ILLUSTRATION BOOTCAMP JAN 2025
Workshop | FULL
Join Erik Gist, Lucas Graciano and special guest David Finch in this 8-day illustration workshop!
Are you an aspiring illustrator, a professional artist looking to expand your skill base or improve your skills with traditional media, or an art hobbiest with a lot of imagination looking to take a step into the world of the fantastic? Come spend eight days this January in intense study and camaraderie with established industry professionals David Finch, Lucas Graciano, and E. M. Gist. Immerse yourself in the world of illustration, and learn to make the images in your mind into a reality!
Each day of this eight day workshop will run from 10am to 10pm (or later) and will include:
-Lectures on storytelling, process and procedures
-Daily demonstrations/presentations
-Career building advice
-1 on 1 instruction and assistance
-Portfolio reviews
When not working on your own illustration pull up a chair and watch one of the teachers work, and pick their brain. Reserve your spot now, this workshop will host a maximum 15 students.
For those who sign up, we will release a series of prompts that you can choose to follow to base your illustration project on. It is also acceptable for students to work on their own idea.
Daily Schedule Outline
Note that students will have time to work on their illustrations before and after the presentation/demo.
Teachers will go home at 5:30pm, but the school will remain open until 10:00pm for anyone that wants to continue working or join in the life drawing session from 7pm - 10pm.
Day 1 | Class |
10:00am - 11:00am | Welcome and Introduction |
11:00am - 1:00pm | Student Work Time |
2:30pm - 3:30pm | Presentation - Erik Gist |
7:00pm - 10:00pm | Uninstructed model time |
Day 2 | Class |
10:00am - 1:00pm | Student Work Time |
2:30pm - 3:30pm | Demonstration - Erik Gist |
7:00pm - 10:00pm | Uninstructed model time |
Day 3 | Class |
10:00am - 1:00pm | Student Work Time |
2:30pm - 3:30pm | Presentation - David Finch |
7:00pm - 10:00pm | Uninstructed model time |
Day 4 | Class |
10:00am - 1:00pm | Student Work Time |
2:30pm - 3:30pm | Demonstration - David Finch |
7:00pm - 10:00pm | Uninstructed model time |
Day 5 | Class |
10:00am - 1:00pm | Student Work Time |
2:30pm - 3:30pm | Presentation - Lucas Graciano |
7:00pm - 10:00pm | Uninstructed model time |
Day 6 | Class |
10:00am - 1:00pm | Student Work Time |
2:30pm - 3:30pm | Demonstration - Lucas Graciano |
7:00pm - 10:00pm | Uninstructed model time |
Day 7 | Class |
10:00am - 7:00pm | Student Work Time |
7:00pm - 10:00pm | Uninstructed model time |
Day 8 | Class |
10:00am - 1:00pm | Student Work Time |
2:30pm - 5:30pm | Wrap Up and Final Review |
- For those who sign up, we will send a list of supplies recommended by each teacher as we get closer to the workshop date.