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Date recorded: Friday, February 21, 2025
Medium: Digital – Procreate or photoshop (Catherine will use procreate)
Unlock the full potential of your photo references in this inspiring demonstration! Designed for artists of all levels, this session explores how to integrate photo references mindfully into your artistic practice to enhance your compositions. Learn how to use images not as strict guides but as tools to enhance your artistic vision and create compositions that are uniquely yours.
Fine artist Catherine Bobkoski will show you how to use your photo reference creatively to craft striking and imaginative designs. Learn how to adjust color and brightness to set the mood, add subtle blurring effects for depth and focus, layer multiple images for dynamic compositions, and collage elements to build visual interest.
The demonstration will focus on simple, approachable digital techniques using Procreate for iPad. Even if you’re not tech-savvy, you’ll find these tools easy to incorporate into your workflow, helping you bridge the gap between your creative ideas and their realization on the canvas. By the end, you’ll feel empowered to use photo references not just as aids but as springboards for expressive and innovative art.
$40 for one year
Catherine Bobkoski is a still life and figurative artist whose work celebrates the quiet beauty of ordinary things. Her expressive, yet delicate paintings of flowers and still life scenes are exhibited nationally, including at the Oil Painters of America 2021 National Juried Exhibition. Catherine also enjoys sharing her knowledge and love of painting with others. She is a sought after painting instructor with over 10 years of experience and teaches at many art schools throughout Southern California. Students describe Catherine’s teaching style as generous, thorough and joyful. She especially enjoys teaching painting and drawing basics to students in a clear, concise way that is easy to understand. Catherine began studying drawing and painting at The Watts Atelier in Encinitas, California and later at Grand Central Academy and New York University in New York City. She has also studied with many inspiring artists along the way, including Daniel Keys, Dustin Van Wechel, and Vadim Zang.
About Our Past Technique Takeaways:
Discover specific art techniques that you can ‘take away’ from some of your favorite artists and apply to your own work. This one-and-a-half hour recorded presentation will showcase a process that the artist incorporates in their daily art practice. Instruction will be through a combination of lecture and demonstration.
You’ll be able to watch the class recording as many times as you would like for one year unless otherwise specified in the product description. If an instructor wishes their recordings to be available for less than a year, we defer to instructor preferences. There are no ongoing charges and your access will automatically end.
A link to the recording will be included in your on-screen purchase confirmation, in your purchase confirmation email and on your Online Classrooms page.
(There is no Zoom link for this event because it has already taken place).
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