Imaginism Workshop- Day 2

Today was our last day with Bobby and Kei at the workshop house in Montreal, so we made the most of it.

The first 4 hrs of our day was spent learning about the business of art, running a studio and stories successful artists. Basically they all boil down to the same thing.  Work hard. Work really really hard. And, never burn bridges. Karma is a bitch.

We spent the second half of the day learning foundations. We started with thinking structurally, and then lighting. Bobby then taught an easy way to think about drapery and what it says about the structure under it. Lastly, we put the two together by lighting drapery.

Unfortunately, there isn~t  much to show you guys for today, but we did go to a fantastically tacky restaurant for a farewell dinner. We ate in an ice cave!

Ice Cave!

With a fountain!

The Tables were mirrors

I discovered poutine. We need to bring this to the states.

Tao's desert

Paul bought us all ice cream with fireworks.

Imaginism Workshop Day 1

Today. Bobby gave an awesome 3 hr talk covering the history, present status, and future of the art industry, as well as strategies for going viral.

Afterwards, we started learning photoshop. None of us here are photoshop experts, so this was a very valueable lesson. The instruction was very intuitive and easy to follow.

Personally, I~ve always been intimidated by the program because of the steep learning curve. I~ve always used Sketchbook Pro in the past. I~m really excited about how quickly I~m picking up the tool.

The first lesson was to take this image of an elephant that was provided for us, then use color grabbing and the hard round brush to add wrinkles.

The Given Image

I~ve made him wrinkly

Next, Bobby Demo~d panting a face and his approach to making an under painting. We all painted an old man.

Reference

This is my very first painting in photoshop

This is Bobby~s  Painting.

At the end of the day, Bobby Chiu, Kei Acedera, and Thierry LaFontaine took as all out to see The New X-Men Movie in Montreal. Talk about a great day!