Visual Development (Personal) Mentorship w/ Mike Hernandez 

Instructor: Mike Hernandez, Visual Development

 This program will help those interested in strengthening up and improving their skills in color, concept, story telling, design and taking their portfolio to that professional level. Students will work together with the instructor in order to achieve a personalized program that will help achieve his/her individual goals and needs. Each student will receive 1 hour of personalized time per week with the instructor. Students can also be a part of group critiques and demos with the rest of the group. Students will be expected to devote time in order to accomplish their goals for this program.

Bio:

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.

What you can expect to learn:

• professionalism for visual development

• Design and portfolio development

• career path guidance

• fully personalized

• learn from Mike’s extensive knowledge and expertise of the industry