Joseph Altwer
Art Focus: Figurative Painting, Landscape Painting
Taught at Florence Academy of Art, Barcelona Academy of Art
David Simon
Art Focus: Figurative Sculpting
Worked on “Watchmen”, “Fantastic Four”, and “Where the Wild Things Are”
Juliette Aristides
Art Focus: Figurative Painting and Drawing, Still-life Painting, Interior Painting
Founder of Classical Atelier at Gage Academy of Fine Art
Author of “The Classical Drawing Atelier”, “The Classical Painting Atelier”, etc.
Ed Fraughton
Art Focus: Sculpting
Member of National Academy of Western Art, National Sculpture Society, and Utah Westerners
Famous Commissions: “Mormon Battalion Monument” in San Diego, “Spirit of Wyoming” in Cheyenne
Steve Huston
Art Focus: Drawing, Painting, Anatomy, Composition
Taught at Disney, Warner Brothers, Dreamworks Studios, Blizzard Entertainment, Art Center College of Design, etc.
Featured on Art News, American Art Collector, Harper’s Bazaar, etc.
Glenn Vilppu
Art Focus: Drawing, Painting, Composition, Animation
Founder of Vilppu Academy
Taught at Walt Disney Studios, Marvel Productions, Warner Bros
Iliya Mirochnik
Art Focus: Figurative Drawing and Painting
Teaches at Ringling College of Art and Design
First Place Winner in the American Portrait Society’s International Portrait Competition
Hollis Dunlap
Art Focus: Drawing, Painting
Held numerous solo shows in New York, Boston, San Francisco, Miami
Teaches at Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Robert Bodem
Art Focus: Sculpting
Former Director of Sculpture Department at Florence Academy of Art
Founder of Athens Sculpture Atelier; Author of “Drawing In Space”
Ben Fenske
Art Focus: Drawing, Painting
Featured on American Artist Magazine as one of the Best 25 Living Artists in 2012
Leo Mancini-Hresko
Art Focus: Drawing, Painting
Taught at Florence Academy of Art
Held numerous solo and group shows in the US, Greece, England, Italy, Ireland, Russia
Johanna Schwaiger
Art Focus: Figurative Sculpting and Drawing
Taught at HTL Hallein, Salzburg, Austria, and Fine Art Center Sag Harbour, New York
Collaborated on the largest Mahatma Gandhi Memorial in Mumbai, India
Jason Arkles
Art Focus: Figurative Sculpting
Author of “Sculpting From Life”, “On Sculpture by Leon Battista Alberti”
Large scale sculpture features on the façade of Saint Mark’s English Church
Joseph Todorovitch
Art Focus: Figurative and Portrait Painting
Teaches at Laguna College of Art and Design
Stapleton Kearns
Art Focus: Landscape Painting
Teaches workshops across the country
Received awards from the Rockport Art Association, The Guild of Boston Artists, and American Artists Association
Joshua Jacobo
Art focus: Figurative Drawing, Sculpting, Anatomy
Founder and Director of New Masters Academy
Amy Florence
Art Focus: Figurative and Still Life Painting
Founder of Studio Donatello
Studied and taught at Charles H. Cecil Studios, Florence, Italy
Larissa Marantz
Art Focus: Illustrator, Animator, Cartoonist
Worked as a Character Designer for Nickelodeon’s Rocket Power and Rugrats TV shows
Owner of OC Art Studios; 12 years of teaching at Laguna College of Art + Design
Catherine Bobkoski
Art Focus: Still Life and Figurative Painting
10 years of teaching experience
Studied at Watts Atelier, Grand Central Academy, and New York University
Michal Kuś
Art Focus: Concept Artist, Illustrator
Worked for Disney Interactive, EA Games, Marvel, Red Bull, and Jellyfish Pictures
Co-founder of Focal Point School
George Pratt
Art Focus: Comics, Drawing, and Painting
Graphic novel: Enemy Ace: War Idyll, nominated for Eisner Award and Harvey Award
Teaches at Ringling College of Art and Design, and Illustration Academy in Kansas City, Mo.
