Demo Day at IMC

Yesterday the students were in full swing on their paintings at Illustration Master Class, the week-long workshop for fantasy art in Amherst, Massachusetts.

In between giving lectures and circulating to give personal feedback, the instructors demonstrated painting techniques. Greg Manchess painted a head study of a female model in oil, with instructor Scott Fischer looking on.


Donato Giancola painted a wizard.

Iain McCaig used watercolor for a head study of a bodybuilder model who joined us last evening for a two hour pose. Since "Tarzan" was one of the five assigned topics, he was an inspiring subject.

Dan Dos Santos and I worked side by side in oil from the model, as many of the students joined in with their sketchbooks (photo by Irene Gallo).

Dan decided to shift the color range to a cool palette (left). I experimented with interpreting the same pose in an 8x10 inch oil study, and a half-hour watercolor pencil sketch in my sketchbook.

I also did a quick sketch of instructor Brom as he gave his lecture, with Noah Bradley looking on.

He had an easel set up and was working on a painting throughout the week, as did all the instructors.

Here's the full faculty roster of Illustration Master Class for 2012. From left: Irene Gallo, Iain McCaig, Scott Fischer, James Gurney, Doug Gregory, Donato Giancola, Dan Dos Santos, Rebecca Guay, Greg Manchess, Julie Bell, and Boris Vallejo. Not pictured is Adam Rex, who is on his way.

 Illustration Master Class