The Toy Hunter - January Schedule

The theme this month is the Toy Hunter. Those cute, cuddly, soft, and fuzzy creatures are dangerous and need to hunted down.


Figurative Illustration Workshop
Friday
January 20
hosted @ Platform Studios
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60622

$20 cash or credit.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.


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ImagineFX Sketch Jam Feature

ImagineFX Magazine | 078 | page 29 | January 2012

My Figurative Illustration Workshop highlighted in the January 2012 issue of the amazing ImagineFX magazine.

I just really wanted to thanks all the folks who come out to the workshop and to Platform Studios whom hosts us and of course all the models too!   Clicking the image should link to the hi-res one for better readability.

December schedule - Stormtrooper

December is going to be Star Wars month!
We're going to paint/draw a Stormtrooper. I'm getting this awesome costume as usual from Chicago Costume. I'm so thrilled they were able to come through on this. I'm hoping you can make it.

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

$20 cash or credit.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Spearwomen of November

This month's session will take place on November 18.
I wanted to play up the work of a friend, Felipe Echevarria, and his sketchbook of Spearwomen. I think it will be a fun subject to tackle and I hope you can join me.

Friday
November 18
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Platform Studios Chicago
1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60622

$20 cash or credit.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

More on Felipe Echevarria can be found here:

• Felipe's website
• Spearwomen sketchbook

October Shedule

slasher victim | EFX Justine Losoya

This October the session will take place on Friday the 21st.
We'll be going back to life drawing for this event, but of course with a twist. I'll be bringing in the undead to model for us. We'll keep the zombie under control at all times, no artists will be eaten alive.


We will have the EFX talents of Justine Losoya and Scott Mitchell working on our zombie. She'll be zombified from head to toe. We plan to have her ready to model within the first half hour of the workshop so you can see a little bit of the process even if it's just the finishing touches.

from the play "Balm in Gilead" | EFX Justine Losoya

Friday
October 21
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Platform Studios Chicago
Suite 304 (third floor)
$20 cash or credit.

September Schedule

This September the session will take place on September 30.
Weather permitting for our model I plan on getting a fairly elaborate costume for her to wear. Something that should give us some great fabric practice.

Friday

September 30
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Platform Studios Chicago
Suite 304 (third floor)
$20 cash or credit.

If you can't make it in September try to make plans for October. I'm hoping to fully zombify our model to celebrate Halloween.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Inspired by Manet

For tonight's workshop we'll have our model in a matador costume. As I was browsing through all my options I saw the matador labels and thought of the painting by Manet. So, if you can make it I think you'll be in for a treat.

Manet’s Mlle. V in the Costume of an Espada (1862)