Visual Development

DC2 Digital Landscape Painting

This class will focus on digital painting and the many color complexities such as hierarchy, harmony, theory, jitter, broken color, color texture, color shape variety, limited palettes and more. In this class, each week will have structured assignments that will vary from color exercises to environmental illustrations. The focus for this course is to become a more confident digital illustrator, painting techniques & storytelling.

This course is 10 weeks in duration and meets once per week for 3 hours per meeting.

Each week, the online classes are live at the specified time (PST timezone) in a private GOTO-MEETING classroom. Classes are recorded and students can rewatch via stream for the duration of the term. Class links, teachers notes, class recordings along with homework submission will be hosted on a private class DISCORD. The DISCORD link will be sent approximately 5-7 days prior to your class start date to the registered email address.

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Term

Time

Format

Live (Recorded)

Location

Online Course

Duration

Price

Suggested Materials

A computer or tablet with comparable drawing software such as photoshop, pro create etc

Requirements

Computer With High Speed Internet. Mic (Highly Recommended) And Camera (Optional).

Prerequisite

Recommended education experience: DC1, AD1

What you'll learn

Digital Illustration PipelineAdvanced Digital Painting TechniquesMaterials and TexturesLightings and RenderingExplore Range and Limited Palettes

Meet Your Instructor

Mike Hernandez

Concept artist & Instructor

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Class Starts:

Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025

Term

fall

Time

Wednesday 10:30am - 1:30pm (PST)

Format

Live (Recorded)

Duration

10 - Weeks Course

Location

Online Course

Price

$775.00

A native Angeleno, Mike Hernandez is a plein air painter skilled in gouache, oil and acrylic, who’s works have been featured in several on-line publications as well as galleries. His process began as a young child, painting still life images. Influenced by the likes of Edgar Payne, Sorolla and Franz Bischoff, Mike soon explored the foundations of color and light in the outdoors – striving to find the beauty in the ordinary. With a palette that resides at the crossroads between industrial and landscapes, he finds inspiration anywhere from the Eastern Sierra range to the muddy concrete banks of the Los Angeles River. Mike studied at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, graduating with a B.A. in 1998. Mike was a Production Designer and Art Director as well as a concept artist at Dreamworks Animation and worked on such films as Shrek, How to train your Dragon, Turbo, Penguins of Madagascar and many other films. Mike is also a member of a limited group of the finest painters in the US called PAPA as well as a nation-wide sought-after workshop instructor. His works can be found in several private collections around the world. www.mhernandezvisuals.com www.Mike Hernandez Art.com Instagram @squatchgouache

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