Gary Meyer
Art Focus: Painting, Illustration
Taught at Art Center College of Design for 23 years
Film Illustrations: “Star Wars”, “Jaws”, “The Thing”, etc.
Sheldon Borenstein
Art Focus: Drawing, Animation
Founder and Director of Sheldon’s Art Academy
Worked on “Space Jam”, “Tom and Jerry”, “FernGully: The Last Rainforest”, etc.
James Stewart
Art Focus: Figurative Sculpting, Creature Design
Worked on “The Chronicles of Narnia”, “Shrek 2”, “Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix”, and “District 9”
Kamille Corry
Art Focus: Figurative Painting
Founder and Director of the Corry Studio of Figurative Art; Vice President of the Academy of Classical Design
First Place in the 2018 Boston Figure Painting Competition at the Academy of Realist Art
Carlos Huante
Art Focus: Creature and Character Design
Worked as a Concept Artist on “Skull Island”, “Blade Runner: 2049”, “Dune (2021)”, etc.
Received the ADG Excellence in Production Design Award for his contributions to “Blade Runner 2049”
Danny Galieote
Art Focus: Painting, Animation
Worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios for 12 years
Taught at Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art
Eric Michael Wilson
Art Focus: Figurative Sculpting, Anatomy
Creator of Anatomy Tools educational sculptures
Taught at Industrial Light & Magic, Pixar
Erik Olson
Art Focus: Painting, Illustration
Professor at College for Creative Studies in Detroit
Illustration Commissions: Walt Disney Corp, Universal Pictures, and Dungeons & Dragons Inc
Rey Bustos
Art Focus: Anatomy, Drawing, Sculpting
Teaches at Art Center College of Design, California State University, Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, Disney Feature Animation
Matt Lewis
Art Focus: Figurative Sculpting
Studied at The Savannah College of Art and Design
Works with Ward Sculptural Arts Foundry in Canton, Georgia
Karl Gnass
Art Focus: Figurative Drawing
Taught at Disney Feature Animation, Disney Television Animation, DreamWorks, etc.
Storyboard Artist: “Peter Pan and the Pirates”, “Gargoyles”, “Aladdin”, “The Little Mermaid”, etc.
John Asaro
Art Focus: Figurative Painting
Taught at Art Center College of Design
Created “The Planes of the Head” mannequin
Ellen Eagle
Art Focus: Pastel Portrait Painting
Teaches at The Art Students League of New York
Chris Legaspi
Art Focus: Figurative Drawing and Painting
Commissioned for Warner Bros. Pictures, Marvel, Netflix
Teaches workshops at several top schools in Los Angeles
Jordu Schell
Art Focus: Sculpting, Concept Design
Worked on “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”, “Avatar”, “Planet of the Apes”, etc.
Designed the Emmy award-winning creature make-up for “Babylon 5-The Series”
Mark Westermoe
Art Focus: Illustration, Drawing
Film Posters: “Braveheart”, “Total Recall”, “Home Alone”, etc.
Bill Perkins
Art Focus: Art Direction, Animation, Drawing, Composition
Worked on “The Little Mermaid”, “Beauty and the Beast”, Academy Award-winning “Aladdin”
Other Projects: Walt Disney Feature Animation, Warner Bros, DreamWorks, Industrial Lights & Magic
Heather Lenefsky
Art Focus: Painting, Illustration
Studied at The Watts Atelier of the Arts
Joe Weatherly
Art Focus: Animal Drawing and Painting
Taught at Nickelodeon Animation, Dreamworks Animation, Universal Studios, Art Center College of Design, etc.
Author of “The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals”, “Animal Essence: the Art of Joe Weatherly”, etc.
Charles Hu
Art Focus: Figurative Painting, Character Design, Mural, Comic Books
Teaches at Art Center College of Design, Laguna College of Art and Design, Gnomon
Worked on “End of the Spear”
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