Head Quicksketch
Class | Registration opens 2/24/2025 9:00 AM PST
The emphasis of this class will be gestural lay-ins of the head. Students will work from models posed at 3, 5, and 10 minute sessions in an effort to gather greater knowledge of the human head from various angels. Instructor demonstrations and critiques are standard. Great for students of all levels.
- This class will use charcoal drawing materials.
For a comprehensive list of materials, please visit
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Erik Gist
Erik M. Gist received his B.A. from SDSU in 1998. He began studying with Jeff Watts in 1996, three years later he began to teach and has done so ever since.. Erik has worked in the video game industry as a concept designer and 3-D artist and is now working as a freelance illustrator. Erik's clients include Marvel Comics, D.C. Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Disney, Audible, Wizards of the Coast, Upperdeck, Boom! Studios, Palladium Books, Blizzard Entertainment, Viking Childrens Books, Monkey Brain Books, Quart Publishing, and Chiat-Day. His work can be seen in Spectrum: the best in fantastic art including a nomination in 2018, and Aphrodesia: art of the female form 1 . Along with a Spectrum nomination, he has been nominated for an Illie Award, a Pulp Ark Award, a Chesley Award, and multiple Horror Comic Awards including one win. For more information about Erik's art please visit his website at www.erikgist.com.