Tired of dull, desaturated shadows draining the life out of your work?
Join our Magic Box Painting Coaches Ian & Manuel for a Live Group Painting Session focused on painting colorful shadows!
Tuesday, May 9th at 9:00a PST.
Below, you’ll find the link to join the live group…
In the podcast version of our interview with John Nevarez (Disney, Sony, Illumination, Pixar) he gave us a masterclass in gesture drawing technique and shared his secret to staying sane in this crazy business.
This Extended Interview Includes Over 50 Minutes Of Extra Audio:
A believable lighting setup can be the key to believable paintings – and understanding cast shadow is fundamental.
Join our newest Magic Box Painting Coaches Érika & Carolyn to practice sunlight & shadows!
Thursday, April 27th at 4:30p PST.
Below, you’ll find the link to join the live group…
Good writing is rewriting.
Join our Storytellers’ Summit Story Coaches Scott & Robin for a Story Group Session on using revision to empower your work.
Friday, April 28th, 11:00am PST.
Below, you’ll find the link to join the live group…
If you wouldn’t go out dressed in textureless, nondescript fabrics…
Then you shouldn’t be painting your characters in that, either.
Join our Magic Box Painting Coaches Ian & Manuel for a Live Group Painting Session focused on fabulous fabrics!
Friday, April 7th at 5:00p PST.
Below, you’ll find the link to join the live group…
In our previous Escape From Art Jail series, we learned how three successful artists developed their personal brand.
Now Edge and Sarah Mills (Social Media Manager and Magic Box Coach) help Escape From Art Jail student Hannah Daigle develop her own personal brand and present herself as a competitive professional in the Animation industry.
Questions Answered:
Stumped on shiny surfaces? Reflective plastics & metals are some of the hardest surfaces to paint.
Join our Magic Box Painting Coaches Manuel & Sula to brush up on your shiny surface strategy!
Thursday, April 20th at 2:30p PST.
Below, you’ll find the link to join the live group…
Sketch Travel is daydream fodder; that once-in-a-lifetime trip planned for “maybe someday,” if at all.
“Maybe someday” we’ll have the energy, the money, the time… But travel is expensive and complicated.
Meet Réka Kovács and Caleb Barefoot: Sketch Travellers and rockstar Oatley Academy students who have managed to make Sketch Travel an active part of their lives.
For this Live Panel Discussion, Reka and Caleb will share creative solutions and money-saving tips that made their life-changing Sketch Travel journeys a reality.
Panelists: Réka Kovács, Caleb Barefoot, Sarah Mills (Magic Box Painting Coach and Social Media Manager for The Oatley Academy)
Saturday, April 22nd at 9am PT.
Below, you’ll find the link to join the live session…
Brynn Metheney puts the “dragons” in Dungeons & Dragons.
While many of her animals come from imaginary worlds, they look like they could exist in this one…
In part one of the podcast version of this interview, we talked about Brynn’s childhood in the desert, how her father’s job as an engineer helped her understand creature design, and how she makes her animals feel so real…
In part two, Brynn shared some nitty gritty drawing tips and practical ways to improve when your artistic growth seems slow.
This Extended Interview Includes Over 40 Minutes Of Extra Audio:
What better way to learn the artful use of color than by… one at a time!
Our Single Color Studies are a hit! Join our Magic Box Painting Coaches Tegan & Kevin for another study of a single color.
Sunday, April 30th at 3:30p PST.
Below, you’ll find the link to join the live group…