January - Giddy up!

The January theme will be a Cowboy!

One of our own will be posing for us in his gunslinger gear. Celebrate the New Year and draw or paint Greg Riley. We'll be putting the music in his hands. I hope we hear plenty of Ennio Morricone!

Bring your friends and have them sign up too!

Here's some Morricone for you enjoyment.



Figurative Illustration Workshop
Tuesday
January 14, 2014
hosted @ Platform Studios
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60622

$20 cash or credit.


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October Knights

Merlin's Blessing | Aaron Miller

This month's theme will be Armor!

I'm going to be painting a lot of armor for my commissions. So, why not get a fun study in.

Bring your camera for some reference. I'll bring some swords. 


Here's a pic of what the armor I'll be picking up might look like:

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Figurative Illustration Workshop
Tuesday
October 8
hosted @ Platform Studios
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60622

$20 cash or credit.


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July Workshop - Scooter!

I've been totally inspired by this piece from Terry & Rachel Dodson

This month's theme will be Scooter!

Come and draw or paint our model posing with a scooter. It's summer and it's great weather to be out on your scooter. I'm in the mood to watch Roman Holiday again! Bella, our model will be a great partner with my scooter. 

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Figurative Illustration Workshop
Tuesday
July 16
hosted @ Platform Studios
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60622

$20 cash or credit.


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May Workshop - Samurai!

This month's theme will be SAMURAI!

Come and draw or paint our model fully dressed in a suit of samurai armor from Chicago Costume. Also note the slight time change for this month. We will be starting at 6:30 PM.

 

I'm working with a great team of artists on a KickStarter project called Shogun Rising.

What is Shogun Rising?

 

Shogun Rising is an original story and full 64 page color illustrated graphic novel about love, samurai, and zombies. Near-future Tokyo is zombie apocalypse ground zero. Survivors are forced to flee to a remote samurai village. Hiroshi, a samurai prodigy, and Mizuki, the daughter of a ruthless Tokyo crime-boss, attempt to navigate the new world and their forbidden love. Tensions arise as cultures clash and the chances of survival diminish. And yes, samurais will totally fight zombies.

Now, the tie-in to the workshop is anyone who backs the project over $14 can come to the workshop for FREE. Just bring a print out of the email for me.

Here's the link again for you.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shogunrising/shogun-rising-the-graphic-novel

 

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Figurative Illustration Workshop
Tuesday
May 28
hosted @ Platform Studios
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60622

$20 cash or credit. Or get the special deal mentioned above.


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April Workshop - Nick Fury

This month's theme will be Nick Fury!

C2E2 will be coming around in April. We'll celebrate comics with the Avengers leader.

What I'm hoping you will focus on at the workshop is black. Black on black clothing specifically. Should be interesting.

We'll revisit the Deja Thoris theme when the model can work with a date with the workshop.

Bring your friends!

Figurative Illustration Workshop
Tuesday
April 23
hosted @ Platform Studios
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60622

$20 cash or credit.

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Bonus Workshop! Slave Leia

A bonus workshop for February!
There will be an additional workshop added this month.

I need to do a painting of Slave Leia, so I thought I'd open up the experience to you guys. This is not only an extra workshop it's an extra long workshop. So, I hope you can join me Saturday the 16th. I'll be painting from 2-8pm. We'll be giving the model a break for dinner so bring something for yourself! There will be some snacks. Note the price is a little higher but not much for all that extra painting and drawing time.

And don't miss out on Dejah Thoris workshop on the 26th.

Bring your friends!

Figurative Illustration Workshop
SLAVE LEIA
Tuesday
February 16
hosted @ Platform Studios
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm (possibly longer)
1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60622

$25 cash or credit. It's an extra long session.





Figurative Illustration Workshop
DEJAH THORIS
Tuesday
February 26
hosted @ Platform Studios
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60622

$20 cash or credit.

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Also, don't miss out on the Mark Verwoerdt Retrospective: Big Life on February 23. 6-10 PM at Platform Studios.

February - Dejah Thoris the Princess of Mars

This month's theme will be Dejah Thoris from A Princess of Mars!

A few things to keep in mind for this workshop or similar where the model is nude or partially nude. These are the workshops that most likely no photography will be allowed. Sometimes the model will allow me to take photos, but this is always at the models discretion. When I do have that option I try to take as many as I can that don't show nudity so I can then share them with any of the participating artists that ask for them.

What I'm hoping you will focus on at the workshop is the fabrics. I plan on using sheer fabrics for the costuming. See how it is affected by the light when the light is passing through or being blocked by skin. I'll do my best to get some cool jewelry as well. Jewelry can act as visual clues for the direction and perspective of construction elipses. And I'm hoping I can paint up the model with some tattoos (inspired by the recent movie) that will also help with similar shape clues.

This will be another awesome workshop not to miss.

Bring your friends!

Figurative Illustration Workshop
Tuesday
February 26
hosted @ Platform Studios
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60622

$20 cash or credit.

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Also, don't miss out on the Mark Verwoerdt Retrospective: Big Life on February 23. 6-10 PM at Platform Studios.

January Workshop - Roller Derby Girl

This month's theme will be roller derby! Melissa, our model, will be punked out in a roller derby uniform. Don't miss out on this one.

A few things to keep in mind. If you're going to take photos, take a moment and ask the model. This workshop is designed for you to gather references but not all models are used to it. Break the ice and just ask if it's cool to be photographed. Again these are for references only try not to post them all over the net. And along those lines of references I wanted to point out that if you're taking your studies to the next level and possibly working on a portfolio piece be sure to gather some references of other derby girls for costume ideas, look at photos of bruises you might want to add.

If you got the newsletter sorry about the November date typo. Eeek!

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Figurative Illustration Workshop
Tuesday
January 22
hosted @ Platform Studios
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60622

$20 cash or credit.

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