Kenny Routt & Irene Rofail
Observational Drawing & Painting
FREE
The purpose of this course is to help you understand the process of Observational Drawing & Painting. This can help you improve dramatically with form, perspective, value, and color. Motion Designers who want to improve their Art Foundation should consider getting out their paintbrushes and following along.
Observational Drawing & Painting
Elevate Your Work The Old Fashioned Way
Course Format: On-Demand Training
Skill Level: Beginner
Materials: Paint Brushes, Watercolor, Charcoal, Black Ink, Oil Paint, Sketchbook
Duration: ~3 hours
Prerequisites: None
Entry Level Course
If you’re interested in becoming a more competent visual artist, then this course is for you. There is no better way to improve your understanding of line, form, value, and color than working in these traditional mediums. This is an entry-level course and anyone can follow along to see this process.
Easy To Consume Videos
We’ve taken the time to time-lapse many of the drawing and painting sessions since many took hours to do. Hopefully, this will make understanding the overall process faster and easier. We won’t make you sit through a 3 hour painting session. Instead it’s been boiled down to watchable 4-5 minute segments.
Unique Approach
Motion Designers have a ton of online courses to choose from. Our goal with this course was to bring something fresh and unique. Busting our your paintbrush and sketchbook is a great way to step away from the computer while still improving your skills.
Content
What's inside?
Are you new to Illustration and looking for a place to start? Then this online course is for you.
Timed Gesture Drawings
This is a useful first step in the process of Observational Drawing and Painting. Doing a timed gesture drawing is a great way to study the forms of your subject matter before fully committing to a painting.
Charcoal Value Studies
Once we have done a gesture of forms, the next step in this course is to do a quick series of value studies with charcoal. This means blocking in the most extreme values of a subject matter. Finding the light and dark with charcoal is a great way to block in your forms.
Underdrawings
In traditional painting you start with an underdrawing. This is the process of lightly sketching out forms and lines before adding any paint, charcoal or oils.
Painting w/ Watercolors
Watercolor is an easy and inexpensive media type. Watercolor is a great way to get your hands dirty while improving your understanding of color in subtle ways.
Painting w/ Oils
While not as easy or affordable as watercolor, Oils have a life all their own. In this course Irene will show you exactly her process for doing a full still life in oil.
Painting From References
We also challenged our illustrators to work from existing references. We asked them to show us their process of doing portraits and architectural paintings.
Instructors
Irene & Kenny
Illustrators | Ringling College Of Art & Design Graduates
Irene Rofail and Kenny Routt are our guides for this course. They both received their BFA’s from Ringling College Of Art & Design in the Illustration program. Their extensive drawing and painting experience provided a great foundation for the modules in this course.
Irene and Kenny will show you their full drawing and painting process, from start to finish. We asked them to bring their best brushes, easles, inks and charcoals to create this one-of-a-kind course with MoGraph Mentor.
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Community
Join a supportive community
When the video training ends, the conversation continues on our Discord Server. This platform allows us to engage with you while you’re working throughout the workshop.
Pricing
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Sketching
Painting
Charcoal
Water Inks
Oil Paints
Tons of content
Workflow tips & tricks
Project case studies
Lifetime access
Supportive Community
Lifetime access to the Discord forum
Observational Drawing & Painting
The basics of sighting, form, value and color.
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Sighting & Measuring
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Mastering Values
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Mastering Colors
F.A.Q
Have questions?
We’ve got you covered. Check out the answers below or visit the help center for anything else.
Why take This COurse?
This course is designed to help guide motion design beginners. We want you to understand the right things to study, such as perspective, form, and values, but also want to equip you with enough to get started and practicing.
Is there A Live forum?
Yes. Registering for this workshop will give you access to the MoGraph Mentor Discord forum. There you can ask questions, post work and share resources with the wider community.
What will I know by the end?
The process of Observational Drawing & Painting. How to sight and measure. How the process of an under-drawing translates into a finished painting. How color values can affect the mood of a painting.
When does it start?
Right when you sign up! This online course is ready when you are.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like – across any and all devices you own.
Can I communicate with the mentor?
Yes! Join our Discord forum and ask questions directly.