This is for a four hour block of Art Mentorship with Nik Axe.

A partial list of the topics covered within Mentorship*:

  • Theory
    • Picture Plane
    • Line/Shape
    • Light/Shadow
    • Mark-making
  • The Figure
    • Gesture
    • Anatomy (Skeleton)
    • Anatomy (Musculature)
    • Morphology
    • Acting & Expression
  • 3D Space
    • 1,2,3 and warped perspective
    • Perspective applied to props
    • Perspective applied to location
    • Perspective applied to the figure
  • Composition (There is much to know here to have all the above technical skill to work in concert)
    • Dividing the Picture Plane
    • Shape Language
    • Shape Arrangement
    • Value Harmony
    • Color Harmony
    • Storytelling (Illustration)
    • Storytelling (Sequential – Comics)
    • …and much more

*Not all topics will, nor can, be covered in a single block.