Course Description:

This class is designed for artists who want to create their best piece of artwork, college students who want to create upgraded assignments and gallery/college applicants who want create portfolio piece(s).

Through you prepare, study and complete a work, you will learn about rules and secrets for creating good quality of artwork. It's really fun and useful course for any experienced level of artists who want to work in inspirational atmosphere with other artists have various direction and create their own masterpiece in oil or charcoal.

• Subject: Portrait, figure, landscape, cityscape and still-life.

• Style: Any representational (figurative) arts: realism, impressionism, expressionism and semi-abstraction.

Course Schedule:

• Session 1: November 10th (2-7pm)

Bring your reference pictures you like to draw or paint from. Through the day's lectures and demos, you will learn how to improve references, effective value pattern design for your successful portfolio work.

• Session 2: November 17th (2-7pm) *For Painting only.

You will learn how to make harmonious and strategic color scheme. From your value studies you will create various color studies to choose the best one for your portfolio work.

• Session 3: December 8th (2-7pm)

You will create the first draft or the first stage of work under instructor's supervision. You will learn optimized material and application techniques in order for you smooth progress of work.

• Session 4: December 15th (2-7pm)

A work's final stage require you to create balance, harmony, unity and upgrade of composition. You will learn and understand 'How to finish' a work and complete a work under instructor's supervision.

Registration Options:

• All 4 sessions ($600): If you want to complete 1 best painting(s) OR 1 drawing/1 painting same time. +Priority for spot reservation.
• Session 1,3,4 ($480): If you want to complete 2 best drawings OR want to put more time on one drawing's final stage for even better outcome.
• Session 1,3 ($330): If you want to complete 1 best drawing quickly.
• Any # of Sessions ($165 each): If you like to choose any # of sessions you need.

Location: H. Momo Zhou Fine Art (1017 California Drive, Burlingame, CA)