Jelly Bean Figures
I will teach you how I break down painting figures into a few strokes. These lively little people express the essence of a person in motion in an environment.
Course Overview
Would you love to add people to your landscape paintings but struggle to get them to look “right”?
Maybe you’ve been painting figures but find that they end up looking stiff and overworked. Or worse, they ruin a painting by taking up too much attention and changing the whole feeling? It’s as if these pesky figures take on a life of their own and suck all the energy out of a painting!
If you are an experienced figure painter, do you struggle with your figures not seeming integrated into their environment?
Would painting people in an expressive, abstract way enliven your art and get you excited to paint in a new direction?
Trust me, you are not alone. Figures can be tough! This is one of the most familiar challenges that I have heard of over my decades of teaching hundreds of artists.
Fortunately, help is at hand. I have a lot of experience that I would love to share with you that can give you the tools to simplify figure painting.
I will teach you how I break down painting figures into a few strokes. These lively little people express the essence of a person in motion in an environment. No more stiff cut-outs propped up in a naturalistic world.
Since they are created without photographs or models you have the joy of making figures come to life with a few simple shapes. It is really fun once you see how a few gestural strokes can bring these little people to life.
You are freed from the quagmire of tight visual accuracy and now can focus on the feeling of the painted world you are creating.
Armed with these tools, you can enliven a cityscape, landscape, or interior with expressive figures, all made by your hand and imagination.
How it Works
This is an entirely online course that consists of a single pre-recorded lesson that is around 40 minutes in length. What this means is you can watch the course whenever it fits your schedule, even right now! Just click "Buy now", pay, and start watching the content as soon as you're ready as many times as you like.
There are many benefits to this format, including:
- Self-paced learning: Watch, pause, and rewind as much as you want. When you're finished watch them again!
- No expiration: Pay once and have access forever.
- Watch any time: You can buy and start watching in minutes! No need to wait for an in-person workshop, the content is ready whenever inspiration strikes.
- Watch anywhere: No need to travel or wait for Skip to come to your area. Plus you don't have to move your equipment. Learn and paint where you're most comfortable.
- More Affordable: No expensive travel costs, and more affordable than in-person workshops.
Since the content is pre-recorded you will not have direct interactions with Skip. This may be disappointing for students who have studied directly with Skip in the past. To help with this, if you would like to have a consultation with Skip by phone or video conference (Zoom, Facetime, etc.), he invites you to contact him to set up a meeting. A one-hour consultation is $150.
Phone: 240-626-1134
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