Complete Fundamentals with Devin Korwin & Ramon Hurtado
$300.00
Gain lifetime access to the recordings and discord from last term!
In Underpaint’s first ever jointly taught class, Devin Korwin and Ramon Hurtado will dive into all of the fundamentals that you need to make artwork. This 8-week class is an illuminating overview of every fundamental topic so that you know how to study to improve your foundational skills. You will learn how to know that you’re going in the right direction when you put in practice time and how to make your work stand out with your own personal vision. This class teaches concepts that apply regardless of medium, to both digital and traditional art. Whether you are a beginner looking for a reliable way to make art or an experienced artist looking to fill in the gaps, this class is for you.
We’ll cover:
• How all the fundamentals of art connect
• How to practice to improve
• Practical basic art theory that makes you excited to paint
• All of the fundamental tools you need to make art
Week 1: What is art? How to read the language of art and speak it fluently and confidently with your own work. How to study and how to make sure that the time you put into art leads to improvement
Week 2: Controlling form, drawing, and gesture. How drawing connects every part of visual art together
Week 3: How light, value and color work. Why edges are more important than you think and go way beyond hard and soft brushes
Week 4: How to use perspective practically and even make it fun
Week 5: How to study anatomy, not get overwhelmed, and actually use the knowledge in your work
Week 6: Composition part 1- Acting and Narrative. What is the painting saying and what do you want it to say?
Week 7: Composition part 2: Combining abstract design with concrete subjects
Week 8: Final Q&A
Duration: 8 weeks
Date & Time: Starts Sunday July 14th, every Sunday at 2:00 PM Eastern
Skill level: All skill levels welcome
Tiers: Receive direct feedback in class or spectate without homework feedback.
Format: 4-5 hour live class with combination of lectures, demos, and feedback. Recordings will usually be provided within 24 hours of each class.
Materials: Any digital or traditional tools. Paintovers will be done digitally
All weeks will be a combination of lecture, demos and feedback.
Description
Devin Korwin and Ramon Hurtado have both been teaching the fundamentals of art to group and private students for years and their main passion is taking the confusing array of information available online and making it all fit together in a practical system for thinking about the way art works.
Devin is a concept artist, illustrator, and teacher working in the film, TV, and game industries and the founder of Underpaint Academy. His clients include Luma Pictures, Bungie, Titmouse, Microsoft, and BUCK. Devin has taught over 200+ private mentorship students over 2 years and has written about the core concepts of painting extensively in his Creative Fundamentals book series as well as the 3D Total Fundamentals series.
Ramon is an oil painter and instructor in subjects including anatomy, figure drawing, and composition, with a particular passion for researching 19th century educational methods. He has lectured at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, Safehouse Atelier, California State University- Long Beach, DreamWorks Animation, the Society of Illustrators, Emile Cohl Atelier, the University of Lisbon- Faculty of Fine Arts, Porto Atelier, Art Center College of Design and Grand Central Atelier.
STUDENT EXPERIENCES
“When I took this course, I expected to learn specific technical skills, pieces of information that would fill in the gaps in a big puzzle. But Ramon and Devin quickly swept that idea aside, this course is about learning how to literally organize yourself mentally, how to reduce the number of pieces in your puzzle to an affordable number so you can concentrate on what really matters.
“I recommend this course if you sometimes feel overwhelmed or if you don’t know whether you’re going forwards or backwards when creating your work. For 8 weeks, Ramon and Devin join forces to bring order to chaos, enabling you to gain confidence in a wide range of subjects by learning you methods rather than too specific rules.”
— Fabien
“I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first took this class but the more the lectures progressed and the more I realized how valuable those lessons would turn out to be. The lessons are densely packed with information and not everything made sense right away. However it all started making sense towards the end, when every lessons were tied together.
“The most valuable thing I’ve learned here is that drawing doesn’t have to be hard or tedious. The shift in perspective that both Devin and Ramon offered is something I hold dear even to this day. They have a way of making it easy to start a project and not falter in the face of complexity. No matter what the problem you may face, they provided many ways in how to solve them.”
“The most important lesson from this course was learning where exactly with my education I am and what exactly I have to do to move forward. Before the class I felt lost a lot of the time. This class gave me complete overview of the fundamentals. One thing I thought immediately after the class was: calling it complete is an understatement.
“Out of all the paid and unpaid tutorials I tried this school was the only one I felt like was worth my money. The teachers care about conveying their knowledge and helping artists along their journey. Their goal is to convey the useful knowledge, eliminate misinformation and send you on your way. There is no drip feeding the information in the style of the youtubers or gumroads. Lectures are untainted by the popular platitudes and advice that just locks you into plateaus for years. The instructor point’s at the highest peak and shows you the road there and all the stops along the way.
“The format is really good, discord server creates good place for learning and the instructors are very hands on, answering questions and giving feedback even for spectator tier.”
— Marcin M.
STUDENT WORK
