arboretum.

Please remember to bring cold press watercolor board or double-weight illustration board /
one for your value study  ( approximately 4" X 6")  and one for your final color. (approx; 6" X 8")
don't forget cameras and water containers ...

Please be there no later than 9:30...
Thanks!
Mike

Sunday, March 15, 2015

WEEK 10

Week 10 is LAB week for both Monday and Friday classes.

Please remember to bring your original paintings and value studies.

Please be in the lab by 9:30...

Here is Fridays gouache demo...


Monday, March 9, 2015

Week 9:  Monday's gouache demo

Sunday, March 8, 2015

WEEK 9 DESCANSO GARDENS

This week  both classes will meet at Descanso Gardens:

1418 Descanso Drive,
La Canada Flintridge, 91011

The admission for students is $6.00 YOU MUST HAVE YOUR STUDENT I.D. FOR THE DISCOUNT

* Please be sure to have double-weight illustration or watercolor board...
* Please NO large chairs
* The cafe will be open for sandwiches and snacks

After you enter the park, please wait in the cafe courtyard just to your left...
PLEASE BE THERE BY 9:30.....Thanks, Mike

Fridays Demo / Arboretum

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Here is my gouache demo from Monday's class...Mike



Monday, March 2, 2015

WEEK 8

We're going to meet at the Arboretum this week. Please be there by 9:30..

See you there!

Sunday, February 22, 2015

WEEK 7

Due to rain, Monday's class will meet in LAB 139.
Please remember to bring all of your original paintings as well as photographic reference.
Please be there at 9:30 am.

Also,  on Friday we will be going to the Autry Western Heritage Museum.  Both the Monday and Friday classes will attend.  We will meet at the Autry at 9:45 am and will see the Masters of the American West exhibition.  This is a terrific show of landscape and figurative works by many of today's contemporary artist.  Please meet in front of the cafe in the courtyard.
There is an admission fee of $2.00 per student. (please bring cash)

The museum is directly across from the LA Zoo parking lot, where the 134 fwy and the 5 fwy cross.

Sunday, February 15, 2015

WEEK 6 - LAB WEEK

This is week 6 and both Monday and Friday classes will meet in the labs.
Please remember to bring your photo reference along with your original art or digital scans.
Please be there no later than 9:30...  (Shown above is last Mondays gouache demo)
Thanks!
Mike


Saturday, February 7, 2015

WEEK 5 L.A. ARBORETUM

Let's have one more week at the ARBORETUM and make week 6 our next lab session.
WEEK 5
MONDAY and FRIDAYS classes meet at 9:30 at the L.A. Arboretum...
See you there!

Mike
Gouache Demos/  Week 4



Sunday, February 1, 2015

WEEK 4: L.A. Arboretum, Arcadia

Monday and Friday classes will meet at the L.A. Arboretum, Arcadia
                 210 freeway east to the Baldwin exit - turn right (south)...the Arboretum will be on the
                 right side. (about 10 minutes from Art Center)
                 Meet at the front entrance no later than 9:30

MONDAY CLASS:  Please remember to bring a lunch or snack.

See you there!
-Mike

Friday, January 30, 2015

Friday Class:  Looks like rain today.  Friday class, Jan 30th,. will meet in the LAB TODAY..
Please bring your painting from last Friday as well as your PHOTO REFERENCE.

See you in the lab at 9:30
Mike

Monday, January 12, 2015

Week 1 thru week 3

Welcome to Digital Landscape, Spring, 2015
Week 1  - Orientation
Week 2 -  Monday class will not meet due to Martin Luther King Holiday (continue master copies)
                 Fridays class will meet on campus at the Pavilion, just south of the basketball court.
week 3 -   Monday and Friday classes will meet at the L.A. Arboretum, Arcadia
                 210 freeway east to the Baldwin exit - turn right (south)...the Arboretum will be on the
                 right side. (about 10 minutes from Art Center)
                 Meet at the front entrance no later than 9:30